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AINA Nehwal strongly believes she left the PT Usha-led selection panel of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in no doubt, while emerging the unanimous choice for the nation's highest sporting honour an

Supreme Court nod for HI polls

OBSERVING that it cannot "ignore the wider ramifications" for Indian hockey, the Supreme Court on Friday gave Hockey India (HI) the go-ahead for holding its elections.

A Bench of Justices Altamas K

IOC tells Kalmadi & Co to amend constitution

IN a directive that may lead to sweeping changes in the IOA' s functioning, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has asked the Indian body to amend its constitution and take away the voting right

Not much of a test for Indians

KRISHNA Poonia seemed a touch disappointed despite finishing first at the women's discus throw event. The best she could do in her six throws was a below-par 60.93m, which is nearly three metres off h

Bengal avoid upset with late equaliser vs Delhi

A LISTLESS Bengal almost stumbled at the first hurdle but managed a face-saving 1-1 draw in the their quarter-final group league opener against Delhi at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan (YBK) on Friday.

Anderson, Finn swing it away from Pak

ENGLAND fast bowler James Anderson celebrated his 28th birthday by taking 5/49 as Pakistan slumped to 147/9 before bad light ended play on Day Tw o of the first Te st on Friday. Pakistan trailed Engla

YAWN... run marathon finally over EXPRESS IN SRI LANKA

HIS simply wasn't a good advertisement for Te st cricket.

The lifeless wicket at the Sinhalese Sports Club will take the sheen out of batting records posted here during the second Te st, and much o

Yuvraj dilemma for selectors, Sachin still undecided

WITH the BCCI selection committee meeting in Mumbai on Saturday to pick the 15-member squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka, Sachin Te ndulkar's return to the ODI fold seems all but certain.

Keeping tab, 80 feet above the ground

THE three scorers, all from different clubs, jot away as the batsmen make the most of a docile wicket at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC). The path into the giant scoreboard, the most imposing structur

Will beat the world: budding swimmer

CITY swimmer Pranjal Tathawade nurtures a dream of someday representing her country at the highest level of international competition. "I want to be the best swimmer in the world," the ten-year old qu

MCCIA-SIDBI workshop focuses on high packaging costs, hand shortage

LACK of managers with international experience, high costs of advanced packaging techniques, paucity of trained labourers and insufficient fund allocation by companies for sales promotion were identif

June real estate prices went up by 12.5 %, reveals survey

AS per a recent survey of the Property Index (MPI) by a real estate business website, real estate prices in Pune have grown by 12.5 per cent in June compared with the same month last year.
The inde

Under-14, Under-16 titles under belt, Bishop's Camp are champs

The Bishop's School, Camp won a double crown at the Bishops Invitational Football Tournament 2010, lifting the Under-14 as well as the Under-16 titles at the Bishop's Co-Ed School Ground, Undri on Fri

Husband, in-law, held for woman's murder

A 28-year-old woman, Vanita Anil Jadhav, was allegedly murdered on Wednesday by her husband, brother-in-law and another woman, with whom her husband allegedly had an extra marital affair.

Police ar

Financial aid for students above Class VIII

CHAITANYA Kaushal Trust, a charitable institution has invited applications for financial aid from students, who have secured admission for the current academic year. Students above Classes VIII can ap

`Employability' skills programme for MBAs

"ONLY about 20-50 per cent of students from Tier-II B schools get placed even after getting an MBA degree, and most of them get into jobs paying them a monthly salary of Rs 12-22,000 in jobs in insura

Shivajians Sports Club president Vanjari dead

Ashok Vanjari, president of Shivajians SC (formerly Shivaji Centre Sports Club) passed away due to prolonged illness on Friday. He was 55. Vanjari is survived by his wife Anuradha and sons Amit and Am

Industrialist GV Katti passes away

Veteran industrialist Goppal Vitthal, better known as G V Katti, died of a heart attack at his residence in Aundh recently. He was 58. He is survived by his mother, wife, son, daughter and daughter-in

Continuing medical education programme

The Indian Association of Physiotherapy, Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune branch will jointly organise a continuing medical education (CME) programme by Dr Ali Irani, president of main IAP and former physiot

Jewel in the crown, officially

SAINA Nehwal strongly beS lieves she left the PT Usha led selection panel of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in no doubt, while emerging the unanimous choice for the nation's highest spor

Not much of a test for Indians

KRISHNA Poonia seemed a touch disappointed despite finishing first at the women's discus throw event.
The best she could do in her six throws was a belowpar 60.93m, which is nearly three metres off

BAI executive committee meet postponed

AN executive committee meeting of Badminton Association of India (BAI) which was scheduled to be held at Lucknow on July 31 has been postponed by 10 days.

