Sports

May 23, 2010 7:10 PM

French Open begins; eyes on Somdev to make history

The year's second Grand Slam tennis event, the French Open has begun in Paris. In the Women's section, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dominica Cibulkova have entered the second round by beating their respetive rivals.In the Men's singles, Marin Cilic has advanced to the second ro...

May 23, 2010 11:00 AM

French Open Tennis Tournament kick starts today

French Open tennis tournament will kick start today. The tournament presents India's ace tennis player Somdev Devvarman a chance to script history. He is the Indian flagbearer in men's singles in his maiden French Open. Only three Indians have made the third round of FrenchOpen, th...

May 22, 2010 9:20 PM

Mary Kom spearhead Indian challenge in 6th Asian Women's Boxing Championships

Four-time world champion M C Mary Kom would spearhead Indian challenge in the sixth Asian Women's Boxing Championships starting tomorrow in Astana, Kazakhstan. Mary Kom, a Khel Ratna awardee, won a silver in the previous edition of the event held in September last year in Guwahati. The tour...

May 22, 2010 12:12 PM

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...

May 22, 2010 8:22 AM

Somdev qualifies for Men's Singles at French Open

Somdev Devvarman has become the first Indian to make the Men's Singles main draw at the French Open in 13 years as he breezed past Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-1 in Paris.Leander Paes was the last Indian to play in the Men's singles at Roland Garros in 1997 and he lost in the ...

May 21, 2010 8:52 PM

Somdev, first Indian to qualifies for French Open singles

Somdev Devvarman today became the first Indian to make the Men's Singles main draw at the French Open in 13 years as he breezed past Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-1 in Paris in the qualifying tournament. Leander Paes was the last Indian to play in the Men's singles at Roland Ga...

May 21, 2010 8:50 PM

Delhi HC sets aside Centre's decision to derecognise IHF

President of the Indian Hockey Federation KPS Gill today hailed Delhi High Court's verdict to set aside government and IOA orders derecognising the sports body India Hockey Federation in 2008 and alleged that personal ambitions of a few individuals led to IHF's disbandment. Justice...

Most Read

View All arrow-right

No posts found.