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  Chicherova Wins Women's High Jump At Worlds

  Other Sports | September 04, 2011 20:57 IST

  Daegu (South Korea), Sept 3: Becoming a mother was worth gold to Anna Chicherova.The 29-year-old Russian credited the birth of her daughter last year for a change in attitude that allowed her to win a

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  Usain Bolt Wins 200 At The World Championships

  Other Sports | September 03, 2011 18:38 IST

  Daegu (South Korea), Sep 3: Usain Bolt won the men's 200 meters at the world championships on Saturday, running the fourth fastest time in history of 19.40 seconds.Bolt, who set the world record of 19.19

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  Pearson Wins 100 Hurdles In Championship Record

  Other Sports | September 03, 2011 18:36 IST

  Daegu (South Korea), Sep 3: Sally Pearson ran the fastest 100-meter hurdles race in almost two decades Saturday to win gold at the world championships, a stunning performance by the Australian that changed a night

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  Geet Sagar Wins X-Factor India

  Bollywood | September 03, 2011 16:42 IST

  Mumbai, Sep 3: Geet Sagar, mentored by noted playback singer Shreya Goshal has emerged as the winner of the first season of singing reality show ‘X-Factor India'.  Geet won the coveted title yesterday leaving behind

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  Liverpool Wins At Arsenal For 1st Time In 11 Years

  Football | August 20, 2011 21:08 IST

  London, Aug 20: Liverpool compounded Arsenal's troubles by winning at the north London club for the first time in 11 years on Saturday, the 2-0 victory coming from an own goal and Luis Suarez's strike

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  India's Mayookha Johny Wins Asian Women's Long Jump Gold

  Other Sports | July 07, 2011 20:14 IST

  Kobe, Japan, Jul 7: India's Mayookha Johny took a 6.56 metre leap to win the women's long jump gold in the  Asian athletic championships here today.Mayookha was  .04 metre ahead of Lu Minjia of China.

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  Rohit Guides India To 3-Wkt Win As Visitors Clinch Series

  Cricket | June 12, 2011 11:03 IST

  Antigua, Jun 11: Rohit Sharma scored a fantastic unbeaten 86 under pressure as India beat West Indies by three wickets to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match ODI series here today.Chasing a target

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  French Open: Nadal, Clijsters Score Contrasting Wins

  Tennis | May 25, 2011 22:05 IST

  Paris, May 25: Rafael Nadal suffered a severe fright before punching the air with both fists in joy as he began his French Open defence on Tuesday with a dogged win over John Isner, while

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  Pakistan Wins Second Test, Levels Series 1-1

  Cricket | May 25, 2011 22:00 IST

  Basseterre, May 25: Pakistan beat West Indies by 196 runs on the fifth day of the second test Tuesday to draw their two test series 1-1. Slow left-armer Abdur Rehman finished with figures of 4-65

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  Sania Wins First Round Of French Open

  Tennis | May 23, 2011 21:19 IST

  Paris, May 23: Desperate to improve her Grand Slam record, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza began her French Open campaign with an impressive 6-3 6-3 win over Kristina Barrois in the women's singles, here today.World

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  Djokovic Wins Rome Masters Title

  Tennis | May 16, 2011 22:09 IST

  Rome, May 16: Novak Djokovic staked a further claim on the world number one ranking as the superlative Serb extended his massive 2011 win streak to 37 matches with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Rafael

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  Congress Wins Maiden Gandhinagar Civic Poll

  Politics | April 21, 2011 16:45 IST

  Gandhinagar, Apr 21: In a setback to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Congress today won 18 out of 33 seats that went to polls on April 19 for the newly-constituted Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC).The maiden

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  Jagan Wins Three Out Of Nine AP Council Seats

  Politics | March 23, 2011 17:22 IST

  Hyderabad, Mar 23: In a setback to the ruling Congress, former party MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy's candidates on Wednesday won three out of nine seats in the elections to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council.

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  Hema Malini Wins RS Bypoll From Karnataka

  India | March 03, 2011 22:30 IST

  Bangalore, Mar 3: Living up to expectations, "Dream Girl" Hema Malini today won the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Karnataka and said she will do whatever she is supposed to do as a member of the

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  Natalie Portman Wins Oscar For Black Swan

  Hollywood | February 28, 2011 20:21 IST

  Los Angeles: Natalie Portman won the best actress Academy Award on Sunday for her role as an unhinged ballerina in Black Swan.The 29-year-old Israeli-American was considered the strong favourite for the award, having dominated the

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  Keira Knightley Wins Over Critics With West End Stage Return

  Hollywood | February 11, 2011 20:15 IST

  London: Keira Knightley's return to the West End stage has drawn accolades from the critics.One critic has said that the British actress has now "won her theatrical spurs", reports the BBC.Danny DeVito and director Gurinder

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  Beating NZ, Pak Wins First ODI Series Since 2008

  Cricket | February 04, 2011 23:16 IST

  Hamilton, Feb 3: Pakistan won their first one-day series since November 2008 when they beat New Zealand by 41 runs in the fifth game of their six-match series at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Thursday.The

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  AR Rahman Wins Golden Globe Nomination For 127 Hours

  Hollywood | December 14, 2010 21:36 IST

  Los Angeles: Oscar winning Indian musician AR Rahman is in the race to win his second Golden Globe after being nominated in the Best Original Score category for his music in the Danny Boyle directed

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  Australian Sally Pearson Stripped Of 100m Gold In CWG

  Other Sports | October 08, 2010 8:49 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 7 : Australian sprinter Sally Pearson was on Thursday  stripped of her gold medal after England protested that she had a false start in a controversial women's 100m dash in the Commonwealth

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  Test-tube Baby Pioneer Edwards Wins Medicine Nobel

  World | October 04, 2010 17:28 IST

  Stockholm, Oct 4 (AP) Robert Edwards of Britain won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine today for developing in-vitro fertilisation, a breakthrough that has helped millions of infertile couples worldwide have children.  Edwards, an 85-year-old