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Indian Golf 2014: Lahiri, Rashid rise; veterans struggle
New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI) Success eluded them on the European and the PGA Tour but Indian golfers enjoyed a decent run in Asia with rising talents Rashid Khan and Anirban Lahiri sharing four titles between them even as some seasoned veterans…
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IOA to fund NSFs, state units; reward for CWG, Asiad medalists
Chennai: Indian Olympic Association on Friday laid out a plan to improve its financial condition by deciding to attract corporate sponsorship to fund the national sports federations and state Olympic bodies while also announcing cash…
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Aussie tail wags to put India on backfoot
Brisbane: India were pushed on to the backfoot after a big rearguard action by the Australian tail generated a 97-run first innings lead of which the visitors knocked off 71 for the loss of one wicket by the close of the third day's play of…
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India suffers batting collapse, but match still evenly-poised
BRISBANE: India frittered away the opportunity to make a big first innings total as they suffered a late-order batting collapse before Umesh Yadav scalped three wickets on his comeback to leave the second cricket Test against Australia…
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Clarke undergoes successful surgery, career could be saved
Melbourne: Michael Clarke's injury-ravaged cricket career may not be as jeopardised as initially feared with the Australian captain and team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris today saying that the surgery to fix his hamstring injury went…
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Players, administrators with interests not to run the game: SC
NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Wednesday submitted a list of players including former greats Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Saurav Ganguly and administrators with commercial interest in the IPL to the Supreme Court which reserved its order in the…
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India just 0.2 points behind leaders Australia in ODI chart
DUBAI: India might be lagging way behind Australia in the Test rankings but the current World Cup holders are just 0.2 points behind the top-of-the-table Aussies in the ODI chart, according to the latest ICC release.
Both Australia and…
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Indian cricket team provided adequate security: Sonowal
New Delhi: The Indian cricket team which is currently touring Australia has been provided “adequate” security, Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday, seeking to allay any apprehensions about the safety of the players following…
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Denying Arjuna award to boxer Manoj Kumar initially was mistake: Govt
NEW DELHI: Government on Tuesday admitted that it was a mistake to deny Arjuna award to Commonwealth Games gold-medalist boxer Manoj Kumar initially and said it happened because of "mistaken identity".
"It was our mistake. It had happened…
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Saina, Srikanth face tough test in World Super Series Final
DUBAI: Top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth will have a tough task at hand when they lead the Indian challenge in the season-ending BWF's World Super Series final starting on Wednesday.
Brimming with confidence after their…
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