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London Olympics dreams over for Rathore, Anjali

Doha, Jan 15 : The final bid for top Indian shooters Rajyavrdhan Singh Rathore and Anjali Bhagwat to qualify for London Olympics ended in disappointment as they failed to make it to the final round in their respective events in the

Saina storms into Malaysia Open semifinals

New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Friday reached her first semifinal of the new season after eking out a hard-fought three-game victory over Tine Baun of Denmark in the Malaysian Super Series in Kuala Lumpur.The world number four Indian

Abhinav Bindra wins gold in Asian Shooting Championship

Doha, Jan 13: Abhinav Bindra shrugged off a bout of flu to clinch the gold medal in 10-meter air rifle event of the Asian Shooting Championships, which got underway here today.The Beijing Olympics gold medallist came through after a nerve-wracking final

Federer, Nadal in same half of Australian Open draw

MELBOURNE, (Australia) January 13: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are in the same half of a grand slam for the first time in seven years after the draw made on Friday, Jan 13 for next week’s Australian Open in Melbourne.Defending champion

Saina enters second round of Malaysian Open

New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal came from behind to notch up a hard-fought victory over Juan Gu of Singapore in the first round match of the Malaysian Open Super Series in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Fourth seed Saina managed

Stage set for Bhaichung Bhutia adieu match in New Delhi

New Delhi, Jan 10: Former Indian Football skipper Bhaichung Bhutia will don the national colours one last time when Indian Football Team encounters European giants Bayern Munich in his farewell friendly match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi on Tuesday,

Paes, Tipsarevic win doubles crown in Chennai Open

Chennai, Jan 9: The third seed Indo-Serbian pair of Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic on Monday won the doubles title at the Aircel Chennai Open 2012, defeating fourth seed Israeli duo of Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich 6-4, 6-4 in straight

Bhupathi-Bopanna pair not rattled by semifinal loss

Chennai, Jan 8: The top seeded Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna on Saturday, Jan 7 said they were not rattled by the shock defeat at the hands of Israeli pair Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich in the Chennai

Defending champion Wawrinka crashes out of Chennai Open

Chennai, Jan 6: Defending Champion Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland on Friday crashed out of the Aircel Chennai Open here as he was shocked by qualifier Go Soeda of Japan in the singles quarterfinal. Wawrinka, playing only his second game of

Cricket loses charm, chess in limelight:K'taka may follow TN

Bangalore, Jan 6: Chess is suddenly accumulating all attention in this Cricket-loving country. It seems that Cricket is gradually losing its charm while Chess along with other games is stealing the limelight. After Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, the Karnataka government is

Paes, Tipsarevic advance to semis of Chennai Open

Chennai, Jan 5: The Indo-Serbian duo of third seeds Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic on Thursday kept alive chances of a title showdown with the Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna after advancing to the semifinals of the doubles event

Bhupathi, Bopanna survive scare to enter doubles quarters

Chennai, Jan 4: The top seed Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna on Thursday survived a scare from the British-Belgian pair of Ken Skupski and Xavier Malisse to enter the quarterfinals of the Aircel Chennai Open 2012 here.Bhupathi and Bopanna,

MP women throwball team bags second slot in national tourney

Bhopal, Jan 4: The Madhya Pradesh Women's throwball team stood second in the 34th National Senior Throwball Men's and Women's Championship held at Patna recently. The Madhya Pradesh Throwball Association Secretary, Avinash Burbure, in a statement said that the M

Chennai Open 2012: Erlich, Ram breeze past young Indian pair

Chennai, Jan 2: The fourth seed Israeli pair of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram breezed past the inexperienced Indian doubles pairing of Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash and Ramkumar Ramanathan in the first round of the doubles event of the Aircel Chennai Open

Bag with 100 passports seized

New Delhi, Jan 2: A bag containing over 100 passports, including those of Indians, was seized by Custom officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, police sources said on Monday.However, no case has been registered yet as police is yet to get

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