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  Pistorius photographed in bloodied prosthetics

  March 14, 2014 19:47 IST

  Pretoria, South Africa: Police photographs of Oscar Pistorius standing on his blood-stained prosthetic legs and wearing shorts covered in blood, taken shortly after the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend, were shown to the court at

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  Youngest Paralympian competes for late teammate

  March 14, 2014 18:40 IST

  Krasnaya Polyana, Russia: For the youngest Paralympian in Sochi, competing was about more than fulfilling a personal target.   Ben Tudhope, a 14-year-old Australian, felt a duty to honor the memory of a late teammate in

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  Meet hot Tulisa Contostavlos, the ex X- Factor judge, Amir Khan, the Boxer, hanging out with .

  March 15, 2014 6:27 IST

  New Delhi: Amir Khan, the famous boxer who was waiting for world title fight was denied the opportunity against  Floyd  Mayweather Jr  was seen to be hanging out with  with former judge of reality show

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  Alonso fastest, Hamilton trouble at Australian GP

  March 14, 2014 12:01 IST

  Melbourne: Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in Friday's opening practice for the Australian Grand Prix, while pre-race favorite Lewis Hamilton was one of several drivers to strike trouble as entire field struggled

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  Saina drops to World No.8.

  March 13, 2014 22:51 IST

  New Delhi: The quarterfinal exit at the All England Open Badminton Championships last week has led India's leading shuttler Saina Nehwal dropping a place to No.8 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) women's singles

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  Force India racing ahead unmindful of owners' plight

  March 13, 2014 21:57 IST

  New Delhi:  Force India take to the track in the Formula 1 season opening Australian Grand Prix this weekend confident of their financial future and a coveted podium finish -- the travails of their co-owner

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  Shuttler Anand Pawar crashes out of Swiss Open.

  March 13, 2014 20:05 IST

   Basel:  Mumbai shuttler Anand Pawar crashed out of the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold after losing his men's singles third round to Chinese Taipei's Tien Chen Chou at St. Jakobshalle here Thursday.Despite a dominating

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  Pistorius trial: The 'trail of blood' in home.

  March 13, 2014 17:55 IST

  PRETORIA, South Africa : Prosecutors in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial on Thursday displayed a sequence of photos showing the blood stains found on the floors, walls, stairs and chairs in the athlete's house after he

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  Saina, Kashyap advance in Swiss Open

  March 13, 2014 14:19 IST

  Basel (Switzerland): World No.7 shuttler Saina Nehwal made a winning start to her $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold campaign by easing past unseeded Japanese Chisato Hoshi at St. Jakobshalle here.The sixth seed got rid

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  Vettel warns those writing off his title chances

  March 13, 2014 13:28 IST

  MELBOURNE, Australia: Sebastian Vettel has a warning for those already writing off his chances of a fifth-consecutive Formula One title -- the season is long and the team's current engine problems won't last.   The Red

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  Schumacher family sees 'small, encouraging signs'

  March 12, 2014 21:48 IST

  Paris: Michael Schumacher is showing "small, encouraging signs" that he may awake from his coma, his agent said Wednesday, more than two months after a ski crash left the Formula One champion with severe head

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  Sindhu enters second round of Swiss Open

  March 13, 2014 9:56 IST

  Basel: World No.9 P.V. Sindhu was the sole bright spot for Indian badminton as all her compatriots lost their respective matches at the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at St. Jakobshalle here Wednesday.While the

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  Pistorius trial: cricket bat, toilet door shown

  March 12, 2014 15:42 IST

  Pretoria, South Africa: A South African forensic analyst has said at the Oscar Pistorius murder trial that a cricket bat was used to strike the toilet door at the athlete's home, in testimony focusing on

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  Shuttler Srikanth ousted from Swiss Open

  March 12, 2014 9:39 IST

  Basel: Rising Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth suffered a disappointing loss at the hands of Swedish Henri Hurskainen in the men's singles first round of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold here Tuesday.The World No.42 Swede

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  Know Sadaf Rahimi, first Afghan female boxer to be invited to the 2012 London Olympics

