Category archives for: Sports

Manjit Kaur: Indian athlete stuck into NADA tests

Almost a year after Manjit Kaurdisappeared from the national athletics camp in Patiala evading doping control officers (DCOs) of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), the key runner in the gold medal winning 4x400m relay quartet at the last Commonwealth andAsian Games is facing a two-year ban for refusing to submit to sample collection. Even as the other three members of [...]

World Chess Championship: Anand, Gelfand split point yet again in draw

World champion Viswanathan Anand revealed his hand in the third game but all that he got was a draw after some excitement. Boris Gelfand of Israel fought gallantly and got a draw in 37 moves at theTretyakov Gallery in Moscow on Monday to tie the 12-game World Chess Championship series at 1.5-1.5. The fourth game, with Gelfand having white pieces, will be played on Tuesday. Anand [...]

Manchester city wins Premier League after decades

Manchester city wins Premier League tittle. It was a very enenry full filled sunday match for the audiences and reallly in the end there was one clear winner, it is Manchester City. Forty-four years of underachievement – during which time the Red half of Manchester became the byword for footballing success in England – ended in the [...]

Bhupathi and Bopanna enter Madrid Masters quarter-finals

Madrid: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna overcame a late resistance of Santiago Gonzalez and Christopher Kas to move to the quarter-finals of the ATP The Madrid Masters, here. The 7th seeds Indian pair took one hour and three minutes to eke out a 6-1, 7-6 (2) win over the Mexican-German unseeded pair in the second [...]

Krishna Poonia created a new national record, wins silver in Hawaii

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Olympics-bound woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia on Monday created a new national record en route to her silver medal winning performance at the Altius Track Crew Throwdown meet in Maui Island, Hawaii. Krishna Poonia thrown the discuss to 64.76 meters to not only pocket the silver medal but [...]

Juan Del Potro wins second straight Estoril Open title

Oeiras, Portugal: Juan del Potro won his second consecutive Estoril Open title by beating Richard Gasquet in straight sets on Sunday. The top-seeded Del Potro used his powerful serve to win 6-4, 6-2 on the outdoor clay court in 1 hour, 27 minutes. It was the 12th-ranked Argentine’s Eleventh career title and second this year. [...]

Sania-Rodionova loses in semis of Estoril Open

Estoril (Portugal): Sania Mirza and her partner Anastasia Rodionova crashed out of the Estoril Open after losing to the Kazakh couple of Yaroslava Shvedova and Galina Voskobo 6-3 7-6 (6) in the women`s doubles semifinals here. The second seeded Indo-Australian combo fought hard before going down to third seed products in an hour and 24 [...]

Real Madrid wins in league triumph

 Thousands of jubilant Real Madridfans swamped the centre of the Spanish capital on Thursday to see their heroes’ parade in an open-top bus in celebration of their league title success. In Pics: Real Madrid celebrate La Liga triumph “Champions! Ole, ole!” yelled the crowd, as coach Jose Mourinho, top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, captain Iker Casillas and the rest of [...]

World champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen dies suddenly

Arizona: World 100 meter breaststroke champ and Olympic silver medalist Alexander Dale Oen has passed away instantly at the age 26. In a statement on its official website, the Norwegian swimming federation said Alexander Dale Oen was found flattened in his bathroom after a cardiac arrest late Monday in Arizona where he was participating in a [...]

Kenny Dalglish slams Liverpool after home defeat by Fulham

Liverpool, who made nine changes to the team in their last match before the FA Cup final with Chelsea at the weekend, slumped to a 1-0 home defeat by Fulham in the Premier League on Tuesday much to the hassle of manager Kenny Dalglish. Dalglish said “I don’t think it can be described as a [...]

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