In a letter addressed to the president BAI

KN Kapoor memorial state aquatic c'ships from Aug 3

THE KN Kapoor Memorial 53rd Senior State Aquatic Championships 2010 will be organised at KD Singh `Babu' Stadium, Lucknow on August 3 and 4. The championship is being held in memory of late KN Kapoor

Bengal avoid upset with late equaliser vs Delhi

A LISTLESS Bengal almost stumbled at the first hurdle but managed a face-saving 1-1 draw in the their quarter-final group league opener against Delhi at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan (YBK) on Friday.

Jewel in the crown, officially

Supreme Court nod for HI polls

OBSERVING that it cannot "ignore the wider ramifications" for Indian hockey, the Supreme Court on Friday gave Hockey India (HI) the go-ahead for holding its elections.

A Bench of Justices Altamas K

Kamataka complete domination

SACHIN JOINS RUN FEAST EXPRESS IN SRI LANKA

FA MILIAR run-fest has unfolded at the Sinhalese Sports Club. As expected on the docile pitch, the bowlers continued to struggle while the batsmen, if ready to bide their time, scored without exceptio

Raina drives home a point with ton on Test debut

SURESH Raina has a well-documented chink in his armour. He, like some of his peers, is susceptible to the bouncer.
Bowlers have often used a simple plan to counter him. They start with a couple of

Morgan ton helps halt Pakistan charge after Aamer, Asif strike

ENGLAND'S Eoin Morgan plundered an unbeaten 125 for his maiden Te st century to help dig his team out of trouble and steer them to 331 for four at stumps on Day One of the first Te st against Pakistan

Massa not afraid

A little more than a year after a near fatal accident at the Hungaroring in 2009 which made his miss the remaining season, Ferrari's Felipe Massa will once again return to the track that nearly cost h

Mizoram click as a team, finally

MIZORAM football seems to have arrived on the national scene finally. The win against Kerala in the Santosh Tr ophy pre-quarterfinal match on Wednesday, which took them to the elite quarter-final stag

Luka brightest on Day 1

including those of doubt - hung over the recently-inaugurated-but-farfrom-complete Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium as it geared up to stage its first test event, the two-day Asian All Star athletic meet on T

Haryana to face experienced Manipur in final

IN-form team against the proven horses: the tussle between five time champions and firsttime finalist Haryana ensures a mouth-watering encounter when they clash for the title in the 9th Junior Nationa

Vishal pulls off well fought wins

SEASONED campaigner Vishal Mor was the cynosure of all eyes on the fourth day of Senior Snooker category of Haryana State Billiards and Snooker Championship as he won both the matches despite trailing

UT Sports Dept to award scholarships

The Chandigarh Sports Department will award sports talent scholarship to the outstanding players who represented Chandigarh in 2009-10 and attained first position in Nationals / State level Tournament

Puneet stars in St Kabir's win

RIDING high on Puneet's superb brace, Saint Kabir School, Sector 26 crushed Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23 by 3-0 to enter the final of the under-17 category in Pre-Subroto Footba

JP Atray tournament to get underway from September 15

THE 17th Edition of All India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament will get underway from September 15 to 25 in Mohali, Chandigarh and Panchkula. The prestigious tournament will get rolling just befor

23 states for sqay meet

The Sqay (Martial Art) Association of Haryana will organise the 11th Sub Junior Sqay National Championship at St Teresa Convent School Panchkula on July 30 and 31. Sandeep Chawla, chairman, Internatio

Manav Mangal Smart School dominate during inter-zonal meet

STAMPING their dominance in sports, Manav Mangal Smart School, Mohali, stole the show during Punjab Zonal Inter-School tournament held from July 26 to 28 and won maximum positions in different events.

