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June 30, 2012 8:00 PM

Olympic Day Run held in Kolkata

A large number of Olympians on Saturday participated in the Kolkata leg of Olympic Day Run . The sacred Olympic flame was first lighted in Athens on June 23, 1984, and since then it is held on any day between Jun 23 to 30 every year in the major cities of the world. The Kolkata leg saw Olympians lik...

June 30, 2012 7:56 PM

Wimbledon: Paes, Stepanek cruise into 3rd round

India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek have entered the third round of the Men's Doubles in the Wimbledon tennis championships. In the second round in London on Saturday, the duo beat the Israeli pair of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in straight sets 6-2, 6-4, 7-6...

June 30, 2012 5:39 PM

IPL sting: BCCI bans five players on charges of spot-fixing

The BCCI has slapped a life ban on pacer T P Sudhindra and handed lighter punishments to four other players who were exposed in a TV sting operation. Shalabh Srivastava was banned for five years and Mohnish Mishra, Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bali for a year each.Cracking the whip on domestic cricketers ...

June 30, 2012 1:49 PM

AFC Cup: India to take on Turkmenistan

India will take on Turkmenistan in their crucial last league encounter of the Asia Football Confederation, AFC Cup Under -22 Qualifiers in Muscat today. India is still in the contention to make it to the final rounds of the AFC Qualifiers. They were held to a 1-1 draw by the United Arab Emirates in ...

June 30, 2012 9:11 AM

Sania-Bethanie advance to third round of Wimbledon

India's Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands have advanced to the third round of the women's doubles competition at the Wimbledon tennis championship. In London yesterday, the 13th seeded Indo-US duo scored a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win over the unseeded French p...

June 29, 2012 9:18 PM

Wimbledon: Sania advanced to 3rd round of women's doubles

India's Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands have advanced to the third round of the women's doubles competition at the Wimbledon tennis championships. In London today, the 13th seeded Indo-US duo scored a comfortable 6-3 6-2 win over unseeded French pair of S...

June 29, 2012 9:17 PM

Italy to play Spain in Euro 2012 final

Italy play Spain in the Euro 2012 final at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday. Defending champions and World Cup holders Spain are ranked Number One, while Italy hold the Number 12 spot in world rankings. In the second semi-final played at Warsaw in Poland last night, Italy beat Germany...

June 29, 2012 6:19 PM

India enters in final of U-19 Asia Cup

India have stormed into the final of the Under-19 Asia Cup cricket tournament. At Kuala Lumpur today, they defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets. Helped by a sparkling 116 from Captain Unmukt Chand, India chased down the target of 245 with 2.5 overs to spare. India will now take on Pakistan in the final...

June 29, 2012 1:53 PM

Paes to take part in London Olympics

Veteran Leander Paes has finally agreed to take part in the London Olympics, ending days of suspense over his participation after he threatened to pull out due to a selection row that engulfed Indian tennis ahead of the mega-event.After days of maintaining a stoic silence on his Olympic participatio...

June 29, 2012 9:34 AM

AFC Cup Under -22 Qualifiers: India held to 1-1 draw by UAE

India were held to 1-1 draw by United Arab Emirates in their crucial league encounter of the Asia Football Confederation, AFC Cup Under -22 Qualifiers in Muscat yesterday. Down by an early goal by Jamaal Ibrahim of UAE, a rejuvenated Indian team came from behind not only to draw the game, but were a...

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