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  • Tiger hits the front at the Australian Open

    Tiger Woods, his game starting to come together, stormed to the lead midway through the second round of the USD 1.54 million Australian Open after an early birdie blitz at The Lakes on Friday. Relishing early benign conditions, the 14-time major winner ripped through five birdies in his outward nine holes on the way to […]

    SAfrica beats Aus by 8 wickets

    Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla both hit centuries to take South Africa to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Australia on Friday to end one of cricket’s most topsy-turvy Test matches. Amla raced to a 126-ball century before being caught for 112 with his team 14 short of their target of 236. South African captain Smith […]

    India, Canada to lock horns in Pool-A fixture today

    In the ongoing 2nd World Cup Kabaddi Tournament in Punjab, India will take on Canada today. As both the teams are leading in the Pool-A with 12 and 9 points respectively by winning all their matches, it would be an interesting contest. The matches are being played at Muktsar, today. In the other two matches, […]

    Marry Ann bags maiden national title

    Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes clinched her maiden national title after she drew her final-round game against Kiran Manisha Mohanty in the 38th National Women Premier Chess Championship that concluded in Chennai on Wednesday. Mary Ann Gomes’ superior tie-break gave her the maiden title and along with a winner’s purse of 75,000 Rupees, after she […]

    India held to goalless draw in U-21 Women’s Hockey

    India drew their match with a much stronger Australia in the Lal Bahadur Shastri Under-21 Women’s Hockey Tournament. At Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday, Indian girls stopped their much higher ranked opponents at a goalless draw. Australia got six penalty corners while India got 5. However, both the teams failed to […]

    JK Tyre National Racing Championship final round shifted to Chennai

    by NR INDRAN / INT The final round of the 14th JK Tyre National Racing Championship will be held at the Madras Motor Race Track on the outskirts of Chennai on November 26th and 27th. The venue for the last round of the JK Racing Asia Series is under discussion and will be announced shortly. […]

    Tendulka misses 100th ton but India sail past Windies

    Sachin Tendulkar’s quest for a record 100th international ton continued, but India rode on his fluent 76 to script an admirable come-from-behind five-wicket victory over the West Indies with more than four sessions to spare on Wednesday. Chasing 276 for victory, VVS Laxman (58 not out) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (0) were at the […]

    India 254/4 at lunch on Day 4 against Windies

    On Day 4 of the first cricket test at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi, India were 254 for 4 in the second innings against the West Indies, at lunch. With VVS Laxman and Yuvarj Singh at the crease, the hosts still need 22 runs to win the first match of the 3-match series. […]

    “Smokin” Joe loses battle with liver cancer

    “Smokin” Joe Frazier, who captured two heavyweight titles in a brilliant career spanning almost 20 years, died after a brief but brave battle with liver cancer, he was 67. The family issued a news release confirming Frazier’s death late Monday night. The boxing icon was best known for fighting Muhammad Ali in a famed 1970s […]

    Tendulkar completes 15,000 runs in Test cricket

    Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday achieved another milestone as he became the first cricketer in the history of the game to cross 15,000-run mark in Test cricket. Playing in his 182nd match, Tendulkar reached the mark on the third day of the first cricket Test against the West Indies when he scored his 28th run in […]