Aus Open Tennis:Somdev loses to Janowicz; Sania, Bethanie crash out of women's Doubles

Somdev Devvarman has lost to Poland's Jerzy Janowicz in a second round thriller at the Australian Open Melbourne today.The Pole defeated the Indian 6-7 , 3-6, 6-1 , 6-0, 7-5.India's Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands crashed out in the first round of the wom...

HIL matches today::Punjab Warriors meet Ranchi Rhinos;Delhi Waveriders play Mumbai Magicians

Punjab Warriors will take on Ranchi Rhinos and Delhi Waveriders will meet Mumbai Magicians in the Hockey India League today. The Punjab-Ranchi match will be played in Jalandhar at 6 PM, while Delhi-Mumbai clash will take place in Delhi at 8 PM.In the opening fixture of the tournament on Monday, Delh...

CSK Chess Chennai: Top seed GM Aleksei of Belarus starts campaign with win

In the Chennai Super Kings 5th International Grand Master chess tournament, top seed Grandmaster Aleksandrov Aleksej of Belarus started his campaign with a bang when he overpowered Anirudh Aiyangar in the first round yesterday.It was smooth sailing for all the other higher seeded players with the ex...

S.Africa retains top spot as world number one team in latest ICC rankings

Bagan ban overturned by AIFF in reprieve for football club

In a massive reprieve for Mohun Bagan, All India Football Federation, AIFF has revoked the two-year ban on the club. The Federation let off the side by imposing a meagre fine of two crore rupees for abandoning its I-League derby against East Bengal mid-way, last December. The decision was taken duri...

Chess: Anand in second spot at Tata Steel Tournament. Wijk Aan Zee

World champion Viswanathan Anand has jumped to joint second spot after the end of the third round of the premier section of Tata Steel Chess tournament in the Netherlands. At Wijk Aan Zee yesterday, Anand beat Fabiano Caruana of Italy. In another match, debutante P Harikrishna survived an inferior p...

Ranji semis to be played today; Saurashtra play Punjab; Services meet Mumbai

The semi-final matches of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament will be played from today. In the first semi-final, Saurashtra will take on Punjab at Rajkot, while in the second semi-final, Services will meet Mumbai at Delhi.Earlier in three quarterfinals, even though the game ended on an even keel, P...

India level series 1-1 beating England by 127 runs in second ODI match at Kochi

India beat England by a massive 127 runs in the second one day international cricket match at Kochi yesterday,to square the 5-match series, 1-1. Opting to bat first at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, hosts India posted a formidable 285 for 6 in the stipulated 50 overs, courtesy a brilliant 96-run six...

Tennis: Somdev meets Janowicz;India open Doubles campaign at Australia Open

In Australian Open Tennis, India's Somdev Devvarman will lock horns with Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in the Men's Singles second round today. Somdev had defeated Bjorn Phau of Germany, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in the opening round.Serbia's World Number One Novak Djokovic, Spain&apos...

HIL matches today::Punjab Warriors meet Ranchi Rhinos;Delhi Waveriders play Mumbai Magicians

Punjab Warriors will take on Ranchi Rhinos and Delhi Waveriders will meet Mumbai Magicians in the Hockey India League today. The Punjab-Ranchi match will be played in Jalandhar at 6 PM, while Delhi-Mumbai clash will take place in Delhi at 8 PM.In the opening fixture of the tournament on Monday, Delh...