V V S Laxman retires from international cricket

V V S Laxman announces retirement from international cricket

V V S Laxman announces retirement from international cricket

Veteran Cricketer V V S Laxman has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.He said in Hyderabad that its the right time to give the opportunity to youngsters.

Philippe Croizon swims from America to Asia

Quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon swam between islands in the icy Bering Strait to cross from America to Asia in the final part of a quest to link all continents. The Frenchman braved strong currents and near-freezing temperatures in a roughly four kilometre swim between the US island of Little Dio...

Dipika Pallikal crashes out of Gold Series

Dipika Pallikal today missed by a whisker in becoming the first squash player of Indian origin to bag a shot at a Gold Series title. In the semifinals of the Women's Australian Open Squash Championships at Canberra, Dipika fought gallantly but lost to Laura Massaro of England 7-11, 11-7, 11...

Bhupathi-Bopanna enter semis at Cincinnati

SAIL to sponsor London Olympics medal winners in 2016

The Steel Authority of India, SAIL will sponsor all medal winners of the London Olympics for the next Olympics to be held in 2016 at Rio De Janeiro. This was announced by the Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma in New Delhi today. He was speaking at a felicitation function of Medal winners in Lon...

Cincinnati Masters: Andy Murray losees to Jeremy Chardy

Olympic champion Andy Murray was sent crashing out of the Cincinnati Masters Tennis tournament in Ohio, going down to a shock 6-4, 6-4 defeat at the hands of French lucky loser Jeremy Chardy. Murray, the defending champion at this key US Open warm-up event, won just one match in Toronto last week be...

Olympic medal winners meet PM, Sonia

London Olympic medal winners today met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi at the PM's residence in New Delhi. On this occasion, the all six medal winners including Silver medallists shooter Vijay Kumar and wrestler Sushil Kumar and the bronze-medallists wo...

Under-19 Cricket WC: West Indies defeat Zimbabwe

The West Indies defeated Zimbabwe by six wickets in Under-19 - Cricket World Cup at Townsville in Australia. With the victory, the West Indies finished on top of Group C and will now face New Zealand in the second quarterfinal on Monday. Chasing 149 to win, Skipper Kraigg Brathwaite batted till the ...