Women's Int'l T-20: Clinical India beat hosts B'desh in second match <br/>

Indian women produced a clinical bowling performance to beat hosts Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the second Twenty-20 International cricket match at Cox&apos;s Bazar yesterday.With the victory, India has taken an unassailable 2-nil lead in the 3-match series. Bangladesh had posted 65 for 9 in the s...

Brazil unrest: FIFA plays safe; says no speeches at World Cup opening

Football&apos;s world governing body, FIFA has announced that there will be no speeches at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in June. Last year, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was booed by fans at the opening match of the Confederations Cup, a curtain raiser for the World Cup.In an inter...

Swiss Open Badminton: Kashyap, Pawar advance to second round

India&apos;s Parupalli Kashyap and Anand Pawar have progressed to the second round of the Swiss Open Badminton tournament at Basel. In the opening round yesterday, while third seed Kashyap defeated Erik Meijs of the Netherlands, 21-17, 21-15, Anand beat Malaysia&apos;s Kok Pong Lok, 21-17, 2...

Bangladesh will host the ICC World Twenty20 championship scheduled to be held from the 16th of this month. The fifth edition of the tournament will for the first time, have 16 teams in the fray with the competition divided into two rounds. The ICC today announced the names of match officials and sch...

Bangladesh will host the ICC World Twenty20 championship scheduled to be held from the 16th of this month. The fifth edition of the tournament will for the first time, have 16 teams in the fray with the competition divided into two rounds. The ICC today announced the names of match officials and sch...

Dolgopolov vs Fognini in QFs of Indian Wells ATP Tennis tournament

Ukraine&apos;s Alexandr Dolgopolov reached the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Tennis tournament at California. The 28th seeded Dolgopolov defeated world number one champion Rafael Nadal 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 in the third round. Now Dolgopolov will take on Italy&apos;s Fabio Fognini in the qu...

Dolgopolov vs Fognini in QF of Indian Wells ATP Tennis tournament

Ukraine&apos;s Alexandr Dolgopolov reached the quarter-final of the Indian Wells ATP Tennis tournament at California. The 28th seeded Dolgopolov defeated world number one champion Rafael Nadal 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 in the third round. Now Dolgopolov will take on Italy&apos;s Fabio Fognini in the qua...

Paes & Stepanek enter QFs of Indian Wells Open Tennis tournament

Leander Paes and his Czech team-mate Radek Stepanek have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Open Tennis tournament at California. The fourth seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the Israeli-French team of Jonathan Erlich and Richard Gasquet, 6-3, 7-5 last night to book a quarterfinal berth...

Heena Sidhu & Chain Singh bag Gold medals in 7th Asian Shooting C&apos;ships

India's Heena Sidhu and Chain Singh bagged Gold medals in the 7th Asian Shooting Championships at Kuwait yesterday.<br/><br/>While Heena clinched the coveted yellow metal in the Women&apos;s Air pistol event, Chain Singh claimed the Gold in the Men&apos;s Air rifle event.<br/>...

4 Indians short-listed for this year�s ICC Awards

India's Heena Sidhu and Chain Singh bagged Gold medals in the 7th Asian Shooting Championships at Kuwait yesterday.<br/><br/>While Heena clinched the coveted yellow metal in the Women&apos;s Air pistol event, Chain Singh claimed the Gold in the Men&apos;s Air rifle event.<br/>...