T20: England beat India by six wickets

England beat India by six wickets in the lone Twenty20 international cricket match at Manchester on Wednesday night. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, India were all out for 165 runs in 19.4 overs. For India, young Ajinkya Rahane smashed a quickfire 61 off 39 balls with 8 fours in hi...

Paes and Bhupati enter second round of U.S. Open Tennis Championship

In the US Open Tennis, Indian duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi entered the second round in men's doubles after getting the better of the Ukrainian-Spanish pair of Alexandr Dolgopolov and Albert Ramos 7-6 and 6-4.In another men's doubles match, fifth seeds Rohan Bopanna and h...

US Open: Somdev take on Andy Murray in opening round encounter today

India's Somdev Devvarman will take on World Number four Andy Murray in his opening round encounter of the US Open in New york on Wednesday. In the women's draw, Venus Williams will face German Sabine Lisicki in the second round. Meanwhile, the Indian pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh...

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi arrives in Kolkata

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi arrived in Kolkata in the wee hours on Wednesday. However, more than 1500 frenzied supporters and hordes of mediamen, who stayed awake through the night, failed to get a glimpse of the star footballer. Messi made a silent exit from the airport VIP gate amid high secu...

US Open: Sania crashes out of Women Singles event

In Women Singles event of the US Open, India's Number One Sania Mirza crashed out of the opening round of the US Open by her former doubles partner Shahar Peer of Israel 6-7, 6-3, 6-1. India's leading Male Tennis player Somdev Devvarman will face a dauting task of taking on World N...

India take on England in lone Twenty20 cricket match at Manchester tonight

India to open campaign with Sania Mirza in women's singles, duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in men's doubles

The Indian contingent is all set to open its campaign on Tuesday on the second day of the U.S Open tennis at New york. In the Women's singles event, Sania Mirza will face Shahar Peer of Israel. In the Men's Doubles event, the fourth seeded Indian duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhup...

Indian Railways plans to set up Sports acadmey

The Indian Railways is planning to set up a Sports Academy aimed at producing world class sportspersons. This was stated by the Railway Minister, Mr.Dinesh Trivedi at a function in New Delhi on Tuesday to felicitate the 2011 Arjuna and Dhyanchand awardees belonging to Railways.Speaking on the occasi...

India to lock horns with England T20 match

India will lock horns with England in the lone Twenty-20 cricket match at Manchester on Wednesday. Injuries continued to haunt Team India as firebladesman Virender Sehwag and bowler Ishant Sharma were the latest names to be included in the list of unfit players.Batsman Ajinkya Rahane and Pacer Varun...

Maria Sharapova survives in US Open

In US Open Tennis Tournament, Maria Sharapova of Russia survived an early scare beating British teenager Heather Watson 3-6 7-5 6-3, but it was an unconvincing performance. Former champion eventually moved to second round of the tournament. Watson won the junior title two years ago and was making he...