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  Kenyans win men's, women's Athens Marathon races

  November 10, 2013 17:48 IST

  Athens, Greece: Hillary Kipkogei Yego led a Kenyan sweep of the top four places at the Athens Classic Marathon on Sunday and his compatriot Nancy Rotich won the women's race.   Yego completed the hilly course

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  Valencia Grand Prix: Vinales wins Moto3 title ahead of Rins

  November 10, 2013 17:49 IST

  Valencia, Spain: Maverick Vinales became the Moto3 champion by winning the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix on Sunday, edging runner-up Alex Rins after fellow challenger Luis Salom crashed.   Vinales and Rins changed places several times through

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  World Chess Championship: Anand Draws Game 1 With Carlsen

  November 09, 2013 23:56 IST

  Chennai: World champion Viswanathan Anand started his title defense in style, holding off world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway to a draw in quick time in the first game of the World chess championship

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  Saina aims top-5 return at China Open

  November 09, 2013 20:24 IST

  Shanghai: Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal will aim to make a return to the women's singles top five in world rankings at the China Open Super Series Premier which will be held here from Nov

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  Ghosh and Naik in sight of INRC title

  November 08, 2013 19:02 IST

  Bangalore: National champion Amittrajit Ghosh (co-driver Ashwin Naik), leading by a comfortable 56 points in the Indian National Rally Championship, would be looking to seal the title as the fourth and penultimate round of the

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  Review system to debut at Badminton Super Series Finals

  November 08, 2013 17:13 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: After being delayed for months, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) will finally introduce the Instant Review System at the World Super Series Finals to be held here Dec 11-15.Players, only on the court

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  China Open: Saina Nehwal seeded 6th

  November 08, 2013 17:00 IST

  Shanghai: Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has been seeded sixth at the $350,000 China Open Super Series Premier to be held at the Yuan Shen Gymnasium here from Nov 12-17.Saina is the only Indian who

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  Russian spacecraft flies Sochi Olympics torch to space

  November 07, 2013 15:31 IST

  Moscow: A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying an Olympic torch for the Sochi Winter Games blasted off Thursday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, authorities said.Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft was

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  Season 2013 could be Sebastian Vettel's best ever

  November 04, 2013 21:03 IST

  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: When Sebastian Vettel eventually retires from Formula One, this season may well be remembered as his best.   Next year's championship will be a more level playing field as teams and

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  Shiv Kapur wins Dubai Cty Challenge, gets European tour card

  November 04, 2013 15:29 IST

  Duba: Shiv Kapur played an extremely steady and solid final round of two-under 70 without any bogeys to claim the season-ending Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final at the Al Badia Golf Club.     Kapur

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  Sebastian Vettel captures Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

  November 04, 2013 11:58 IST

  Dubai:  Reigning Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to clinch a seventh straight victory and 11th of the season.The German driving a Red Bull beat Australian teammate

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  All time best Sports cars of the world

  May 26, 2014 8:07 IST

  New Delhi: All around the globe, people, particularly men, are passionate about cars, and if the car is a sports car then everyone wants a drive in  it. There are a number of companies in

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  Lotus chairman plays down Raikkonen rift

  November 02, 2013 16:18 IST

  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Lotus chairman Gerard Lopez has played down the rift between Kimi Raikkonen and a member of the technical staff at last weekend's Indian Grand Prix.Raikkonen was by trackside operations director

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  Riled Raikkonen angry with Lotus over lack of pay

  November 02, 2013 16:01 IST

  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Kimi Raikkonen says he has not been paid any of his salary by Lotus this season and has threatened to skip the final two races of the season in protest.Speaking

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  Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Vettel fastest in 2nd practice

  November 01, 2013 22:13 IST

  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Even with his fourth straight Formula One title already secured, there is no easing up from Sebastian Vettel.   The German driver posted the fastest time in the second practice session

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  Ghosal goes down fighting against World No.1 Ramy Ashour

  November 01, 2013 16:29 IST

  Manchester:  Saurav Ghosal's memorable run in the AJ Bell PSA World Squash Championship ended with a loss to defending champion and World No.1 Ramy Ashour. The World No.17 from Kolkata made history in the tournament

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  Bitburger Open: Jwala-Ashwini crashed out of tournament

  October 31, 2013 23:44 IST

  New Delhi: India's women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa today crashed out of the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold after suffering a straight-game defeat against the Malaysian pair of Hui Ern Ng

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  Indian women beat Kazakhstan in Asian Basketball Championship

  October 31, 2013 19:21 IST

  Bangkok: In a pulsating match that went into overtime, India beat Kazakhstan 65-62 here Thursday for their first ever Level I victory in the Asian Women's Basketball Championship.The encounter against Kazakhstan was the fifth and

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  Golf: Vani Kapoor wins her second title

  October 31, 2013 19:06 IST

  Greater Noida: Delhi golfer Vani Kapoor won her second title on the trot in the final calendar event of the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour 2013. Vani returned with a final score of 214 (68;

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  World Squash: Ghosal 1st Indian to reach quarters

  October 31, 2013 16:37 IST

  Manchester: Saurav Ghosal etched his name into the history books by becoming the first Indian to reach the quarter-finals of the AJ Bell PSA World Squash Championship, the most prestigious men's competition. World No.17 Ghosal

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  Saina slips to 7th, Sindhu back to No.10 in world rankings

  October 31, 2013 16:29 IST

  New Delhi:  The second-round exit from French Open Super Series proved costly for Saina Nehwal as the Indian badminton ace continued her downward slide, slipping one more spot to be placed at world number seven

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  Bitburger Open: Jwala-Ashwini wins, Thulasi loses

  October 31, 2013 16:21 IST

  New Delhi: India's women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa started their campaign with a dominating straight-game win in the opening round of the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold in Saarbrucken, Germany.The Commonwealth

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  Swimmer Arjun Muralidharan banned for 2 years on doping charge

  October 30, 2013 21:21 IST

  New Delhi: Champion swimmer Arjun Muralidharan has been handed a two-year ban by National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel after testing positive for stimulant Methylhexaneamine during the All India Police Aquatics Championships in March.The panel imposed a

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  Watch the sexiest stars who are no less than Bollywood beauties

  July 12, 2014 12:38 IST

  New  Delhi: They are not just incredibly talented in sports but are also stunningly beautiful off the arena. Check out a slideshow on 100 sporting infernos of the world: Anna Kournikova: The Russian tennis sensation,

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  Billiards: Alok Kumar, Shandilya lose

  October 30, 2013 18:36 IST

  Leeds: Indian challenge in the points format World professional billiards championship ended as both national champion Alok Kumar and Ashok Shandilya lost their respective semi-final matches here.Alok Kumar, finalist in the 150-up format last week,

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  World Squash: Saurav Ghosal a win away from history

  October 30, 2013 17:34 IST

  Manchester: Saurav Ghosal outsmarted higher-ranked Alister Walker to enter the pre-quarter-finals of the AJ Bell PSA World Squash Championship here. A win in the next round will make him the first Indian to reach the

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  Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Vettel goes for 7th straight F1 win

  October 30, 2013 16:12 IST

  Abu Dhabi: World champion Sebastian Vettel is so utterly dominating Formula One that few will bet against him winning a seventh straight race and 11th this year at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend.Vettel

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  Two gun charges against Pistorius

  October 30, 2013 13:51 IST

  Pretoria:  The murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius will face two gun related charges at his trial.South Africa's prosecution department has said in Pretoria Tuesday that the additional charges are related to two incidents where Pistorius allegedly