Paes-Dlouhy seeded 3rd, Bhupathi-Mirnyi 5th? in French Open

Defending champions Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy have been seeded third and will open their French Open campaign against Swede Johan Brunstrom and Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherlands.While, Mahesh Bhupathi and his Belarussian partner Max Mirnyi have been seeded fifth and are pitted against Jurgen Melz...

Joshna Chinappa lifts title in German Ladies Open

India's Joshna Chinappa tasted the success in German Ladies Open without dropping a game as she beat Swiss opponent Gaby Schmohl in the final of the WISPA World Tour event at the Squash Centre in Saarbrucken. The second seed from Chennai, Chinappa dismissed the unexpected finalist Swiss num...

India is ready to eliminate the menace of doping from every sports : M.S. GILL

Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs M S Gill today assured that India is ready to eliminate the menace of doping at all levels of sports in the country. Speaking at a function in New Delhi, Dr.Gill lauded the efforts of the governemnt in establishing a state of the art dope testing laboratory in t...

BCCI invites bid for sponsoring 4 Indian squad

With its deal with Sahara coming to an end next month, the BCCI today invited bids from companies through a tender notice for sponsoring four Indian squads, including the much sought-after men's outfit. The tender notice, issued by BCCI secretary N Srinivasan, called for firms to bid for sp...

Somdev crashes out of French Open

Somdev Devvarman's French Open adventure ended when he lost a topsy-turvy first round match against Swiss Marco Chiudinelli at Roland Garros in Paris. Somdev, who became the first Indian to make it to the singles main draw in 13 years, lost 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 in a gruelling three hours...

NZealand beat SLanka in historic US match

Women Hockey: India beat New Zealand

The Indian women's hockey team continued its unbeaten run and notched up an emphatic 3-1 win over New Zealand in the fourth Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series in Wellington .India trailed 0-1 at half time but came back strongly after the break with three goals fr...

NZealand beat SLanka in historic US match

Somdev crashed out of French Open

Somdev Devvarman's French Open adventure ended when he lost a topsy-turvy first round match against Swiss Marco Chiudinelli at Roland Garros in Paris. Somdev, who became the first Indian to make it to the singles main draw in 13 years, lost 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 in a gruelling three hours...

French Open: Men's singles gets underway

In the French Open Grand Slam Tennis event in Paris, the first round Men's singles match between India's Somdev Devvarman and Switzerland's Marco Chiudinelli is in progress.When reports last came in, both players were level by winning a set each. Somdev took the second set...