Former world champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia won the men's singles title of the Syed Modi India Open Grand Prix badminton championship. In Lucknow on Sunday, he defeated India's unseeded Saurabh Verma 21-15, 21-18.The women's singles title was won by third seed Inthan...

Syed Modi India Open badminton: World Champ Hidayat wins men's singles title

Former world champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia won the men's singles title of the Syed Modi India Open Grand Prix badminton championship. In Lucknow on Sunday, he defeated India's unseeded Saurabh Verma 21-15, 21-18.The women's singles title was won by third seed Inthan...

Syed Modi badminton: 3rd seed Ratchanok wins women's singles title

Third seed Inthanon Ratchanok of Thailand won the women's singles title of the Syed Modi India Open Grand Prix badminton championship in Lucknow after she got a walk-over by another Thai and second seeded Porntip Buranaprasertsuk.In men's singles, unseeded Saurabh Verma of India cl...

India-Aus opening match of 4 Test series on Monday

The opening match of the four Test series between India and Australia will be played at Melbourne on Monday. All India Radio will broadcast a running commentary on the match from 4.30 in the morning on FM Gold, Rajdhani Channel and RN Network. All doubts about the fitness of fast bowlers Zaheer Khan...

American teenager becomes youngest to climb 7 summits

An American teenager has become the youngest person to successfully climb to the summit of the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. Fifteen year old Jordan Romero reached the summit of Mount Vinson Manssif in Antartica yesterday, the final peak in a quest he started six years ago. The ...

VS Rao of services clinches gold in 56 kg

V.S. Rao of services clinched gold in 56 kg. clean and jerk category for men at the National Weightlifting Championship in Brahmapur, Odisha. In the 62 kg.men category, Tirumurugam of Karnataka got gold in snatch. In the 62 kg.clean and jerk, Ramesh Kumar of Services has own gold. In the 62 kg.snatc...

Sonia Chanu wins Gold in 48 Kg women category

Sonia Chanu of Uttar Pradesh has won Gold in clean and jerk in the 48 Kg women category in the National Senior Weight Lifting championship which began at Berhampur in Odisha yesterday.S Mohan Sunderam of RAILWAYS has won Gold in the 56 KG Men's category. Around 350 lifters are participating...

Sonia Chanu wins Gold in 48 Kg women category

Sonia Chanu of Uttar Pradesh has won Gold in clean and jerk in the 48 Kg women category in the National Senior Weight Lifting championship which began at Berhampur in Odisha yesterday. S.Mohan Sunderam of Services has won Gold in the 56 KG Men's category. Around 350 lifters are participatin...

National Senior Weight Lifting Championship began on Saturday at Brhampur in Odisha.Around 350 lifters are participating in both men and women category. Local MLA Shri Ramesh Chandra Chaupattnayak inaugurated the five-day long champianship.While players like Chandrakant Mali, Vadi Velu, Ramesh Babu ...

National Senior Weight Lifting Championship began on Saturday at Brhampur in Odisha.Around 350 lifters are participating in both men and women category. Local MLA Shri Ramesh Chandra Chaupattnayak inaugurated the five-day long champianship.While players like Chandrakant Mali, Vadi Velu, Ramesh Babu ...