Indian cueists led by Geet Sethi, Devendra Joshi, Pankaj Advani and Alok kumar among others, on Thursday advanced to Group Stage II of World Billiards Championship, being played at Leeds in England. The others to advance in the event included B Bhaskar, Rupesh Shah, Sourav Kothari, and Dhruv Sitwala...

Punjab govt doubles prize money for Kabaddi World Cup

The Punjab government has doubled the prize money for the Kabaddi World Cup to a whopping two crore rupees . This was announced by the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and tournament's chairman Sukhbir Singh Badal in Chandigarh on Thursday. The tournament is to be held in various centres of the...

Australia defeat India in Tri-Nation Hockey tournament opener

Australia beat India 8-3 in the opening match of the double leg Tri-Nation Hockey tournament in Busselton Australia. In what turned out to be a nightmare of an outing for the Indian team on Diwali night, Australia blew away the Indian team with some great field manoeuvres and penalty corner drills.A...

French Open: Saina to clash with Xuerui Li in 2nd round

Indian ace Saina Nehwal will take on Chinese Xuerui Li in the second round of the women's singles event in the French Open Super Series badminton tournament today.In the opening round in Paris on Wednesday, she thrashed Jie Yao of Holland in straight-games 21-14, 21-9 in just 29 minutes.In ...

French Open: Saina to clash with Xuerui Li in 2nd round

Indian ace Saina Nehwal will take on Chinese Xuerui Li in the second round of the women's singles event in the French Open Super Series badminton tournament today.In the opening round in Paris on Wednesday, she thrashed Jie Yao of Holland in straight-games 21-14, 21-9 in just 29 minutes.How...

India secure 3rd position in ODI rankings

India have moved into third position in the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table after trouncing England 5-0 to wrap up the current series. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side stood 5th on 112 ratings when started the series but moved to 3rd with 118 ratings points after winning all the five ODIs. I...

Indian ace Saina Nehwal has reach the second round of the women's singles event in the French Open Super Series badminton tournament. In the opening round in Paris yesterday, she thrashed Jie Yao of Holland in straight-games 21-14, 21-9 in just 29 minutes.Fourth seed Saina will take on the ...

St Petersburg: Somdev beat Karol in straight sets

Indian tennis ace Somdev Devveraman finally broke his first round jinx as he beat Slovakian Karol Beck in straight sets to advance to the second round of the St Petersburg Open in Russia. The 26-year-old Indian beat his Slovakian opponent with a 6-2 6-3 win in just over an hour. Somdev will next mee...

Indian ace Saina Nehwal has reached the second round of the women's singles event in the French Open Super Series badminton tournament. In the opening round in Paris today, she thrashed Jie Yao of Holland in straight-games 21-14 21-9 in just 29 minutes.Fourth seed Saina will take on the win...

India move into third position in ODI Championship table

India have moved into third position in the Reliance ICC ODI Championship table after trouncing England 5-0 to wrap up the current series. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side stood 5th on 112 ratings when started the series but moved to 3rd on 118 ratings points after winning all the five ODIs. In ...