India's 15 members Cricket Team for World Cup announced

The All India Seniors Selection Committee of the Board of Control of Cricket in India announced the team for the ICC World Cup 2011 next month. The team members are M.S. Dhoni Captain, Virendra Sehwag vice Captain. Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan ...

India sweeps medals tally at SAF Winter Games in Auli, Uttarakhand

Indian skiers won all the gold medals in the offing on the last day of the first ever South Asian Winter Games, held in two phases in Dehradun and Auli. The host nation completely dominated the ski events as well as ice skating events, leaving other participating countries way behind in the medal ta...

SAF Games: Indian skiers bag maximum gold, emerge overall champion

Netherlands: Anand defeats Ruslan Ponomariov in Tata Steel Chess tournament

World champion Vishwanathan Anand defeated former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of the Ukraine in his opening round in group 'A' competition of the 73rd Tata Steel chess tournament in The Netherlands.The win was an important boost for Anand to regain the top spot in rating ...

SAF Games: Competitions resumes as weather condition improves

Life in the most parts of the Uttarakhand has been disrupted due to chilly cold conditions following wide spread snowfall and rain in last 24 hours. However, clear weather conditions have been reported from certain parts of the state, whereas several other places reported cloud cover. Meanwhile, in ...

Sania Mirza booked a berth in the women's singles main draw of the Australian Open with an easy straight sets victory over Canada's Stephanie Dubois, in Melbourne today.The 24th seed Sania won 6-2 6-3 in the third and final round of the qualifying competition. Sania had to go throu...

SA Winter Games in Uttarakhand postponed due to heavy snowfall

In the South Asian Winter Games at Auli in Uttarakhand, ski events scheduled to be held yesterday were postponed till today due to heavy snowfall. Officials said, the ski events -- 15 km men slalom, 10 Km women slalom and Nordic -- were cancelled as Auli experienced heavy snowfall yesterday. South A...

Tendulkar rules out of remaining three ODIs against S Africa due to hamstring injury

Sachin Tendulkar handed a injury concern to India just a day before the World Cup team selection after he was ruled out of the remainder of the ODI series against South Africa because of a hamstring problem. Tendulkar injured his right hamstring during his 24-run innings in the second ODI against th...

Ethiopia's Girma Assefa wins Mumbai Marathon

Ethiopia's Girma Assefa won in the Full Marathon category of the Mumbai Marathon 2011. The Half Marathon was won by India's B C Tilak. Our Mumbai correspondent reports, many renowned personalities, including Deepika Padukone, Anil Ambani, Tina Ambani and Milind Soman participated i...

Ethiopia's Girma Assefa wins Mumbai Marathon 2011

Ethiopia's Girma Assefa won in the Full Marathon category of the Mumbai Marathon 2011. The Half Marathon was won by India's B C Tilak. Our Mumbai correspondent reports, many renowned personalities, including Deepika Padukone, Anil Ambani, Tina Ambani and Milind Soman participated i...