Indian Wells (California), March 14 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black stormed into the women’s doubles final at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament here. The fifth seeded Sania-Clara pair Thursday won 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 against the eighth seeded duo of Czech Lucie Hradecka and Chinese Jie Zheng. Sania and Clara will […]
Madrid, March 14 (IANS) Gareth Bale is optimistic Real Madrid can win the Primera Liga football title this season, and admitted it has taken him time to get used to life in a new country. Real Madrid travel to Malaga Saturday knowing a win would momentarily lift them seven points clear of Barcelona and six ahead […]
Basel, March 14 (IANS) Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap had contrasting victories to progress to the quarterfinals of the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at St. Jakobshalle here Thursday. French World No.42 Sashina Vignes Waran was no match for Saina as the sixth seeded Indian came out on top 21-7, […]
Basel, March 14 (IANS) Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu had contrasting victories to progress to the women’s singles quarterfinals at the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at St. Jakobshalle here Thursday. French World No.42 Sashina Vignes Waran was no match for the sixth seeded Indian as Saina came out on top 21-7, […]
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Indian hockey chief coach Terry Walsh is aiming for a top-8 finish at the upcoming FIH World Cup to be played in The Hague from May 31 to June 15. “Our first target is to set realistic goals for the World Cup and it is to be in the top-8. Going […]
Bangalore, March 13 (IANS) India’s No.1 ranked amateur golfer Karan Taunk of Jamshedpur will star for the 12-member Team Asia-Pacific as they take on Team Europe at the Karnataka Golf Association course here March 26-28. Taunk, who was also a winner of 2013 Indian Golf Union’s national rankings, has decided to delay his joining the professional […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 13 (IANS) Bolivia international striker Ricardo Pedriel scored a late equaliser as Bolivar held Flamengo to a 2-2 draw in their Copa Libertadores football clash. The 27-year-old netted in the 73rd minute at the Maracana stadium Wednesday after running on to a perfectly weighted chip by William Ferreira over Flamengo’s defence. Earlier […]
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has picked India and defending champions West Indies to win the World Twenty20 beginning in Bangladesh March 16. “I am going for India or West Indies… Both have power and plenty of good spin options… But it’s always worth a tipple on Pakistan at WCs,” tweeted […]
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Explosive India batsman Virat Kohli is eager to get back into action with the World Twenty20 beginning in Bangladesh March 16. India play their opener against arch-rivals Pakistan March 21. “Well rested. Time to get back to the grind now!” Kohli tweeted Thursday. The Delhi-born is the highest ranked batsman in […]
Basel (Switzerland), March 13 (IANS) World No.7 shuttler Saina Nehwal made a winning start to her $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold campaign by easing past unseeded Japanese Chisato Hoshi at St. Jakobshalle here. The sixth seed got rid of World No.333 Chisato 21-12, 21-12 in 34 minutes in their first women’s singles encounter Wednesday. Saina […]