Paes to partner Tipsaveric in Chennai Open

Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes will partner Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic in the doubles competition of the Aircel Chennai Open, starting 2nd January.Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi had won the 2011 edition but they parted ways yet again and have preferred to play with younger partners.It mea...

Syed Modi Badminton: Sourabh Verma enters semi-finals

Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma has reached the semi-finals in the men's singles category of the Syed Modi Memorial India Open Grand Prix Gold.In the quarter-finals played in Lucknow today, he defeated seventh seed Yun Hu of Hong Kong 23-21, 21-19. The pair of Jwala Gutta and V.Dijju have als...

One-yr ban on seven Indian women athletes for doping

Seven top Indian athletes, including Asian Games double gold-medallist Ashwini Akkunji, were on Friday handed bans for flunking dope tests earlier this year. This virtually ends their chances of participating in the London Olympics next year.The seven athletes include six quartermilers - Mandeep Kau...

Yaya Toure named African Footballer of the Year

Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure was named African Footballer of the Year on Friday. He finished ahead of Ghana 's Andre 'Dede' Ayew and Mali 's Seydou Keita in the polling on Thursday by national coaches of the 53 member associations of the C...

China sweeps Russia in women's chess team worlds 5th round

China has crushed Olympic champions Russia 4-0 in the fifth round of the Women World Team Chess Championships in Mardin, Turkey.With this win, China is in the lead with 10 points while India stays with 9 points after they trounced Armenia 3.5--0.5 in the fourth round.The tournament will continue on ...

One-yr ban on six Indian women athletes for doping

India 's six top women athletes, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, were today handed a one year ban for flunking dope tests earlier this year.This was announced at the National Anti-Doping Agency headquarters in Delhi . NADA panel head Dinesh Dayal announced a red...

One-yr ban on six Indian women athletes for doping<br/>

The National Anti-Doping Agency, NADA, has imposed a one-year ban on six top Indian women athletes for flunking dope tests earlier this year.They include Asian Games double gold medalist Ashwini Akkunji, Mandeep Kaur, Sini Jose, Tiana Mary Thomas, Priyanka Panwar and Jauna Murmu.According to an offi...

Badminton: Sourabh, Sameer to play their QF matches today

In Badminton, Indian shuttlers Sourabh and Sameer Verma will today play their quarterfinals matches in the Men&apos;s Singles category at the Syed Modi Memorial India Open Grand Prix Gold in Lucknow. Sourabh, who won the Bahrain International Challenge this year, will take on seventh seed Yun Hu...

In Badminton, Indian shuttlers Sourabh and Sameer Verma will today play their quarterfinals matches in the Men&apos;s Singles category at the Syed Modi Memorial India Open Grand Prix Gold in Lucknow. Sourabh, who won the Bahrain International Challenge this year, will take on seventh seed Yun Hu...

The Indian women have moved to second spot at the World Team Chess Championship currently underway in Mardin, Turkey, crushing Armenia 3.5--0.5 in the fourth round.For India, Grand Master Koneru Humpy yet again provided the much-needed support and defeated top Armenian Elina Danielian. Tania Sachdev...