India end Idea Cup series with humiliation

Many would call today’s match a rain affected game that resulted in India losing, others would call it the sheer brilliance of the Lankan bowlers, but the fact of the matter is that the Indian batting order failed miserably once again as they have done several times in the past. The Indians had the upper […]

Bhupathi-Knowles lose in the Pilot Pen final

The second seeded Indo-Bahamian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles have been convincingly beaten in the finals of the Pilot Pen men’s doubles tournament by Brazillians Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa, by a score of 5-7, 2-6.
The fourth seeded Brazilians, who did not lose even a single set throughout the four matches of the […]

Champions Trophy postponed in Pakistan

Champions Trophy, earlier to be held next month in Pakistan, has been unanimously postponed until October 2009, as per a statement released by the International Cricket Council.
Pakistan is said to have retained the right to host the tournament but it was also agreed that if other members expressed issues of safety and security in future, […]

Akhil Kumar knocked out in quarters of Beijing Olympics - Boxing

Akhil Kumar has been knocket out of the Beijing Olympics 54kg bantamweight boxing competition. He lost the match 10-3 to Gijan Veaceslav of Rep. of Moldova.
The Indian, who had upset Russian world champion Sergey Vodopyanov in the earlier round, was at the receiving end for most of the contest.

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Boxing - Jitender in QF

21 year-old Jitender Kumar entered the quarter-finals of the boxing competition at the Olympics in Beijing on Saturday by out-playing Uzbek Tulashboy Doniyorov to set up a tough quarter-final with three-time European champion Georgy Balakshin of Russia in 51kg category .
The Haryana boxer, who is on his maiden Olympic trip, scored a 13-6 victory to […]

India win AFC Challenge Cup

India beat Tajikistan by 4-1 to win the finals of the AFC Challenge Cup played at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi earlier today. Sunil Chhetri’s hat-trick did the trick as the Indians trashed Tajikistan resulting in direct qualification for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Doha. It would be hard to believe but India […]

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Sania-Sunitha out

Injured Sania Mirza alongwith half-fit Sunitha Rao showed great courage by taking to the court in the women’s doubles tennis match during the second round of Beijing Olympics 2008 where they played the Russian duo of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina.
Although the Indian pair started of very well by taking the first three games, […]

Indian sport headed in the wrong direction ?

Before starting, I would like to point out that not many people are going to like this article. I do not want to take anything away from India’s first individual gold medalist Abhinav Bindra but would like to point out that India really need to get their act together and plan for the next edition […]

Abhinav Bindra wins Gold at Beijing Olympics 2008

Source : Rediff.com
Abhinav Bindra won India’s first individual gold medal in men’s 10 metre air rifle event of the shooting competition at Beijing Olympics.
The gold medal is India’s first since 1980, when the hockey team emerged triumphant in Moscow.
Qinan Zhu of China scored 699.7 for second place while Finn Henri Hakkinen faltered on a final […]

Beijing Olympics 2008 - Opening Ceremony

The Beijing Olympics 2008 began with full excitement and emotions as China hosted the opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Beijing ,of one of the most expensive tournaments to be ever held.

The Indian team stood proud with Rajvardhan Singh Rathore being being the flag bearer dressed in a white sherwani. The other male team […]

India fall for 249, Sri Lanka lose 1 on Day 1

Day one of the final Test match of the Idea Cup between India and Sri Lanka went to the 2 new bowlers of Sri Lanka. Mendis and Prasad outsmarted India on all occassions to send the Indians back in the pavilion for just 249 runs. The top and middle order failed yet again with the […]

If I fail, shoot me in public

With firm backing from the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF), weightlifter Monika Devi of Manipur claimed innocence and alleged that she is being victimised by some members of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) after she was accused of dope charges.
Monika was the only weightlifter chosen to represent India in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but […]

India to play Myanmar in AFC Cup semis

DPR Korea defeated Myanmar by a goal in their last Group B match of the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. This takes their tally to 9 points from 3 wins of their 3 matches played.
Myanmar settle for 6 points from 2 wins of their 3 games […]

Monika Devi fails dope test, out of Olympics

Weightlifter Laishram Monika Devi failed a dope test and pulled out of the Indian contingent for the Beijing Olympics.
A silver medal winner in the 69kg category at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Monika Devi had been unanimously selected by the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) ahead of Shailaja Pujari for Beijing.
Monika had also won a […]

Anil Ambani interested in Newcastle United

Reported by the British weekly newspaper News of the World, Indian business tycoon Anil Ambani is in talks with English Premier League club Newcastle United’s owner Mike Ashley for a reported 260 million pounds (US $ 510 million) takeover. He faces stiff competition from the Singapore-based global investment company Profitable Group who has shown interest […]

Dalmiya regains CAB presidency

Almost after 18 months of exile, Jagmohan Dalmiya is back with a motive as the newly elected president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). 68 year old Dalmiya had earlier been accused of misappropriating PILCOM accounts for which he was banned and had to relinquish his post as CAB president in December 2006 after 13 […]

Murali and Mendis rout India to win 1st Idea Cup Test

The 1st Idea Cup Test Match between India and Sri Lanka was all about Muralitharan and Mendis. Not only did both these bowlers rout India, but they will be the cause of Indian nightmares for a long time.
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Sri Lanka remained on top of the Indians throughout the match, specially after Warnapura, Jayawardene, Samaraweera and Dilshan […]

Sania-Bethanie enter quarters of EWB Classic

The Indo-American pair of Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek entered the quarterfinals of the USD 600,000 East West Bank Classic tournament in Los Angeles after defeating the Americal-Russian pair of Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
They next face the Russian pair of Elena Versina and Vera Zvonareva in this hard court […]

India win Junior Asia Cup Hockey

It was a tight final as India just about managed to beat South Korea 3-2 in extra-time to clinch the Junior Asia Cup hockey crown.
Diwakar Ram’s goal in the extra time by converting a penalty corner did the trick for India to not only retain the trophy, but to also add to the flavour of […]

India will host 2010 Hockey World Cup

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) today confirmed that the 2010 Hockey World Cup will be held in India.
Although the decision to hold the Hockey World Cup 2010 in India was made last year, the decision was later put on hold after India failed to quality for the Beijing Olympics earlier this year. The federation […]