Chennai Open Tennis: Second Round underway

Cricket tri-series: India to take on Bangladesh on Thursday

India will take on Bangladesh in their second outing of the cricket tri-series at Mirpur on Thursday. In the crucial game, a lot will depend on how Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir start the innings irrespective of whether India bat first or second. India cannot take Bangladesh lightly as they wou...

Netherland's Bakker moves into 3rd Round of Chennai Open

In the Chennai Open tennis tournament Thiemo De Bakker of Netherland beat fellow countryman Robin Hassse 6-3, 6-4 to move into the third round. In another second round match Santiago Giraldo of Columbia outwitted Jan Hajek in straight sets 6-4 6-2.

Sania loses to Francesca Schiavone

Sania Mirza was knocked out of the ASB Classic WTA tournament with a straight-sets loss to Italian Francesca Schiavone in Auckland on Wednesday. Sania failed to win even a single game in the opening set as her fourth seed opponent Schiavone handed her a 0-6, 3-6 defeat in the hard court event. Sania...

India emerges as Joint Leader in World Team Chess opening round

Grandmaster S Arun Prasad provided the crucial full point as India edged out Greece to emerge joint leader after the opening round of the World Team Chess Championship in Turkey. Arun got the better of Stelios Halkias to script India's 2.5-1.5 win while his teammates settled for draws. It w...

Players of Churchill Brothers granted bail

Three members of Goa's leading football club Churchill Brothers were today granted bail after they were arrested in Mumbai on Tuesday night for allegedly misbehaving with cabin crew of a private airline. Nigerians Odafe Okolie and Ogba Kalu, and goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya were arrested...

Players of Churchill Brothers granted bail

Three members of Goa's leading football club Churchill Brothers were today granted bail after they were arrested in Mumbai on Tuesday night for allegedly misbehaving with cabin crew of a private airline. Nigerians Odafe Okolie and Ogba Kalu, and goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya were arrested...

NCC cadets to be trained as volunteers for CW Games

Around 5 thousand NCC cadets will be trained as volunteers for the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi in the month of October this year.This was stated by NCC Director General Lt Gen R K Karwal at the annual Republic Day Camp in the capital. He said that the training process for these cadets...

55th National Games under-19 Tennis Ball Cricket Championship concludes

The 55th National Games under-19 Tennis Ball Cricket Championships for Boys and Girls concluded in Jammu on Tuesday. In Girls segment, J &K team won the trophy while Jharkhand team bagged Silver Medal. Goa claimed the Bronze Medal. In Boys segment, Goa won the trophy with teams from Punjab a...

Somdev sole survivor in singles of Chennai Open ATP Tennis Tournament