Paes-Dlouhy enter finals of AIG Open

"Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy edged towards back-to-back titles as they advanced to the finals of the AIG Open in Tokyo on Saturday. They had earlier won the Thailand Open a few days ago. The Indo-Czech pair beat USA’s Robert Kendrick and Finn Jarkko Nieminen...

Australia A thump India A in final

"India A’s batting line-up failed miserably as the hosts crashed to a humiliating 156-run defeat against Australia A in the final of the triangular cricket tournament here on Friday. Much was expected from the Indian team, after its three consecutive wins in the league...

Champions League venues announced

"The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 will be played in three venues, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, which will host the cricket extravaganza to be held from December 3-10, 2008, it was announced on Thursday. At a media event in Mumbai, Lalit Modi, Chairman, Champions...

Celtic Nations To Hold New Football Tournament

The football associations for Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have agreed to participate in a new Four Nations Tournament starting in 2011. The opening tournament will feature six matches. Whichever team is at top of the standing will be declared the winner....

Anand out of contention at Bilbao Grand Slam

"World Champion Viswanathan Anand bowed out of contention for a top finish in the Bilbao Grand Slam final chess tournament after losing from a better position against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth round. After suffering his second loss in the tournament, Anand’s...

BCCI objections put Champions Trophy in doubt, again

"The ICC on Thursday admitted that some cricket boards, especially the BCCI and Cricket Australia have objected to the staging of the postponed Champions Trophy in October next year but said Pakistan still retained the right to host the prestigious tournament. India had...

ICL rubbishes ‘World Cup’ claims

"The Indian Cricket League (ICL) rubbished reports that it was planning to stage a Twenty20 ‘World Cup’ type of tournament and was trying to sign up cricketers from England, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand and India. “The reports are not true. We have no such plans...

Vengsarkar hails Dhoni

"Chairman of selectors and former Indian skipper Dilip Vengsarkar has praised One-Day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s contributions in their first ever ODI series win in Sri Lanka. “The Indian skipper not only handled the team well but also showed how top class spinners...

Bhupathi-Knowles lose in the Pilot Pen final

The second seeded Indo-Bahamian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles have been convincingly beaten in the finals of the Pilot Pen men’s doubles tournament by Brazillians Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa, by a score of 5-7, 2-6.Read full article

Bhupathi-Knowles in finals of Pilot Pen Tennis tournament

Second seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles notched up a win over Italians Simone Bolelli and Andreas Sippi in three sets to advance to the finals of Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament.Read full article

South Africa pull out of Champions Trophy

South Africa have refused to send their team to take part in the Champions Trophy if it was staged in Pakistan due to security fears. They have requested the International Cricket Council to reschedule the tournament.Read full article

India-Pakistan stern on Champions Trophy

India and Pakistan have hardened their position on the tournament going ahead as scheduled from September 12 onwards in Karachi and Lahore, leaving the ICC only with the possibility of a cancellation otherwise.Read full article