Gurgaon: Rookie Emily Kristine Pedersen’s first trip to India turned out be a memorable one as she fended off a strong challenge from Cheyenne Woods, Becky Morgan and Malene Jorgensen, carding one over 73 to win her maiden European title after the final round of the Hero Women’s Indian Open 2015 here on Sunday. The…

Mumbai: Sunil Chhetri put on a stellar show in front of the home crowd at DY Patil stadium as Mumbai City thrashed NorthEast United FC 5-1 to climb to second in the Indian Super League table. Chhetri also became the first Indian player to score a hat-trick in the ISL as Mumbai City recorded a…

CHENNAI: Istanbul 2011, Tokyo 2012, Paris 2013 and now Mexico City 2015 – Deepika Kumari can’t seem to catch a break! Despite much promise, the recurve archer’s dreams of winning her maiden World Cup Final gold medal were dashed yet again on Sunday. The Ranchi lass collected the fourth such silver of her career in…

New Delhi: Young Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar made history on Sunday becoming the first ever Indian to qualify for the finals of World Gymnastics Championships.. The 22-year-old from Agartala scored a total of 14.900 points in the women’s Vault qualification at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow. American Simone Biles scored 15.633 to…

New Delhi: A galaxy of world’s top paragliders will descend in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh next month for the AAI Paragliding World Cup, the first-ever event of the World Cup Tour to be held in India. The week-long event, which will see a veritable feast of Aero Sports at one of the most natural…

Yuki Bhambri took the first big step towards fulfilling his early promise as a prodigy as he broke into the ATP top-100 on Monday by being ranked No. 99 in the world. He is the third Indian in the last 20 years to break into the ATP top-100, after Leander Paes and Somdev Devvarman. The…

Johannesburg: World number one Novak Djokovic has referred 2015 as the best season of his career so far following another title win at Shanghai Masters on Sunday. Djokovic continued his rich vein of form as he brushed Jo-Wilfried Tsongain aside 6-2, 6-4 to clinch his ninth title of the season. Reacting on his performance, the 10-time Grand Slam champion said that…

New Delhi, October 20 Virender Sehwag, one of the world’s most destructive batsmen to have played the game, today announced his retirement from international cricket and the Indian Premier League, bringing an end to an illustrious career spanning 14 years. Sehwag had already hinted about his imminent retirement at a function in Dubai yesterday and…

India bounced back to draw level 1-1 in the ODI series after they beat South Africa by 22 runs in the second ODI at the Holkar stadium in Indore . MS Dhoni led the way with 92* off 86 balls to help India post a respectable 247 and then the bowlers, led by Axar Patel, responded to…

Ganesh Meenavalli and Hritik Saurya have become trendsetters of sorts. They will have the unique distinction of being part of the four-member team, the very first from India to compete in the US $ 5 lakh Major League Gaming World Finals in New Orleans (USA) from Oct. 16 to 18. Competitors from 130 countries are…