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September 24, 2010 9:00 AM

India continues to dominate in Chess Olympiad

India continued to dominate the 39th Chess Olympiad with fine victories at Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. The men's team defeated International Committee of Silent Chess (ICSC) with a score of three and a half points to half a point. The women's team beat Indonesia by an identical margin...

September 23, 2010 8:37 PM

Taskent Open tennis tournament: Sania crashes out of Women's Doubles event

Sania Mirza and her partner Maria Elena Camerin have crashed out of the Women's Doubles event of the Taskent Open tennis tournament. In the quarter-finals in Tashkent today, the Indo-Italian combination lost 5-7 1-6 to Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania and Magdalena Rybrikova of Slovakia in lit...

September 23, 2010 8:35 PM

Indians continue to dominate the 39th Chess Olympiad

Indians are continuing to dominate the 39th Chess Olympiad, now under way in Russia. At Khanty Mansiysk, both the men's and women's teams coasted to fine victories over their opponents. The men's team defeated International Committee of Silent Chess (ICSC) with a score of ...

September 23, 2010 7:34 PM

South Africa decides to send its team to compete in Delhi CW Games

Brushing aside worries of sanitation, dengue fever and security, South Africa has decided to send its team to compete in the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Tubby Reddy, head of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee said in Johannesburg today that they are satisfied that all the are...

September 23, 2010 2:29 PM

Shoaib Akhtar caught on camera tampering with cricket ball

Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been caught on camera tampering with the cricket ball during their fifth ODI match against England on Wednesday night in Southampton. Media reports say, Shoaib Akhtar was seen apparently running his left thumb along the ball's seam before dropping the...

September 23, 2010 10:39 AM

Two Canadian athletes pull out of CWG

Two Canadian athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing health and safety concerns. The two archers are Kevin Tataryn and Dietmar Trillus. Archery Canada's executive director, Scott Ogilvie said in Toronto that their decision to pull out was personal and independent...

September 23, 2010 10:09 AM

Ignored Rathore lashes out at NRAI

Athens Olympic silver medalist, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has lashed out at the National Rifle Shooting Association of India (NRAI) for leaving him out of the Commonwealth Games squad on the basis of unfair selection policy. Rathore said that the NRAI had adopted a new selection policy in March but...

September 23, 2010 9:42 AM

Sania- Elena in quarter-finals of Tashkent Open

In the Tashkent Open tennis tournament, Sania Mirza and her Italian partner Maria Elena Camerin defeated Ukrainian sisters, Lyudmyla and Nadiya Kichenok 6-2, 6-3 to enter the quarter-finals of the doubles event at Tashkent yesterday. Sania and Camerin will now face Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania and ...

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