Australian women beat Japan at hockey World Cup<br/>

Australia defeated Japan 3-2 in a keenly-contested match to register their second successive victory in Group A at the women&apos;s hockey World Cup at The Hague, Netherlands, today. This was Japan&apos;s second straight loss in the tournament.Earlier, holders Argentina made a steady start t...

Japan bid farewell to Olympic stadium

Yogeshwar Dutt, Sushil Kumar win medals in Italy

The celebrated Indian wrestling duo of Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar have won medals on debut in new weight categories in the International Competition in Sassari city, Italy. London Olympics bronze-medallist Yogeshwar won the gold medal in the 65 kilogram category while two-time Olympic medallist...

Kolkata Knight Riders grand felicitation at Eden Gardens tomorrow

Memories of the 2012&apos;s grand felicitation of Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens are set to be re-lived with the West Bengal government and Cricket Association of Bengal, CAB, having planned a similar programme at the same venue tomorrow. CAB joint secretary Subir Ganguly said, all the ro...

Hockey World Cup: Indian Men's team to take on England in 2nd group match

The Indian Men&apos;s team will take on England in their second group match of the Hockey World Cup at The Hague, the Netherlands today. The match will be played at 7:30 PM Indian Time. In it&apos;s opening Pool-A match on Saturday, the Indian team, led by Sardar Singh, had lost to Belgium, ...

World No. 4 Roger Federer crashes out of French Open

Upsets at the French Open continue. After the exits of top three seeds in Women&apos;s Singles and world number three Stanislas Wawrinka, it was world number four Roger Federer who made a shock exit yesterday.In the pre-quarterfinals last evening, Latvian Ernests Gulbis beat Federer, 6-7, 7-6, 6...

Manish Pandey anchors KKR to lift their 2nd IPL trophy in thrilling 3-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab

Manish Pandey&apos;s blistering 94 powered Kolkata Knight Riders to their second IPL title last night. In a high-voltage final at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Kolkata defeated Kings Eleven Punjab by 3 wickets to bag the trophy. AIR correspondent reports that Kolkata had won its maide...

In Paris today, Sania Mirza and Cara Black overcame the challenge of Jelena Jankovic and Alisa Kleybanova to reach the women&apos;s doubles quarterfinals of the French Open tennis championships. The Fifth seededed Indo-Zimbabwean pair recorded a 6-3, 6-3 win over the Serbian-Russian combo in the...

Would support re-vote to find new host for Qatar World Cup: FIFA VP

Fifa&apos;s vice-president says he would support a re-vote to find a new host for the Qatar World Cup in 2022 if corruption allegations can be proven. Jim Boyce said that as a member of the executive club, he would have absolutely no problem whatsoever if the recommendation was for a re-vote. Hi...

Sania Mirza and Cara Black have entered the quarter-finals of the Women&apos;s Doubles in the French Open Tennis championships. In the pre-quarterfinals in Paris today, the fifth-seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair prevailed over the duo of Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Russian Alisa Kleybanova in strai...