  March 13, 2014 7:16 IST

  New Delhi: Sadaf Rahimi is a female boxer from Afghanistan. She made history by being the first female boxer to be invited to the 2012 London Olympics and being the first female boxer in the

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  Sindhu not to defend Malaysia GP Gold title

  March 11, 2014 20:52 IST

  New Delhi: P.V. Sindhu, World No.9 shuttler, will not be defending her women's singles title at the $120,000 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold being held at Johor Bahru March 25-30.The World Championship bronze medallist won her

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  Sharath to lead Indian TT squad at Tokyo Worlds

  March 11, 2014 20:55 IST

  New Delhi: Taking the recent form of players as the yardstick, the Indian TT selection committee has picked a five-member men's team comprising Sharath Kamal (World No.54), Soumyajit Ghosh (117), Harmeet Desai (143), Anthony Amalraj

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  Afghan women boxers eye 2016 Olympics

  March 11, 2014 14:09 IST

  KABUL, Afghanistan: A few yellow lamps light up the cavernous, sparsely furnished room in Kabul Stadium where Afghanistan's young female boxers train, hoping to become good enough to compete in the 2016 Olympics.   The women,

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  Meet Kelly Gallagher: The first British paralympian to win a gold medal

  March 12, 2014 7:11 IST

  New Delhi: Visually-impaired skier Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans earned Great Britain their first ever gold medal at the Winter Paralympics.The pair took the super-G title in one minute, 28.72 seconds as they bounced

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  Sahara chief's arrest won't affect track performance: Force India

  March 10, 2014 20:49 IST

  New Delhi:Force India deputy team principal Robert Fernley has said the Formula 1 team is "saddened" by the arrest of its co-owner and Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy but hastened to assure that the off-track

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  Arunachalee shuttler selected for World Junior Badminton Championships.

  March 10, 2014 20:14 IST

  Itanagar:  Laa Tallar of Arunachal Pradesh has been selected in the Indian junior team to participate inthe World Cup U-19 Badminton championship to be held at Alore Setar, Malaysia from April 7.India's no three, Tallar

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  Saina seeks third Swiss Open crown

  March 10, 2014 18:44 IST

  Basel: After exiting the All England Open in the quarterfinals, top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal will look to reclaim the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold which starts at St. Jakobshalle here Tuesday.The two-time former

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  New Delhi to host 2014 Incheon Asian Games road show.

  March 10, 2014 16:33 IST

  New Delhi:The 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee (IAGOC) Monday announced that New Delhi will be the last destination for the promotional road show planned to take place in six countries ahead of the Games.In

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  Stunning testimony of Blade runner Oscar Pistorius trial

  March 11, 2014 7:14 IST

  Pretoria, South Africa: The testimony in the first week of Oscar Pistorius' murder trial was jaw dropping at times, and more riveting evidence is expected as the prosecution seeks to prove beyond reasonable doubt that

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  US relay team sets indoor world record for title

  March 10, 2014 12:46 IST

  Sopot, Poland: The United States set a world record in the 4x400 meters relay on Sunday to cap a dominating performance throughout the world indoor championships.   In the last event of the three-day meet, Kyle

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  Lee, Shixian clinch All England titles

  March 10, 2014 12:13 IST

  Birmingham: Malaysian World No.1 Lee Chong Wei and Chinese World No.3 Shixian Wang clinched the men's and women's singles titles, respectively, of the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena here

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  Boxer Devendro and climber Poonam get Vishisht Seva Medal.

  March 09, 2014 10:08 IST

  Kolkata: Olympian boxer Naib Subedar Devendro Singh and Mount Everest summiteer Major Poonam Sangwan were Saturday presented the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) for their distinguished service at an investiture ceremony at the Eastern Army headquarters

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  Independence plea by Ukrainian medalist in Sochi.

  March 08, 2014 17:49 IST

  SOCHI, Russia:The first Ukrainian medalist of the Sochi Paralympics dedicated her achievement to "an independent Ukraine," appealing for peace as Russia intensifies its control of Crimea.Olena Iurkovska claimed bronze in the first biathlon event on