Indian Triple jumper Mayookha Johny wins bronze medal in Asian Athletics Grand Prix

Triple Jumper Mayookha Johny has become the first Indian woman to breach the 14-metre mark as she bagged a bronze medal in the third and final leg of the Asian Athletics Grand Prix in Wujiang, China. Mayookha on Monday bettered her Kerala state-mate M A Prajusha's Commonwealth Games nationa...

Bengal meets Manipur in 65th Santosh Trophy Football final today

Defending champions Bengal take on Manipur today in the final of the Santosh Trophy, 65th National Football Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Guwahati. In the semi-finals, Manipur beat Services with Thoiba Singh netting the winner while Bengal rode on Budhiram Tudu's strike ag...

FIFA suspends two top officials amid bribery allegations

FIFA, the world's governing body for football, has suspended two top officials amid bribery allegations, while clearing its president of any wrongdoing. FIFA's ethics committee on Sunday said, that Qatar's Mohamed Bin Hammam and Jack Warner of Trinidad and Tobago have been...

Indian Triple jumper Mayookha Johny wins bronze medal in Asian Athletics Grand Prix

Indian Triple jumper Mayookha Johny has bagged bronze medal in the third and final leg of the Asian Athletics Grand Prix at Wujiang in China. Mayookha produced a big leap of 14.02 metre to finish third behind two Chinese Xie Limei (14.16 metre) and Li Yanmei (14.05 metre). She bettered Kerala state-...

IOC, BPCL enter All India Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup Hockey

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and BPCL have made it to the semifinals of the All India Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup Hockey tournament, winning their respective quarterfinal matches at the Aishbagh Stadium in Bhopal. In the third quarter final played last evening, Indian Oil Corporation routed Indian Rail...

Bengal meets Manipur in 65th Santosh Trophy Football final today

Defending champions Bengal will take on Manipur on Monday in the final of the 65th Santosh Trophy Football Championship. Bengal have won the championship for a record 30 times. Both teams won their semi-final matches by an identical 1-0 margin.

Sania Mirza and Russian Yelena Vesnina have entered into the quarter finals in doubles of French Open Tennis today, making place in final eight. Sania and Vesnina defeated Spain's Joens Martinenz and Marina Gorics in straight sets by 6-1, 6-4. In quarter finals Sania and Vesnina will take o...

Santosh Trophy: Defending champion Bengal to take on Manipur

Defending champions Bengal will take on Manipur tomorrow in order to retain the 65th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy. Santosh Trophy and Bengal have been synonymous since its inception. Bengal have won the championship a record 30 times and coach Shabbir Ali would only be too happy...

Indian veteran Mahesh Bhupathi's campaign ended at the French Open today with a second round defeat in the mixed doubles event along with Chinese partner Jie Zheng. The fifth seed Indo-Chinese pair lost 6-4 3-6 7-10 to unseeded duo of Rennae Stubbs of Australia and Brazil's Marcelo...

Football: Barcelona wins Champions League

The Europe's most important Club Football competition, the Champions League has been won by Barcelona. They beat Manchester United 3-1 in the Final held at Wembley Stadium in London. The half time score one-all but ten minutes into the second half, Barcelona's Lionel Messi scored a...