Nanjing (China), Aug 23 (IANS) Uzbek trampolinist Amiran Babayan, who injured his neck at the Nanjing Youth Olympics Friday, was diagnosed with neck spinal cord impairment and soft tissue in right pinbone and chest, the local hospital said Saturday. Babayan injured his neck when he lost his balance and landed outside the trampoline during his second […]
Melbourne, Aug 23 (IANS) Sydney Sixers Saturday Saturday announced the signing of West Indian star Dwayne Smith as one of their international players for the upcoming KFC T20 Big Bash League season. Smith’s signing comes after a purple patch of form in the recent Caribbean Premier League (CPL) where he was named in the Team of […]
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott said that the Indian players know that the Oval Test is already lost and praised India skipper Mahendra Singh for his valiant 82 in the first innings. Thanks to Dhoni’s 82, India made 148 before being bowled out by England. Boycott said the Indians know that the […]
Cincinnati (US), Aug 15 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and her Zimbwean partner Cara Black went down to Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and Kazakhstan`s Yaroslave Shvedova in the second round of women’s doubles at the Western and Southern Open here. The fourth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair went down 3-6, 3-6 Thursday in this hard court tournament, which […]
Chennai, Aug 15 (IANS) Solid play and strategic planning were key to India’s success at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Norway, said team members. For the first time, India won three medals – a gold, silver and a bronze – at the Chess Olympiad that concluded Thursday in the Norwegian city of Tromse. India, seeded 19th, […]
Madrid, Aug 12 (IANS) Spanish Primera Liga Champions Atletico Madrid are likely to sign Mexican international striker Raul Jimenez. Although the club was yet to issue a communique confirming the signing, Spanish sports paper, Marca, reported the deal has been closed to take the 23-year-old from Club America de Mexico, his first club, to the Vicente […]
Bangalore, Aug 9 (IANS) Fifth seed Ching-Wen Hsu of Chinese Taipei claimed her second title of the season when she defeated second seed Fatma Al Nabhani of Oman 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Zuari Garden City Open ITF women’s tennis tournament here Saturday. Hsu was aided by some indifferent play by her higher ranked […]
Manchester, Aug 9 (IANS) A 134-run seventh wicket partnership between Joe Root and Jos Buttler helped England consolidate their grip over the match, being 325 for eight with a 173-run first innings lead over India at lunch on day three of the fourth cricket Test at Old Trafford here Saturday. After heavy rain had halted England’s […]
Manchester, Aug 9 (IANS) Scoreboard at lunch on day three of the fourth cricket Test between India and England at Old Trafford here Saturday. India (first innings): 152 all out England (first innings, overnight 237/6) Alastair Cook c Pankaj Singh b Aaron 17 Sam Robson b Kumar 6 Gary Ballance lbw b Aaron 37 Ian Bell […]
Madrid, Aug 8 (IANS) Real Madrid’s Welsh star, Gareth Bale is looking forward to returning ‘home’ next week when his side take on Sevilla in the European Supercup. The game between the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League will be held in Bale’s hometown of Cardiff Aug 12 and Bale, who joined Real […]