Team India to tour S.Africa later this year: BCCI & CSA joint statement

Team India will tour South Africa later this year, to play 2 Tests and 3 One day international matches. This was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI and Cricket South Africa, CSA in a joint statement today. The date and venue of the matches will be announced later. BCCI gave...

FIFA U-17: Defending champs Mexico take on Iraq today

Defending Champions Mexico will take on Iraq in a Group-F fixture of the FIFA-Under 17 Football World Cup at Al Ain, UAE today. Sweden will meet Nigeria in the other Group-F match.In today's Group-E fixtures, Argentina will play Austria, while Canada will clash with Iran.Our correspondent r...

AFC Cup: E. Bengal take on Kuwait SC in second leg of semis today

East Bengal will take on Kuwait SC in the second leg of the semi-final fixture of the AFC Cup football tournament at Kolkata today. All India Radio will broadcast live commentary on the match. It can be heard on the Rajdhani channel from 3:55 PM onwards.In the first leg, defending champions Kuwait h...

US school shooting: 12 year-old guns down teacher and self

In the United States, a 12-year old student killed a teacher and injured two classmates before killing himself in a middle school in the southwestern state of Nevada today. The shooting took place in Sparks, Nevada, bordering California. The two injured students are said to be a stable condition. On...

Olympian Sumit Sangwan and 2 other Indian pugilists will battle it out in the pre-quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships at Almaty in Kazakhstan today.Sumit Sangwan will lock horns with eighth seed Siarhei Novikau of Belarus in the 81kg division, while Vikash Malik will slug it out against ...

Asia, Africa dominate FIFA U-17; Russia succumbs to 2nd loss

In the ongoing FIFA-Under 17 Football World Cup, Russia slumped to its second defeat yesterday. Tunisia overcame the Russian challenge to romp home with 1-0 victory in a Group-D encounter at Sharjah. In another Group-C match, Croatia defeated Panama 1-0. In other matches Japan defeated Venezuela 3-1...

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has come into the top 10 of the world women's doubles by gaining two spots to ninth place in the latest WTA Team Rankings issued on Monday. Sania jumped from 11th spot despite not playing any event this week. The 26-year-old moved up as a result of other player...

Paddler Bhavina Hashmukhbhai Patel became the first Indian to win a silver medal at the 2013 ITTF Asian Table Tennis championship being held in Beijing.Bhavina, a surprise finalist, lost to top-seed Zhang Miao of China 6-11, 9-11, 2-11 in the final of the women's singles Class 4 Second Stag...

FIFA-Under 17 Football: Russia slumps to its second defeat

In the ongoing FIFA-Under 17 Football World Cup, Russia slumped to its second defeat today. Tunisia overcame Russian challenge to romp home with 1-0 victory in a Group-D encounter at Sharjah. In another Group-C match Croatia defeated Panama 1-0. In other matches tonight, Japan plays against Venezuel...

Sania Mirza comes into top 10 of world women's doubles<br/>

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has come into the top 10 of the world women&apos;s doubles by gaining two spots to nineth place in the latest WTA Team Rankings issued today. Sania jumped from 11th spot despite not playing any event this week. The 26-year-old moved up as a result of other players d...