Badminton Asia Ch'ship,Taipei:Kashyap,Sai,Sindhu enter second round

In the Badminton Asia Championship at Taipei, three Indian players - Parupalli Kashyap, Sai Praneeth B and rising woman shuttler P V Sindhu entered the second round of the singles competition. However, three Indian pairs in Men's Doubles event lost their respective first round matches. In t...

Mansher in joint top spot at ISSF Shotgun World Cup competition,in UAE

On Wednesday,the first day of the ISSF Shotgun World Cup shooting competition on at Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates,veteran Mansher Singh led Indian trap shooters' impressive display. He jointly held top spot after two rounds in the men's trap qualifying event. The remaining thr...

IPL:Royals crush Mumbai,Sunrisers beat Pune;Delhi vs Chennai today

In the two IPL matches played yesterday, Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Pune Warriors.In the encounter played at Jaipur last night, the Rajasthan team recorded a convincing 87-run win over Mumbai Indians. After riding on Ajinkya Rahane's unbeaten 54-ba...

Wrestling:Asian Ch'ships begin in Delhi;players from 19 countries taking part

The Senior Asian Wrestling Championship gets underway in New Delhi today.Indian fans would be deprived of watching their Olympic medal winning grapplers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt in action as the two have not yet recovered from their respective injuries. At the K D Jadhav Wrestling Stadium, th...

Salman Butt, Muhammad Asif appeals rejected by CAS

Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif on Wednesday day lost their cases at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. The world's top sports tribunal dismissed their appeals against the bans imposed on them in 2011 by the ICC on spot-fixing charges. Ex-captain Butt and for...

IPL 6 : Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Pune Warriors by 11 runs

In the IPL match at Pune on Wednesday, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Pune Warriors by 11 runs. Put in to bat, the Hyderabad team made 119 for 8 in their twenty overs. Chasing the target of 120 runs, Pune Warriors were all out for 108 in 19 overs. In the other IPL encounter in Jaipur, Rajasthan Royals hav...

ICC allocates USD 422000 for Afghanistan Cricket Board

The ICC has allocated 422,000 US dollars for the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) from its Targeted Assistance and Performance Programme (TAPP). The aim of the allocation is to develop more competitive teams among its full, associate/affiliate members. The allocation was decided during the second of ...

Salman Butt, Muhammad Asif appeals rejected by CAS

Parupalli Kashyap, Sai Praneeth B, and P V Sindhu have entered the second round of the Singles event in the Badminton Asia Championships. In the first round of the Men's Singles at Taipei on Wednesday, World Number Seven Kashyap beat South Korea's Ji Hoon Hong in three games 18-21,...

Navjot is youngest to receive Sher-e-Kashmir sports award

Navjot Singh today became the youngest athlete of the state to be conferred with the Sher-i-Kashmir Sports Award.The 16-year-old, who was adjudged best sportsperson for 2008-09, got the award in recognition of his impressive outing at the 9th Sub Junior National Aerobic Gymnastics at Rajkot in 2007 ...