Perthshire, Aug 30 (IANS) A horrendous front nine with four bogeys cost Jyoti Randhawa a chance to contend for the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles as he ended with a round of 75 and a four-under 284 to finish tied 10th – his first top-10 finish on the European Tour this season. Though Randhawa may [...]
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New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A 16-member Indian hockey squad for the Commonwealth Games was announced Monday. Rajpal Singh will lead the team for the Oct 3-14 event. “The team was selected after the trials conducted at Balewadi, Pune, in the presence of Hockey India selectors Balbir Singh and B.P. Govinda, government nominees Ajitpal Singh [...]
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London, Aug 30 (IANS) The London police has recovered large quantities of cash from the rooms of Pakistani cricketers who are allegedly involved in match fixing in the fourth Test against England that ended Sunday. “Several Pakistani cricketers were found with large quantities of bank notes in their London hotel rooms by police investigating claims [...]
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New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Indian cricket board’s disciplinary committee looking into the suspension of Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi Sunday fixed two sets of dates for the hearings in September. In a statement, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty said the dates [...]
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Dambulla, Aug 28 (IANS) Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat against India in the final of the tri-nation ODI cricket series at the Ranagiri International Stadium here Saturday. Sri Lanka have fielded an unchanged side while India have recalled Rohit Sharma in place of Ravindra Jadeja. Sri Lanka: Upul [...]
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Paris, Aug 27 (IANS) India’s Saina Nehwal crashed out of the World Badminton Championships losing 8-21, 14-21 to Chinese Shixian Wang in the quarterfinals at the Pierre de Coubertin stadium here Friday. With Saina’s fall it was the end of the road for India as the ninth-seeded mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V. [...]
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Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods have finally ended their relationship. Ex-wife Elin has already expressed her after-divorce mood. And now Tiger Woods in his turn decided to open up at a press conference at The Barclays golf tournament in New Jersey. While his ex-wife said she feels stronger than ever in her interview, Woods claims [...]
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Dambulla, Aug 26 (ANI): India beat New Zealand by 105 runs in the ODI played at the Rangiri International stadium here on Wednesday with the help of Virender Sehwag””s 13th ODI century and a blistering performance by the pacers to enter the tri-series final to be played against Sri Lanka on Sunday. Sehwag slammed a [...]
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Senior India batsman Sachin Tendulkar is one of the five cricketers who have been shortlisted for the first LG People’s Choice Award to be given away during the ICC prize distribution function in Bengaluru on 6th October. The other four shortlisted players were Mike Hussey of Australia, Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka, England captain Andrew [...]
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Serena Williams, 28, top female player in the world, announced about her withdrawal from the U.S. Open. So r the tournament will be without 1-ranked tennis player for the first time. It is explained that on 15th of July Serena had a serious surgery, which needs quite a long recovering period for cuts on her [...]
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