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Indian junior girls go down fighting to Hong Kong
MUMBAI: India's junior girls stretched Hong Kong as they went down 1-3 in the quarter-finals of the 20th Reliance Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship on Saturday.
World No. 1 and last edition's individual runner-up Doo Hoi Kem lived up…
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India beat Australia to finish seventh in 10th Asian Youth Volleyball Championship
COLOMBO: India beat Australia 25-12, 25-23, 25-14 to finish 7th at the 10th Asian Youth Volleyball Championship being played at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
After four straight losses that saw them relegated to…
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Mary Kom will settle for nothing less than gold at Asian Games
New Delhi: Five-time World Boxing Champion Mary Kom is eyeing a gold medal at the upcoming Incheon Asian Games after settling for bronze four years ago.
"Our preparation has been good so far and we are looking forward to the games. I am…
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History-maker Chanderpaul cherishes Windies’ 500th Test
Gros Islet (St. Lucia) : West Indies’ most capped player, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, is cherishing the 500th Test to be played by the regional side, and says it is a reminder of the rich cricketing heritage of the Caribbean.
The second and…
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IOC president believes in success of Rio 2016 Olympics
Bucharest, : Rio 2016 Summer Olympics will be successful, just as the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said.
In Bucharest for the centennial anniversary of the Romanian Olympic…
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Dravid releases book on differently abled sports heroes
MUMBAI: A motivational book about top Indian sportspersons who overcame disability and adversity to become champions, and co-authored by former international shuttler Sanjay Sharma, was launched by former Test cricketer Rahul Dravid at…
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Rohan Bopanna is open to playing with Leander Paes at Rio Olympics
BANGALORE: India's doubles star Rohan Bopanna says the bitterness that had developed between him and Leander Paes in the build-up to the 2012 London Games is "long gone and over" and he was not averse to the idea of pairing with his senior…
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Asian Jr TT: India’s junior girls, cadet boys make quarters
MUMBAI: India's junior girls and cadet boys found a common whipping horse in Singapore to qualify for the second stage and lift the hosts' morale after the junior boys lost their group matches 0-3 to Japan and DPR Korea at the Reliance…
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Sania has a change of heart, decides to play in Asian Games
Bangalore: In a significant development, Sania Mirza has agreed to play in the upcoming Asian Games, two days after AITA announced that they would allow top players to miss the Incheon event, keeping in mind their requirements on the…
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Italy’s Aru wins Vuelta stage 18
Madrid : Team Astana rider Fabio Aru of Italy won the 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) cycle race, while Briton Chris Froome finished second to close in on overall race leader Alberto Contador of Spain.
Aru, 24, winner…
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