Vietnam Open: Jayaram, Gurusaidutt reach Men's singles Semi-finals

Two Indian players, Ajay Jayaram and R M V Gurusaidutt, have entered the semi-finals of the Men's singles in the Vietnam Open Grand Prix badminton tournament. At the Ho Chih Minh City on Friday, the rest of the Indian competitors in the women's singles and the doubles events bowed ...

Footballers in Italy have announced a strike over tax. This means the opening matches of the new first division season scheduled for this weekend will be postponed.The players' union (AIC) and the clubs' union (Lega) are disputing a collective bargaining agreement after the previou...

Indian golfers made disappointing starts in the fog-delayed opening round of the Johnnie Walker Championships in Scotland . At Gleneagles, Perthshire on Thursday, only Shiv Kapur managed to avoid an over-par card in the first round. With the event not beginning till two hours and 40 minutes later th...

Hurricane Irene halts Atwal's promising start in FedEx Cup

In the Barclays Golf Championships at New Jersey , Arjun Atwal had a promising start but it was cut short by Hurricane Irene. He was left stranded at two-under through 11 holes in the first round of the event, which is the first leg of the FedEx Cup play-offs. Atwal had a bogey on the fourth but soo...

US Open: Somdev meets Andy Murray, Sania to face Sahar Peer in 1st round

India beat Sussex by six wickets in one-day tour match

India beat Sussex by six wickets in their one-day tour match at Hove on Thursday. The match was reduced to 45-over-a-side affair after rain interruptions. Put in to bat, Sussex were 236 all out in 45 overs. Matt Machan top-scored with 56. India overhauled the victory target of 237 by making 238 for ...

England beat Ireland by 11 runs in rain hit ODI

England avenged their World Cup defeat against Ireland with an 11-run victory over the hosts in Thursday's rain-affected one-day international at Clontarf.The Irish were eyeing another famous win over England after restricting Eoin Morgan's team to 201 for 8 in 42 overs.But hopes o...

Lionel Messi wins inaugural best player in Europe award

Lionel Messi has won the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe award for the 2010-11 season. Messi beat his Barcelona teammate Xavi Hernandez and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid in a poll of journalists from across Europe .Argentina forward Messi scored 53 goals as he and Xavi led Barcelona to the C...

India announces teams for 1st FIBA 3×3 Youth World Basketball

LG ICC Awards 2011 to be held in London on 12th Sept