KARACHI (TIP): Newly appointed Pakistan twenty20 skipper Shahid Afridi has hailed the decision of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to appoint him as captain until the 2016 World T20 event. The outspoken and flamboyant allrounder […]
KILLER PUNCH: Mary Kom (boxing) The Manipuri police officer is now a household name across the country. The five-time World Champion has got little left to prove, after punching her way to the bronze medal […]
ATLANTA (TIP): World number one Rory McIlroy isn’t convinced the absence of both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson from the US PGA Tour Championship signals a changing of the guard in golf. But the 25-year-old […]
BANGALORE (TIP):With the country’s top tennis players pulling out of the Asian Games, preferring to improve their rankings on the professional circuit, the participation of the Indian team at Incheon looks doubtful with top government […]
BANGALORE (TIP): Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna will be presented the Davis Cup Commitment Award during the World Group play-off tie against Serbia which begins here tomorrow. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will present the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Roger Federer saved two match points to defeat Gael Monfils 4-6, 3-6, 6- 4, 7-5, 6-2 and reach his ninth US Open semifinal on September 5, keeping alive his dream of a […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Sania Mirza is in line to win her third Grand Slam title and first with new partner Bruno Soares as the top seeded pair struggled past Yung-Jan Chan and Ross Hutchins to […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Ernie Els said on September 4 Tiger Woods should forget about hiring a new coach after splitting with Sean Foley and could return to major-winning form on his own. South African Els said […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Serena Williams roared back from an early deficit to defeat Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-2 on September 3 and book a US Open semifinal clash with Ekaterina Makarova. Playing in her first Grand […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Roger Federer will have to forget his long-standing admiration for Gael Monfils on Thursday when the two go head-tohead with a berth in the US Open semifinals on the line. Federer owns […]
BIRMINGHAM (TIP): Former England skipper Andrew Strauss on September 3 said that sacking Alastair Cook as captain before the 2015 World Cup is not an answer to English cricket team’s one-day woes. The Cook-led England […]
Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt will make his first trip to India next week to play cricket against India’s World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh, organisers said on Tuesday. The cricket face-off — titled ‘Bolt and […]
Raina’s 100 and Jadeja’s 4 for 28 set up a massive 133-run win over England in the 2nd ODI. India 304 for 6 (Raina 100, Dhoni 52, Rohit 52, Woakes 4-52) beat England 161 (Jadeja […]
LONDON (TIP): Manchester United great Paul Scholes has said he is scared about the club’s future and believes they could spiral into decline in the same way rivals Liverpool did in the 1990s. Scholes, who […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former India allrounder Ravi Shastri, the newly appointed team director for the ODI series in England, has said that though he will be in charge of the team, head coach Duncan Fletcher […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Top-ranked Serena Williams is seeded No. 1 as she seeks her third straight US Open title. The US Tennis Association followed this week’s WTA rankings in announcing the seedings Wednesday. French Open […]
PATIALA (TIP): Feeling “insulted” after his name was not added to this year’s list of Arjuna awardees, boxer Manoj Kumar on Wednesday said he would sue the Sports Ministry for the “injustice” meted out to […]
CINCINNATI (TIP): Roger Federer became the first man to win 300 matches at the ATP Masters 1000 level, beating Vasek Pospisil 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-2 on August 12 in Cincinnati. The victory in just over […]
NEW DELH (TIP)I: With only a day remaining to send entries for the Incheon Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) as well as the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday said they would […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): His eyes firmly trained on the 2016 Rio Games, two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, in all probability, will skip the upcoming World Championship as well as the Asian Games slated to be […]
AKRON (United States): Former world number one Tiger Woods withdrew from Sunday’s final round of the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational with back spasms, casting serious doubt on his status for the upcoming PGA Championship. […]
MONTREAL: Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and French Open winner Maria Sharapova suffered third round shock exits while top seed Serena Williams avoided the upset bug Thursday at the WTA Montreal hard court tournament. Russian Ekaterina […]
NEW DELHI: Riding its fine form after bagging a silver in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the Indian men’s hockey team edged out Bangladesh 2-1 in the opening Test of the three-match series […]
GLASGOW (TIP): Like Sushil Kumar the other day, Yogeshwar Dutt wasted no time. Cheered on by the double Olympic medallist, Yogeshwar – an Olympic medallist himself – raced to gold against Canada’s Jevon Balfour in […]
GLASGOW (TIP): India ran away with opening day honours in the weightlifting competition of the 20th Commonwealth Games with Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu winning the gold medal in their respective events. The Indian […]
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