Surjit Hockey Tournament from Oct 8 -15

Ivanchuk shocks Anand in Bilbao Final Masters

World Champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a rare loss, going down to Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the third round of the fourth Bilbao Final Masters in Sao Paulo, Brazil.After two fighting draws, Anand did not achieve much in the opening as white, and once his position worsened Ivanchuk played in ...

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Paramjeet Samota of India will today clash with Vitalijus Subacius of Lithuania in the super heavyweight (91 kg) category of the World Boxing Championship at Baku in Azerbaijan.In another bout, Asian Games lightweight category gold medallist Vikas Krishnan will make...

CLT-20: Chennai Super Kings defeat Cape Cobras

In a Champions League Twenty20 match, Chennai Super Kings defeated Cape Cobras by four-wickets in Chennai on Wednesday night. Dwayne Bravo's unbeaten counter-attacking 25-ball 46 lifted defending champions Chennai Super Kings from a hopeless situation to a stunning victory.Chasing a modest ...

World Boxing C'ship: Dinesh Kumar storms into 2nd round

India's Dinesh Kumar has entered the 2nd round of Men's 81 kilogram light heavy weight category in the AIBA World Boxing Championship at Baku, Azerbaijan. Dinesh defeated Deepak Mahajan of Nepal, 20-8, in the opening round.He joins Akhil Kumar and Suranjoy Mayengbam Singh who advan...

India's Dinesh Kumar has entered the 2nd round of Men's 81 kilogram light heavy weight category in the AIBA World Boxing Championship at Baku, Azerbaijan. Dinesh defeated Deepak Mahajan of Nepal, 20-8, in the opening round. He joins Akhil Kumar and Suranjoy Mayengbam Singh who adva...

In the 2011 AIBA, in Azerbaijan India's Dinesh Kumar takes on of Nepal in the opening round of the Men's 81 kilogram light heavy weight category. On Tuesday, veteran boxers Akhil Kumar and Suranjoy Mayengbam Singh won easily in their first round bouts. Both the Indian boxers have a...

WC 2014: FIFA row with Brazil worsens

A row between FIFA, the governing body of football, and Brazil over arrangements for the World Cup in 2014 appears to have worsened. The Brazilian President has asked to meet the head of FIFA. Brazil wants FIFA to relent rules for TV broadcasting rights and discounted tickets. FIFA has repeatedly wa...

Somdev beats Ledovskikh in Malayasian Open

Somdev Devvraman earned a hard-fought straight-set win over qualifier Mikhail Ledovskikh to advance to the second round of the ATP Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. Playing his first match after suffering a shoulder strain during India's Davis Cup tie against Japan, Somdev battled past the Ru...

Indian football squad to leave for Uzbekistan to play in U-16 qualifiers

A 23-member Indian football squad will be leaving on Wednesday for Tashkent, Uzbekistan to play in the U-16 qualifiers. India have been clubbed in group 'C' along with hosts Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Bahrain and Kyrgyzstan. They will kick off their campaign against Kyrgyzstan on Satu...