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  Ecuador confident of a berth in World Cup

  Football | October 15, 2013 13:19 IST

  Quito (Ecuador): Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said he is confident the national football team will succeed in qualifying automatically for the 2014 Brazil World Cup.Ecuador play Chile Tuesday in the final day of the South

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  India Aus ODI: Zaheer Khan may make a comeback

  Cricket | October 15, 2013 13:55 IST

  New Delhi: With the loss in the first ODI against Australia, What India lack against the Aussies is an aggressive pace attack. As Zaheer Khan is fit and showed tremendous bowling in the  unofficial West

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  Know whom Indian bowlers dread the most: it's Aaron Finch

  Cricket | October 16, 2013 6:30 IST

  Jaipur: With two big half centuries in Australia's opening two fixtures, Aaron Finch not only has successfully assumed the role of David Warner as Australia's batting enforcer on tour of India but also shaped himself

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  Beijing defends stapled visas, says policy consistent and clear cut on Arunachal

  Other Sports | October 15, 2013 11:47 IST

  Beijing/New Delhi: Though China on Monday regretted that two Indian archers from the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh were unable to travel to China for a sporting event but defended its policy of issuing stapled

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  We underestimated Australia: Dhoni

  Cricket | October 15, 2013 11:46 IST

  Sydney: Caught on the wrong foot in the last ODI, Team India skipper MS Dhoni has admitted that they  underestimated Australia and now would be more careful about their  opponents which has number of newcomers.Australia,

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  Indian Open World Snooker: Mehta beat ex-World champ Ebdon

  Other Sports | October 15, 2013 10:09 IST

  New Delhi: Aditya Mehta pulled off one of the biggest wins of his professional career by ousting 2002 World champion Peter Ebdon 4-3 in a nail-biting first round match of the Indian Open World Snooker

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  Fantastic five of Australian ODI squad

  Cricket | October 14, 2013 22:40 IST

  New Delhi: As Australia started their ODI series with an impressive 72 runs win, Captain Bailey proved that this Aussie squad has mettle to turn any match into their side.As the squad consists of mainly

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  Kremlin Cup: Kuznetsova enters 2nd round

  Tennis | October 14, 2013 21:43 IST

  Moscow: Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup by beating Lesia Tsurenko 7-5, 6-2 on Monday.The eighth-seeded Kuznetsova, a two-time Grand Slam champion from Russia, won five consecutive games in the

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  When Steve Waugh embarrassed Parthiv Patel

  Cricket | October 14, 2013 22:48 IST

  New Delhi: Steve Waugh was known as the most disciplined Australian player of his time. He was a great batsman, skipper of Australia who never lost his cool during the matches.But in his last Test

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  Naked intruders during cricket matches

  Cricket | October 15, 2013 6:30 IST

  New Delhi: Cricket is an entertaining game but it becomes more entertaining when something unusual happens.There have been several instances where streakers have made runs on the ground when international matches were in progress. Such

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  Walsh to take over as Indian men's hockey head coach

  Hockey | October 14, 2013 20:04 IST

  New Delhi: Australian Terry Walsh is set to be appointed as head coach of the Indian men's hockey team after the Sports Authority of India recommended his name to the Sports Ministry.SAI Director General Jiji

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  Kremlin Cup: Stakhovsky, Cornet advance to 2nd round

  Tennis | October 14, 2013 19:51 IST

  Moscow: Sergiy Stakhovsky and Alize Cornet advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup with straight-set victories on Monday.  Stakhovsky upset seventh-seeded Joao Sousa 6-4, 6-3, while Cornet ousted Ukrainian teenager Elina Svitolina 7-5,

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  India's former top sports administrator Ramanujan dead

  Other Sports | October 14, 2013 19:26 IST

  New Delhi: T.D. Ranga Ramanujan, one of India's erstwhile top sports administrators and founding member of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), passed away on Monday at the age of 95.He died at his son's

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  Pakistan restricts South Africa to 245-8 on Day 1

  Cricket | October 14, 2013 19:46 IST

  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: South Africa's Hashim Amla scored a fighting century but Pakistan still restricted the No. 1-ranked test team to 245-8 on the opening day of the first cricket test.Amla hit 13

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  A peek into the religious side of Indian team players

  Cricket | January 28, 2014 7:54 IST

  New Delhi: As the festive season started with Navratri, there are not only common people who are celebrating or worshipping the goddess, even Indian cricket team players have been spotted worshipping in temples. Let's have a

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  BCCI fixtures comittee to decide West Indies tour venues tomorrow

  Cricket | October 14, 2013 15:48 IST

  Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar's wish to play his 200th and final Test on his home ground here is all set to be granted when the BCCI's Programmes and Fixtures committee meets here tomorrow to chalk out

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  Jwala knocks Delhi high court's door against life ban

  Other Sports | October 09, 2013 20:23 IST

  New Delhi: India's top doubles badminton player Jwala Gutta  moved the Delhi High Court today to challenge the order of a life ban on her by the disciplinary committee of the Badminton Association of India

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  IBL row: BAI sets up independent panel to hear Jwala

  Other Sports | October 07, 2013 22:30 IST

  New Delhi: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Monday said it has set up an independent three-member panel to hear Jwala Gutta's case against the life ban proposed against her by its disciplinary committee.The

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  Rare images of Jwala Gutta, a flame that set the Badminton arena on fire

  Other Sports | May 30, 2014 7:37 IST

  New Delhi: Jwala Gutta is a left-handed Indian badminton player of mixed Indian and Chinese descent who has won the National Badminton Championships thirteen times till 2010. Jwala was born on 7 September 1983 in

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  IBL: Now fit to play in IBL says Jwala

  Other Sports | August 25, 2013 21:27 IST

  Bangalore: Krrish Delhi Smashers icon player Jwala Gutta said she is fit to play in the Indian Badminton League (IBL) after missing out on the last three legs of the tourney.The doubles shuttler missed the