Saina Nehwal failed to defend her title at the Indonesian Super Series Premier, after suffering a three-game defeat to Germany's Juliane Schenk in the semifinals of the women's singles competition
In England, the rain is never far away. The clouds almost always have a greyish hue. As a consequence, the covers are always placed behind the boundary ropes.
Rohit Bhaskar reports.
Defending champion Saina Nehwal's hopes of retaining her Thailand Grand Prix Gold title went up in smoke as she suffered a stunning three-game defeat to Singapore's Juan Gu in the quarterfinals of the women's singles competition on Friday.
A South African judge postponed the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday and criticised the media for sensationalist reporting of the Olympic and Paralympic athletics star's shooting of his girlfriend
Promising paddler Sutirtha Mukherjee led Indian girls to a gold medal finish while the boys had to settle for a silver in the team championship of the Slovak Junior Open at Senec, Slovakia.
Legendary pole vaulter Sergei Bubka, currently president of Ukraine's National Olympic Committee, announced Tuesday his candidacy to succeed Jacques Rogge as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
India’s Dipika Pallikal defeated Denmark’s Line Hansen in a marathon first round encounter to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Allam British Open Squash Championships.
Sergio Garcia said ‘sorry’ 11 times and used the word ‘apology’ on five occasions as he spoke of his regret at causing a furore by making a ‘fried chicken’ jibe at world No 1 Tiger Woods.
Indian pugilists are getting ready for combat without headgear. Top players, according to national coach Gurbax Sandhu, are gradually getting used to the new system.
After twice failing to get the nod from the International Olympic Committee, the squash world is hoping that the IOC, at its meeting in St Petersburg on May 29, will shortlist the racquet sport for the 2020 Games.
Kerala Cricket Association secretary TC Mathew today revealed that pacer S Sreesanth was indeed very close to Jiju Janardhanan, and called him the 'satellite' of the tainted speedster.
Indian-American tech tycoon Vivek Ranadive has become the majority stakeholder in the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and will keep the team in the California capital.
Tribal Cultural Society (TCS) has organized a three-day Sekkor tournament from Thursday in Chaibasa, tribal-dominated West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
Sports minister Jitender Singh addressing a press conference today said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to pave the way to lift ban on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Indian sportspersons will soon able to join the Olympics.
World champion Viswanathan Anand was in for a rude shock as he lost to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the fourth round of Norway Chess 2013 Super tournament in Bryne.