Pune, Prajnesh Gunneswaran ended compatriot Saketh Myneni’s season with a three-set win that earned him his maiden semifinal appearance at an ATP Challenger event here today. In a big shock, Leander Paes and Ramkumar Ramanathan bowed out of the tournament. The second seeds were knocked out 6-2 3-6 4-10 by LucaRead More

Valencia,  India’s junior men’s hockey team lost 4-2 to Belgium in their second game of the four-nation invitational tournament here. India had defeated Germany 3-1 in their opening game. In last night’s game, it was Belgium who broke the deadlock right in the opening minute, winning a penalty corner rightRead More

New Delhi, October 27: Comebacks are never easy in boxing, more so for someone who left the ring without realising his full potential and ended up trading the gloves for a conventional job he quite likes. But as the old adage goes, one can take a sportsperson out of sport, notRead More

Zurich,Three Kazakh weightlifters have been stripped of the gold medals they won at the 2012 London Olympics after failing doping tests in the re-analysis of samples, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. The three were Zulfiya Chinshanlo in the women’s 53kg category, Maiya Maneza in the women’s 63kg andRead More

Ranchi, Skipper MS Dhoni defended the inexperienced batting line-up, saying that it’s on a “learning curve” which will help the team improve in the future. “It will be a good learning curve for them, almost similar to what happened in Delhi. Give them a bit more time, they will doRead More

Kuantan (Malaysia),  ce drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh continued to stamp his authority in the 4th Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament as he converted two penalty corners to give India a 2-1 victory over hosts Malaysia here today. Opening the scoring in the 12th minute, India saw Malaysia equalise through RazieRead More

Paris,  Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy advanced to the second round with straight-game wins but it was curtains for Ajay Jayaram in the $300,000 French Open Super Series badminton tournament here today. In a 45-minute contest, Sindhu, who had suffered a loss in the second round inRead More

Islamabad,  A ruling party lawmaker today criticised Pakistani cricketers for denting the country’s image by doing push-ups on the field after winning a match, prompting the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to discontinue the practice. Pakistan Muslim League (N) senator Rana Afzal Khan raised the issue during the meeting of theRead More

Ranchi, October 26 India paid the price for some poor shot selection as New Zealand clinched the fourth cricket ODI by 19 runs to level five-match series 2-2, here on Wednesday. Chasing a target of 281 on a slowish track, India were on course at 128 for 2 before aRead More

Ranchi, After taking a 2-1 lead in the five-match ODI series, hosts India will aim to pocket the series when they take on New Zealand in the fourth game at the JSCA International Stadium on Wednesday. After a setback in the second ODI in Delhi, India got back to winning waysRead More