Olympic champion Liu Zige will miss the Guangzhou Asian Games in November, China’s swimming governing body confirmed on Wednesday. Liu’s coach, Jin Wei, said last week the swimmer would skip the event to focus on world-class events such as next year’s World Championships in Shanghai and the 2012 London Olympic Games. Liu, the women’s 200m […]
Johannesburg, South Africa:Globetrotting Cape Town-based duo, Locnville, will perform at the official Airtel Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) opening concert, supported by 94.7 Highveld Stereo, on 9 September at Emmarentia Botanic Gardens. The identical twin brothers, Andrew and Brian Chaplin, who have become household favourites, following the release of their first single Sun in my Pocket, […]
Pakistan’s tainted trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir will face another round of questioning from the Scotland Yard for their alleged involvement in the ‘spot-fixing’ scandal that has rocked international cricket. Meanwhile, England’s Players’ body demanded the trio’s ouster from the Twenty20 and ODI series. The trio, which has been implicated in […]
India will take on Australia in the Women’s Hockey World Cup in Rosario in Argentina on Wednesday. India will face mighty Australia in their next Pool match. Indian eves suffered their heaviest defeat in the history of women’s hockey World Cup when they were mauled 1-7 by the defending champions Netherlands in their opening match […]
Badminton ace Saina Nehwal, whose phenomenal rise was highlighted by three top-flight international titles recently, was conferred the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi on Sunday. Saina’s achievements in the past one year made her an automatic choice for the prestigious award, the highest sporting honour in the […]
The Indian men’s and women’s doubles teams crashed out of the world championships after losing their respective third-round matches. In Women’s doubles event, Jwala Gutta and her partner Ashwini Ponnappa were defeated by sixth seeds Jung Eun Ha and Ming Jung Kim 21-14 21-15. In men’s doubles, 15th seeds Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas also […]
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal stormed into the quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championships, beating Russia’s Ella Diehl in straight games in Paris on Thurdsay. The second seeded Indian took just 40 minutes to tame 13th seed Diehl 21-14 21-18 in the third round of the women’s singles event. But minutes before the start of […]
Arjun Atwal scripted history by becoming the first Indian golfer to clinch a US PGA Tour title as he lifted the Wyndham Championship trophy in Greensboro, USA, regaining his playing card on the elite tour within weeks of losing it to poor form in a remarkable turnaround of fortune. Atwal, who had a three-shot lead […]
Indian golfer Arjun Atwal put himself in contention for his maiden PGA Tour title by regaining sole lead at the Wyndham Championship with a scintillating five-under 65 in the penultimate round in Greensboro. The Orlando-based Indian fired six birdies against a lone bogey to take his three-day total to 17-under 193, a good three strokes […]
Ending the stalemate over a payment dispute, India’s revolting tennis players on Saturday said they will represent the country in the upcoming Davis Cup tie and Commonwealth Games after being given an assurance by the Sports Ministry. The star quartet of Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna had written a joint letter […]
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