Chennaiyin FC finally opened their account in the Indian Super League 2015 — and it was just like last year, at the Fatorda stadium against FC Goa. Last year it was a hard fought 2-1 win. This time though, they did it in style with a 4-0 thrashing, with hat-trick hero John Stiven Mendoza and…
HYDERABAD: It turned out to be a Super Sunday for Indian badminton as the country bagged two international titles across two continents. Forgotten warrior Ajay Jayaram reminded once again of his fighting prowess when he retained the Dutch Open Grand Prix, a little while before the fast-rising doubles combo of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy…
Sochi: Lewis Hamilton took full advantage of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg’s mechanical misfortunes to seize a commanding victory in Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix and take a massive step towards a third world title. The defending world champion started second on the grid, inherited the lead when Rosberg slowed and then retired, after seven laps, with…
The 20-year-old Indian fighter went down to Algeria’s Yahia Abdelli in the gold medal bout and settled for second place, the lone Indian boxer to do so in the Games, said a media release from JSW Sports which supports him. India won four medals in all in boxing at these Games. Mohammed Husamuddin, Devanshu Jaiswal…
Eyeing their eight title of the season and as a team, Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis entered the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing on Thursday. Fresh from their Wuhan Open triumph last week, the top seeds prevailed over the German-Czech pair of Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova…
KOCHI: Kerala Blasters new head coach Peter Taylor had promised more goals from his side in the second season of Indian Super League and his players didn’t disappoint in their ISL opener against NorthEast United FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Tuesday night. After a barren first half, Blasters sunk their rivals with three…
Cricket Association of Bengal president designate Sourav Ganguly will formally be elected as its chief at their special general meeting on October 15. The former India captain yesterday did the formality of tendering his resignation from CAB joint secretary which will be taken over by Avishek Dalmiya at the upcoming SGM. The CAB today sent…
The Indian women’s cricket team is now fourth in the latest ICC team rankings with the new and innovative multi-format system in place. The new rankings system will incorporate the results of Twenty20, ODI and Test matches and then come out with a single rating. Not surprisingly, Australia are ranked number one following its success…
Excitement is never in short supply across India when the sport we are talking about is cricket. But the Twenty20 format, IPL in particular, has taken it to a different level. And BCCI is a veteran at feeling the pulse of the nation. The South Africa tour beginning with the T20s is thus the perfect…
Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo announced on Monday that he will open 30 soccer schools in China and train Chinese youngsters with his special method. When attending the opening ceremony of his soccer school in Campinas of Sao Paulo state, Ronaldo showed his optimism towards Chinese soccer market, and hoped his understanding of soccer could help…
