Serena lifts her 5th Australian Open title beating Henin

Defending champion and top seed Serena Williams has won the Australian Open women's title for the fifth time. In the final in Melbourne today, she defeated Belgium's Justine Henin 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. The American claimed her 12th Grand Slam with this win. Williams also won in the women&...

Togo banned for next two Africa Nations Cup

Togo, which pulled out of the Africa Cup of Nations after a terrorist attack on its team bus, has been banned for the next two editions of the tournament. Announcing this, the African Football Confederation president Issa Hayatou said the decision was based on governmental interference, which led to...

Serena Williams wins Australian Open women's title for fifth time

Defending champion and top seed Serena Williams has won the Australian Open women's title for the fifth time. In the final in Melbourne today, she defeated Belgium's Justine Henin 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. The American claimed her 12th Grand Slam with this win. Williams also won in the women&...

India routed Nepal 21-0 in opening hockey match

India routed Nepal 21-0 in the opening hockey match at the 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka on Saturday . Led by Ajitesh India scored at regular intervals, dominating the game fiercely at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium. India also opened its medal account at the Games winning its first g...

Serena beats Henin to win fifth Australian Open

Defending champion and top seed Serena Williams powered to her fifth Australian Open title and 12th Grand Slam. In Melbourne on Saturday, Serena beat Justine Henin 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.The American claimed her 12th Grand Slam with this win.

Australia wins Under -19 Cricket World Cup

Australia today defeated Pakistan by 25 runs in the finals to win the Under -19 Cricket World cup trophy for a third time. Australia made 207 for the loss of nine wickets in the stipulated fifty overs. Pakistan however, fell short of the target and were all out for 182 runs in 46.4 overs. For Austra...

11th South Asian Games: India to take on Nepal

India takes on Nepal today in the opening hockey match at the 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka. The match will take place at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in Dhaka. This will be followed by hosts Bangladesh playing Sri-Lanka in another match. In yesterday's football matches, In...

Eleventh South Asian Games begin in Dhaka

Leander Paes enters in Mixed Doubles final of Australian Open

Leander Paes has reached the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles with partner Cara Black. In the semi-final at Melbourne Park , the top seeded Indo-Zimbawean pair defeated seventh seeds Lisa Raymond and Wesley Moodie in three sets 6-7, 7-6, 10-7. In the final, Paes and Black will take on 10th...

Nepalese contingent for South Asian Games hit by injuries

The Nepalese contingent in the 11th South Asian Games has been hit by injuries even before the start of the event. Nine of their athletes and an official injured themselves in a lift mishap at the team hotel in Dhaka today. The incident took place in the afternoon when the lift, overcrowded by Nepal...