When cricket World Cup is held in the Antipodes or in the Caribbean, it clashes with the examination time in India and this makes students unhappy. This time the fans are disturbed over the match timings in Australia and New Zealand, the joint hosts of the 2015 edition beginning February 15, but there's no option for them....
Top seed Saina Nehwal came out with a stupendous performance to save two matchpoints and then defeat reigning World Champion Carolina Marin of Spain to retain the women's singles title at the $120,000 Syed Modi International Badminton Championships here Sunday....
Darko Nikac, Luciano Sobrosa and Thongkhosiem Haokip were on the scoresheet for the visitors before Eugeneson Lyngdoh pulled one back for the home side....
Ace cueist and 12-time world champion Pankaj Advani Saturday once again clinched the 26th national title of his glittering career when he went past promising cueist Varun Madan 6-3 to win the National Snooker Championship here at the Bengal Rowing Club....
Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap reached the finals in their respective categories, while women's World No.9 P.V. Sindhu faltered in the semi-final of the $120,000 Syed Modi International India Masters at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Saturday....
Former India cricketer and member of the victorious World Cup team of 1983, Kirti Azad Saturday said with the present bowling line-up reigning champions India will suffer badly at the upcoming quadrennial event starting Feb 14. ...
A fan who fell down while evading severe hot conditions at the Australian Open has decided to sue the organisers for not providing enough shade in the stands at the Hisense Arena here....
Buoyed by the resounding opening match win in the Hero Hockey India League (HIL), Kalinga Lancers are all set to play against last year's runners-up Punjab Warriors at the hockey stadium here Sunday....
Indian golfer S. Chikka and Himmat Rai were among 47 players to earn an Asian Tour card at the Qualifying School final stage presented by Sports Authority of Thailand here Saturday....
The family of critically ill former gymnast and judge in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Soumita Dey, Saturday rued the inaction of the West Bengal government in extending support, financially or otherwise, to the athlete who was battling for her life at a city nursing home. ...
