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Arvind, Meenakshi lift titles

By Our Correspondent Mumbai July 31: Unseeded B.R. Meenakshi of Petroleum Sports Promotional Board outdid her underdog status to stun third seed Neha Pandit of Air India
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Nel’s dinner date for Cook

It was the strangest dinner appointment even if it was one made between former county mates. There is perhaps no fiercer adversary on the field ...

Schumi finds normal driving more taxing

He might have been a master on the Formula One circuit, but the back roads of Kent proved more taxing for motor racing legend Michael ...

Beckham has a fan in Mayer

David Beckham has been picking up quite a few fans in the US during his stint with the LA Galaxy in the soccer league. The attention ...

Lance and Kate call off romance

Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong have called off their romance after just three months. The couple split over the weekend, according to American magazine, US ...

IOC slams Korean TV for ‘stealing’ ceremony

Beijing: The International Olympic Committee on Thursday slammed a South Korean TV station for "stealing" footage of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, after it broadcast ...

Obergfoell warms up for Games

Berlin: Two-time world silver medallist Christina Obergfoell achieved the fourth best javelin throw of the year so far with 66.92 metres at a meeting in ...

Beijing beckons five Iraqis

Baghdad: Iraqi officials said on Wednesday that the International Olympic Committee will allow up to five Iraqi athletes to take the field in Beijing after ...

No women in Saudi Arabia’s Olympic squad

By Farah al-Sweel RIYADH When Saudi Arabia’s Olympic team appears in Beijing next month, it will be conspicuous for the absence of women. Rashed al-Heraiwel, head of ...

‘We need to win this one’

By V. Balaji Galle July 30: Indian skipper Anil Kumble presented a picture of composure ahead of the second Test at the Galle International Stadium here on ...

Onus is on India to level series

By V. Balaji Galle July 30: Since they arrived here three days ago, the Indian team has been businesslike with their training. It has been the same ...

Mahela keen on wrapping up series

By Our Correspondent Galle July 30: A look at Test history suggests that all good teams that have held sway over a considerable length of time have ...

Rugby the king of sports in Sri Lanka

By V. Balaji Galle July 30: Barley a few hundred yards from the Sinhalese Sports Club is Longden Place and it provides quite a contrast. The SSC ...

ICC review not before Aug. 14

Lahore, July 30: The International Cricket Council task force’s visit to Pakistan to review security for the forthcoming Champions Trophy is not possible before August ...

Acceptors for Chennai races

Chennai, July 30: Following are the acceptances for the first day of the Chennai monsoon season races to be held at the Guindy Race Course ...

Movie Queen and Just Great impress

By Our Correspondent Bengaluru July 30: Movie Queen, Just Great and Rio Bravo impressed when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Wednesday. Inner ...

Bengaluru runners for Friday

By Our Correspondent Bengaluru July 30: Following are the acceptances for the races to be held here on Friday. 1. The Santorini Star Stakes (maiden 3-Y-O only, terms) ...

Ready to mend fences with BCCI: Dalmiya

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT KOLKATA July 30: Jagmohan Dalmiya finally took the throne of the CAB president here on Wednesday after 18 long months in the wilderness. But ...

Kiara best bet for main event

By Our Correspondent Bengaluru July. 30: Pesi Shroff-trained Kiara looks set to win the Bangalore City gold Cup, the feature event of the races to be held ...

Pillatronics, Vijayrath excel

By Our Correspondent Hyderabad July 30: Vijayrath, Pillatronics Sparsh and Spy Mate impressed when the following horses were exercised here on Wednesday. Sand track: 800m: Pillatronics (Harish) 58, 600/44, ...

Cricket boards agree on C-league

By Our Correspondent Mumbai July 30: Enthused by the successes of their domestic Twenty20 Leagues, the cricket boards of India, Australia and South Africa reached an agreement ...

Upsets the order of the day

BY Our Correspondent Mumbai July 30: Top seed Arvind Bhat of PSPB and Sachin Ratti of RSCB will face off in the men’s final, while third seed ...

Nel rocks England top order

By Chris Burnes Birmingham July 30: Andre Nel took three wickets and sparked a slump by England on the first day of the third Test against South ...

Khade sets realistic targets for Olympics

BY Manuja Veerappa Bengaluru July 30: From the sleepy town of Kolhapur to the venue where the mother of all sporting events is set to take place, ...

Climax provides the perfect end

BY Rajesh Ravindran Hyderabad July 30: Climax Lawrence lived up to his name by providing the perfect finish to India’s opener against Afghanistan in the AFC Challenge ...

Clarke gears up for his catwalk debut

Forget about bending it like Beckham, Australian cricket's pin-up boy Michael Clarke will be flexing it like the famous metrosexual football star when he makes ...

Wie advised to keep away from men’s events

Annika Sorenstam, who is playing in her last major this week before she steps away from the game, is against young golf sensation Micehelle Wie ...

Federer to team up with Borg in doubles

Tennis legends Roger Federer and Bjorn Borg are to play doubles together for the first time in a special exhibition game planned for the Las ...

Australia’s glam couple break up

Australian swimming’s glamour couple, Stephanie Rice and Eamon Sullivan, has split up just before the Olympic Games but insist their preparations have not been affected. ...

IWF confirms drug use in Bulgarian team

Sofia: Positive dope tests from the Bulgarian men’s and women’s weightlifting teams, which have already withdrawn from the Beijing Olympics, have been confirmed, the national ...
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