Indian men cagers picked up the pieces quickly after their loss in the second qualifier to outplay Kazakhstan 80-61 to top Group B at the Asian Games basketball competition here today. The Indians, who lost a hard fought match against Saudi Aradia 67-73 yesterday, won their second of the threeRead More

Incheon, Shooters continued to deliver medals for India at the 17th Asian Games with the trio of Heena Siddhu, Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayyed cliching a bronze in the women’s 25m pistol event in Incheon on Monday. Heena (572), Anisa (577) and Rahi (580) combined for a score of 1729Read More

Incheone, india were on Monday knocked out of medal contention in both the men’s and women’s tennis team events after losing their respective quarterfinal clashes to Kazakhstan in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon. Both the teams lost by a similar 1-2 margin to the Kazakhs, seeded top in men’sRead More

Incheon, Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian to enter the Asian Games final, beating 2006 champion Ong Beng Hee while Dipika Pallikal secured the country its maiden women’s singles medal, a bronze, after losing the semifinal to world number one Nicol David in Incheon on Monday. Top seed and WorldRead More

Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Suryakumar Yadav feels it is the collective effort and focus on performing well in atleast two departments that has helped his team extend its winning streak to 11 matches. Yadav blasted a six and a four in his 5-ball 14-run cameo to help Kolkata snatchRead More

Raipur, New Zealand’s Northern Knights will look to continue their winning momentum when they face an upbeat Hobart Hurricanes from Australia in a Champions League T20 match in Raipur on Tuesday. It will also be a battle between Northern’s Kane Williamson, whose copybook skills will be pitted against unorthodox pyrotechnicsRead More

Melbourne, Injured Australia captain Michael Clarke will arrive in the United Arab Emirates five days ahead of the rest of the test squad as he races to be fit for the two-match series against Pakistan. The 33-year-old blamed training directly after a long-haul flight for an injury to his leftRead More

New York, Tens of thousands of activists walked through Manhattan on Sunday, warning that climate change is destroying the Earth — in stride with demonstrators around the world who urged policymakers to take quick action. Starting along Central Park West, most came on foot, others with bicycles and walkers, andRead More

Auckland,The New Zealand dollar gained after the incumbent National Party won a convincing election victory on the weekend, instilling confidence in the administration’s ability to continue pursuing its policy programme. The kiwi rose to 81.53 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 81.49 cents at 8am, and was up fromRead More

Berlin, Germany’s Foreign Ministry says it is organizing an international conference on the refugee crisis resulting from the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Sawsan Chebli said Monday that Germany was planning the conference for Oct. 28, “since we can’t assume that the situation in Syria will getRead More