Bengaluru, Jan 17 (IANS) A young Dempo Sports Club held defending champions Bengaluru FC to a goalless draw in their opening Hero I-League match here Saturday with the hosts wasting a first-half penalty that skipper Sunil Chhetri failed to convert. BFC, who had beaten Dempo 2-1 a week ago in Goa to claim the Federation […]
Puducherry, Jan 17 (IANS) Soumyajit Ghosh upstaged top seed G. Sathiyan 4-2 to regain the men’s crown while Mouma Das outclassed Poulami Ghatak by the same margin to claim the women’s title at the 76th senior national table tennis competition here Saturday. Ghosh took home Rs.2 lakh and Das, who was taking on Ghatak for […]
Sydney, Jan 16 (IANS) Indo-American pair of Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated top-seeded Americans Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones 6-3, 6-3 to win the women’s doubles title of the Sydney International tennis tournament here Friday. It was Sania’s first doubles title of the season and 23rd of her career. The Indo-American duo needed 69 […]
Puducherry, Jan 16 (IANS) Haryana paddler Jubin Kumar sent reigning national champion and No.3 seed Sanil Shetty packing in the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the 76th Senior Nationals at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here Friday. Jubin won 4-3 (7-11, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8). No.2 seed Devesh Karia of Gujarat lost to qualifier […]
London, Jan 16 (IANS) English football club Manchester United’s coach Louis van Gaal has said out-of-favour Colombian striker Radamel Falcao needs to prove himself at the club. “He has to prove himself. We have made a deal and everything is clear. It’s not the end of the year so he has a chance,” Van Gaal […]
Belgrade, Jan 16 (IANS) The Indian junior women’s boxing team punched their way to the top perch in the ongoing fourth Nations Cup, winning eight medals including three golds, three silvers and two bronze here Friday. Russia and Kazakhstan were second and third, respectively, on the medals tally. Sandeep Jajodia, president of Boxing India, joyfully […]
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) Defending champion Saina Nehwal and reigning World Champion Carolina Marin will start the new season when they take to the courts at the $120,000 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships here from Jan 20. The Grand Prix Gold event will be held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Jan 20-25. […]
Kuching (Malaysia), Jan 15 (IANS) Leading Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu reached the women’s singles quarter-finals of the $120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold while Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap entered the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals at the Stadium Perpaduan Kuching here Thursday. Two-time World Championships bronze medallist Sindhu, who won the title here in 2013, […]
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Bengal were in a slightly advantageous position as they got rid of the Jammu and Kashmir top order on the second day of their Ranji trophy match at the Eden Gardens here Wednesday. Responding to Bengal’s first innings score of 38, Jammu and Kashmir were 183/5 when stumps were drawn. Resuming […]
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Pankaj Advani, Ashok Shandilya, Rupesh Shah and Sourav Kothari are the top four seeds respectively after re-seeding was done Wednesday at the end of league matches of the National Billiards Championship here. The top 16 will now battle it out for the title on a knockout basis, with the final scheduled […]