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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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  Snooker: World No.1 Robertson leads quality Indian Open field

  Other Sports | September 08, 2013 19:10 IST

  Bangalore: A strong field of 64 professionals, headed by World No.1 Neil Robertson, besides top two Indians Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta, promises a rich feast of snooker in the Indian Open to be held

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  Pankaj Advani, Rupesh Shah felicitated

  Other Sports | November 04, 2012 22:24 IST

  Bangalore, Nov 4 : Newly-crowned World billiards champions Pankaj Advani (time format) and Rupesh Shah (points format) were presented with purses of Rs.1 lakh each at a felicitation function by the Billiards and Snooker Federation

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  Pankaj Advani says he waited 3 years to regain World Billiards title

  Other Sports | November 02, 2012 22:07 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 2, 2012: The youngest Indian sportsperson to win eight world titles, ace cueist Pankaj Advani says his recent World Billiards Championship triumph was a "special" one as he had to wait for

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  Pankaj Advani wins 7th World Billiards title

  Other Sports | October 29, 2012 22:04 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 29: Pankaj Advani won his seventh World billiards title after defeating defending champion Mike Russell 1,895-1,216 in the final yesterday.27-year old Advani displayed more consistency than Russell to repeat his 2009 victory

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  Pankaj Advani leads Indian challenge at World Billiards

  Other Sports | October 17, 2012 19:54 IST

  Leeds, Oct 17: Pankaj Advani spearheads a strong Indian challenge in the first ever unified World Billiards Championship, commencing here Saturday with as many as 65 players, including defending champions Mike Russell and Bangalorean Revanna

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  Pankaj Advani enters quarters of Asian Snooker

  Other Sports | April 27, 2012 22:06 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 27: India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani notched up his seventh straight win at the 28th Asian Snooker Championships, when he blanked Ahmed Saif of Qatar 4—0 to enter the quarterfinals in Doha

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  Pankaj Advani Wins 11th Asian Billiard Championship

  Other Sports | April 08, 2012 20:58 IST

  Panaji, Apr 8: Six-time world champion Pankaj Advani today defeated Thawat Sujaritthurakarn of Thailand to emerge victorious at the 11th ONGC Asian Billiard championship.Although Pankaj was the one who started the proceedings on a positive

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  Advani Loses In Semifinals Of World Billiards Championship

  Other Sports | October 31, 2011 14:28 IST

  Leeds, Oct 31: Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani's hopes of winning the eighth world title went up in smoke after he failed to overcome a spirited challenge from defending champion Mike Russell of England in

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  Pankaj Advani Falters At Final Hurdle In World Billiards

  Other Sports | August 29, 2011 11:41 IST

  New Delhi, August 29:   Indian cueist Pankaj Advani faltered in the finals once again as England's Mike Russell successfully defended his Point format title in the IBSF World Billiards Championship being played in Carlow, Ireland.

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  Pankaj Advani Wins National Billiards Title

  India | July 30, 2011 22:50 IST

  Chennai, Jul 30:  World champion Pankaj Advani (PSPB) today won his fifth national billiards title with a commanding 5-1 win over Balachandra Bhaskar of Bangalore here.Bhaskar, who has been in the national scene for over

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  Advani Opens Gold Account, Alok Creates History

  Other Sports | November 14, 2010 21:31 IST

  Guangzhou, Nov 14 (PTI) Star cueist Pankaj Advani provided the first gold for India in the 16th Asian Games by clinching the title in billiards singles while Alok Kumar claimed a bronze in 8-ball pool

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  Winning At Home Is A Different Feeling: Pankaj Advani

  Other Sports | November 10, 2009 23:04 IST

  Ace Indian cueist with seven world titles and three Asian titles under his belt, Pankaj Advani on Tuesday  said that he was looking forward to the World Snooker Championship in Hyderabad as "winning at Home