Incheon, Sep 26 (IANS) India’s Sanam Singh reached the quarterfinals of the men’s singles tennis event of the 17th Asian Games with a straight sets victory over higher ranked South Korean Hyeon Chung at the Yeorumul Tennis Courts here Friday. The Indian 10th seed, staged a remarkable comeback to beat the sixth seed 7-5, 6-1 in […]
Kingston (Jamaica), Sep 26 (IANS/CMC) Middle order batsman Marlon Samuels is relishing his return to the West Indies team ahead of the tour of India. Samuels, who was dropped in June, was recalled to the regional side preparing to play five One-Day Internationals (ODI), three Test matches and one T20 International in India, reports CMC. The […]
Beijing, Sep 26 (IANS) At least four school students were killed Friday in a knife attack in China. The four children from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were attacked by a knife-wielding middle-aged man while they were en route to their school, Xinhua reported. Three children died at the scene and one died later in a hospital. […]
Incheon, Sep 26 (IANS) India bagged their second silver in the 17th Asian Games as the men’s shooting team finished second in the 25 metre center fire pistol at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here Friday. The Indian trio of Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh and Vijay Kumar scored a combined 1740-68x to finish behind China’s team […]
Kingstown (St. Vincent), Sep 26 (IANS/CMC) West Indies women levelled the series 1-1 after an impressive all round performance from Deandra Dottin powered them to a seven-wicket win over New Zealand women in the second Twenty20 International at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex here. Dottin grabbed three wickets to upset New Zealand’s innings and returned to […]
Incheon, Sep 26 (IANS) Indian swimmer Sandeep Sejwal stormed into the final of the men’s 50m breaststroke after finishing atop Heat 2 of the 17th Asian Games at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center here Friday. Sejwal finished with a time of 28.25 seconds, 0.33 ahead of China’s Xiang Ma, who also qualified for the finals. […]
Incheon, Sep 26 (IANS) The Indian men’s team won the silver medal in the 25 metre center fire pistol event of the 17th Asian Games at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range here Friday. The Indian team comprising Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh and Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar finished second with a score of 1740-64x. The gold […]
Buenos Aires, Sep 26 (IANS) Copa Libertadores champions San Lorenzo will meet Italian giants AC Milan in a friendly at the San Siro stadium Nov 5, the Argentine club has confirmed. The teams will play off for the Luigi Berlusconi trophy, named in honour of the father of AC Milan’s president Silvio Berlusconi, reports Xinhua. “We […]
Gaborone, Sep 26 (IANS) The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has acknowledged receiving a proposal from their Zimbabwean counterparts requesting for a joint bid to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). “We received the letter from Zimbabwean Football Association (ZIFA) Monday and we have asked Keith Masters (CEO) to see if the government would buy […]
The State’s love affair with sport is set to soar to new heights with the season launch of cricket in NSW. Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres has joined Australian Captain Michael Clarke, as well as volunteers and officials, to launch the official 2014/15 cricket season. “Off the back of recent record participation growth, […]