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ATP singles rankings: Nagal leapfrogs 96 places to career-best 225

Sports November 27, 2017 at 10:44 am 0 comments

New Delhi, November 27 Sumit Nagal on Monday achieved his career-best rank of 225 following a massive 96-place jump in the ATP singles rankings ladder, courtesy his sensational Bengaluru Open victory on Saturday. In winning his maiden Challenger level title, Nagal had pocketed 100 ranking points. Yuki Bhambri, who hadRead More

Sindhu tames Intanon to enter Hong Kong final

Sindhu tames Intanon to enter Hong Kong final

Sports November 25, 2017 at 5:52 pm 0 comments

Kowloon, November 25 Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu produced a comfortable straight-game win over 2013 World Champion Ratchanok Intanon at the USD 400,000 Hong Kong Super Series to seal a second successive final spot here today. Last year’s finalist, Sindhu moved well and seemed always ready for the shuttle.Read More

Brisbane Test: Centurion Smith ushers Australia to safety

Brisbane Test: Centurion Smith ushers Australia to safety

Sports November 25, 2017 at 5:51 pm 0 comments

Brisbane, November 25 A captain’s century hewn from granite and two wickets in a fiery pace assault after tea saw Australia wrest the momentum away from England on day three of the series-opening Ashes Test in Brisbane on Saturday. Josh Hazlewood snared two victims to leave England wobbling at 33Read More

Nagpur Test: Pujara, Vijay hit centuries; India in commanding position

Nagpur Test: Pujara, Vijay hit centuries; India in commanding position

Sports November 25, 2017 at 5:50 pm 0 comments

Nagpur, November 25 Opener Murali Vijay added to the selection conundrum with a patient 128 and was ably complemented by ‘Run Machine’ Cheteshwar Pujara’s unbeaten 121 as India grinded a mediocre Sri Lankan attack on the second day of the second cricket Test, here. Pujara and Vijay added 209 runsRead More

Hockey India names 33 players for women’s national camp

Sports November 25, 2017 at 5:49 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, November 25 Hockey India on Saturday named 33 players for the Indian women’s national camp to begin in Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru, from November 26. The players will report to Indian women’s hockey team’s chief coach Harendra Singh and will train together till December 23. The women’sRead More

Lankans in a spin

Sports November 25, 2017 at 5:49 pm 0 comments

Nagpur, November 25 The Sri Lankans don’t bite. Their pacers lack top pace or swing, their spinners have been blunted by the conditions. Their batsmen, for all their talent, have lacked discipline. All this has caused India to treat this three-match Test series as an extended nets session, to prepareRead More

Nagpur Test: India bundle out defensive Sri Lanka for paltry 205

Nagpur Test: India bundle out defensive Sri Lanka for paltry 205

Sports November 24, 2017 at 5:03 pm 0 comments

Nagpur, November 24 Skipper Virat Kohli’s decision to play only four specialist bowlers was vindicated as India bundled out a defensive Sri Lanka for a paltry 205 on the opening day of the second cricket Test, here on Friday. At stumps, India were 11 for 1 with KL Rahul (7)Read More

Was desperate to become Indian team coach: Ganguly

Was desperate to become Indian team coach: Ganguly

Sports November 24, 2017 at 5:02 pm 0 comments

Kolkata, November 24 Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Friday said he was “desperate” to become the national coach but ended up being an administrator. “You should do what you can and not think about the outcome. You never know where life goes, you never know where life will takeRead More

S African court doubles Pistorius sentence to over 13 yrs

S African court doubles Pistorius sentence to over 13 yrs

Sports November 24, 2017 at 5:01 pm 0 comments

Johannesburg, November 24 A South African appeals court increased paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius’ sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to 13 years and five months on Friday. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein more than doubled his original sentence of six years after the state appealed that itRead More

Green signal

Sports November 24, 2017 at 5:01 pm 0 comments

Nagpur, November 24 Virat Kohli’s frankness is quite astounding. Today he had the guts to admit something no other Indian captain has admitted, not in living memory at least. He accepted that the team has asked for a certain kind of wickets for this series. It’s not a secret, really.Read More