Australian Open Tennis: Venus Williams crashes out of in first round

Venus Williams of America lost 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, to Russian Ekaterina Makarova in Women Single's on the first day of the Australian Open Tennis at Melbourne today. Makarova will meet another American in the second round after qualifier Irina Falconi beat Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain, 6-3, ...

Team India arrives in NZ for five-match ODI series

The Indian cricket team has reached Napier today for the five-match ODI series against New Zealand starting January 19. The series will start in Napier on Sunday and conclude on January 31 in Wellington. The other three games are set to be held at Hamilton on January 22 and 28 and at Auckland on Jan...

Australian Open: Venus Williams lose to Ekaterina Makarova in Women Single's

Venus Williams of America lost 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, to Russian Ekaterina Makarova in Women Single's on the first day of the Australian Open Tennis at Melbourne today. Makarova will meet another American in the second round after qualifier Irina Falconi beat Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain, 6-3, ...

India vs Germany in final Group-A match in Men's Hockey World League Final

India will take on Germany in their final Group-A match of the Men's Hockey World League Final at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi this evening. The Sardar-Singh led India are already out of the quarterfinal race. They lost both their Group matches against England and New...

Tennis: Australian Open begins in Melbourne

The first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open Tennis tournament, kicked off at Melbourne today. The Singles first round matches are underway. India's Somdev Devvarman is the only Indian in the Singles and will play his opening match later in the tournament. The Doubles section is ...

Australian Open begins in Melbourne tomorrow

Season's first Grand Slam tennis tournament, the Australian Open, begins in Melbourne from tomorrow. Ace Indian shuttler Somdevvraman will challenge his rivals in the men's singles events. In men's doubles, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna, Yuki Bhambri and Div...

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 9 wickets in second Test

Indian cricket team leaves for tour to New Zealand

The Indian cricket team today left for the tour to New Zealand. The Indian team led by MS Dhoni are scheduled to play 5 one day international matches from the 19th of this month, followed by a 2-match Test series. The ODI squad left from Mumbai today, while Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay, Zaheer Kh...

Ranji Trophy: Maharashtra enters semifinals

Maharashtra entered the semifinals of Ranji Trophy cricket beating defending champions Mumbai by 8 wickets yesterday. An unbeaten century by Kedar Jadhav and his superb 215-run unconquered third-wicket stand with 19-year-old Vijay Zol helped Maharashtra achieve a victory target of 252 runs set by Mu...

Hockey World League Final: India suffers 2nd successive defeat

New Zealand beat India 3-1 in the Hockey World League Final in New Delhi last night. In the Pool A match, New Zealand scored three field goals - one in the first half and two after the change of ends, to register their first win in the eight-team event. This was India's second straight defe...