Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu stun Wimbledon doubles champions

Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu stunned Wimbledon doubles champions Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova to storm into the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Women's Open Tennis tournament in USA. The unseeded Indo-Romanian pair shocked their fifth seed rivals 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 in the second round ...

NZ take on SL in their second encounter of tri-nation cricket series at Dambula

New Zealand take on Sri Lanka in their second tri-series cricket encounter today at Dambulla. The Kiwis, who thrashed team India by 200 runs, are ready to put up a tough challenge for the hosts. Sri Lanka however have a very strong batting line-up led by in-form Skipper Kumar Sanghakara and the Isla...

Sania-Monica enter Cincinnati Women's Open Q-finals

Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu stunned Wimbledon doubles champions Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova to storm into the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Women's Open Tennis tournament in USA. The unseeded Indo-Romanian pair shocked their fifth seed rivals 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 in the second round ...

Tri-series: Munaf back in squad

The Indian bowling attack has been strengthened with the inclusion of Munaf Patel in the team for the remaining matches of the Tri-series, being held in Sri Lanka. India's bowling had looked quite ordinary in the last few months, after many bowlers were ruled out of action due to various in...

4 Indians short-listed for this year�s ICC Awards

The Queen's Baton relay, symbolizing the Commonwealth Games, is being held in Raipur in Chhattisgarh this afternoon. The rally will start from the Sahid Bhagat Singh chowk in the capital with the Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh handing over the Baton to the runners. A large number of sports enth...

Kiwis beat India by 200 runs in opening tri-series match

New Zealand defeated India by 200 runs in the opening match of Tri nation Cricket series at Dambulla in Sri Lanka yesterday. Chasing a target of 289 runs, India were all out for 88 in 29.3 overs.Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, New Zealand scored 288 in 48.5 overs.

4 Indians short-listed for this year�s ICC Awards

The Queen&apos;s Baton, symbolizing the Commonwealth Games, arrived in Chhattisgarh today evening. The Baton along with the team was given a warm welcome at the Raipur airport. The Chhattisgarh government have arranged a reception in Raipur this evening in honour of the team.<br/><br/>Th...

Dikshit visits various CWG construction sites

The Delhi Chief Minister, Shiela Dikshit visited various construction and renovation sites for the Common Wealth Games in New Delhi today. She personally supervised the progress in removal of rubble and other construction waste. The new deadline for removal of about eighty thousand metric tonnes of ...

In a major setback to suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, the Indian Cricket Board today rejected his demand for the recusal of Chirayu Amin and Arun Jaitley from the disciplinary panel investigating the charges of financial irregularities against him. In a statement, the Board refused to oblige ...

8000 workers working at various construction projects in CWG sites

The government today said that at present about 8000 workers are working at various construction projects in Commonwealth Games sites. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Labour and employment minister Mallikarjun Kharge said workers in various construction projects under Commonwealth Games are n...