Twelve-time World Champion ace cueist Pankaj Advani of PSPB relied on his temperament to earn a hard-fought victory in the ninth and deciding frame over Dharminder Lilly of Punjab in the semi-finals of the Senior Snooker category in the National Snooker and Billiards Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club Friday. ...
Amid speculations that he might take up the hot seat after the Supreme Court barred sidelined Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan from contesting the polls, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Jagmohan Dalmiya Friday vouched for a positive contribution from his side. ...
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court, which started as a case of corruption in the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL), has finally consumed the Indian cricket board and possibly its highly ambitious strongman Narayanswamy Srinivasan....
Shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap reached the semi-finals of the $120,000 Syed Modi International India Masters at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Friday....
Lemi Berhanu Hayle won the 11th Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon in two hours and 05.28 minutes here Friday ahead of his countryman and top favourite Lelisa Desisa, who finished 24 seconds behind, while Aselefech Mergia won the women's marathon in two hours and 20.02 minutes....
Ahead of the Feb 14 World Cup, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) Friday restored Andy Waller as coach of its national cricket team seven months after he was dismissed from the post...
The Supreme Court Thursday barred sidelined BCCI president N. Srinivasan from contesting the election to the Indian cricket board's governing body presidency as long as he is involved in a "conflict of interest" situation as an owner of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK)....
Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu entered the women's singles' second round, while Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap reached the third round of the $120,000 Syed Modi International India Masters at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Wednesday....
Eqbal rallied long in almost every point to take a quick 2-0 lead in the opening set. He then seemed to have lost rhythm for a while as he dropped three consecutive games, taking the score to 2-3. He, however, came back to win the next three games and ultimately clinched the opening set 6-4 at the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad sports complex....
Twelve-time World Champion Pankaj Advani carried on his sublime form to the snooker championship, topping the league tables after winning all his matches in the National Snooker Championship Wednesday with effortless ease. ...