IGNORED STATE

It seems that Panjab University Sports Department is least bothered about the upcoming inter-college competitions to be held in the first week of August at various college grounds in Chandigarh includ

Invitational football tourney: Bishops Camp closer to triple crown

THE Bishops School, Camp, set themselves up for a triple crown at the Bishops Invitational Football Tournament 2010, entering the final of the Under-12, Under-14 as well as Under-16 age groups at the

Prayas's 10 points to MSEDCL to ensure power for all

RATIONALISING tariff structure with special attention to BPL households, making grievance redressal mechanisms effective are among the 10 ideas that city-based Prayas Energy Group has suggested in its

PFC SQUAD FOR 2010-11

GOALKEEPERS: Subrata Paul, N Balaji, Amit Nandi DEFENDERS: Selwyn Fernandes, Caitano Costa, Lamine Tamba (Senegal), Sunil Kumar, Othallo Tabia, Gurjinder Kumar, Kamaljeet Kumar, Rollingson Hungyo MIDF

Pune lad in ONGC I-League

MADAN Choudhary is on cloud nine after attaining what he considers one of the biggest honours in his career. The youngster has been selected to represent the Pune Football Club in the ONGC ILeague for

Corporates & policy makers meet to discuss ways to make city a better place

O discuss the challenges faced by corporates in Pune and ideate on the possible solutions to such problems, about 100 corporates in the city came together for a meet on Thursday. The issues addressed

Now, personnel below officers rank to get salary in bank accounts

A MONTHLY pay system enabling payment of salaries directly through bank accounts for Personnel Below Officers Rank (PBORs) of Intelligence Corps (INT) and Army Physical Training Corps(APTC) was inaugu

NGOs demand emission norms for gensets

WITH emission of generator sets turning into a major ecological hazard, especially in rural areas where auto pollution norms are lax and use of generator sets too high due to prolonged power cuts, two

FOOTBALL TEAM 6 new faces, 2 from city in Pune squad

THE Pune Football Club is set to start the 2010-11 season with new vigour. Speaking to the media, Chirag Tanna, head, operations of Pune Football, said, "The PFC squad for the new season carries on fr

Morgan ton helps halt Pak charge after Aamer, Asif strike

ENGLAND'S Eoin Morgan plundered an unbeaten 125 for his maiden Test century to help dig his team out of trouble and steer them to 331 for four at stumps on Day One of the first Test against Pakistan o

Raina's heroics inspire UP cricket

THE heroics of UP cricketer Suresh Raina on his Test debut at the SCC grounds today have been highly inspiring for UP cricket. Both the cricket pundits as well as the cricketers from the state feel th

Talking Sport What are lawyers doing on the sports page?

MY sports pages are besieged by lawyers these days. They are not all bad fellows but their presence in headlines is usually a harbinger of doom or a full blown conflict. In an ideal world, lawyers wou

`I've worked hard to face the bouncer

AFTER scoring a Test century on debut, Suresh Raina was treated to a celebration dinner by Sachin Tendulkar. But before that, he took time off to speak to The Indian Express. Excerpts: What was going

EXPRESS IN SRI LANKA SACHIN JOINS RUN FEAST

A FAMILIAR run-fest has un folded at the Sinhalese Sports Club. As expected on the docile pitch, the bowlers continued to struggle while the batsmen, if ready to bide their t

Raina drives home a point with ton on Test debut

SURESH Raina has a well-documented chink in his armour. He, like some of his peers, is susceptible to the bouncer.
Bowlers have often used a simple plan to counter him. They start with a couple of

Mizoram click as a team, finally

MIZORAMfootball seems to have arrived on the national scene finally. The win against Kerala in the Santosh Trophy pre-quarterfinal match on Wednesday, which took them to the elite quarter-final stage

Mohun Bagan Day celebrated in style

Bengal Governor M K Narayanan described himself as a Mohun Bagan fan, as the club, on Thursday, began the centenary celebrations of its historic feat of becoming the first Indian club to win the IFA S

EXPRESS IN SRI LANKA Tendulkar drops anchor

T HE last time Sachin Tendulkar played a Test series in Sri Lanka, he arrived here with the weight of expectations. He was within striking distance of going past Brian Lara's all-

Indian bowling doesn't justify top ranking: Waugh

WHILE many would credit former captain Steve Waugh for making Australia a worldbeating side, the man himself credits a little-known match in the 1998 Commonwealth Games -the only time cricket was incl

Stepping out, Sehwag fails to pull it off this time

IT is rather impossible to read the mind of Virender Sehwag or for that matter his game. His head seems uncluttered and his batting uncomplicated. In full cry, Sehwag is an electrifying sight for the

SACKRILEGE

DIEGO Maradona was re moved as coach of Argentina's national team on Tuesday, ending an erratic 21-month stint that mirrored his own long history of unpredictable behavior and culmi

Messi for Ireland friendly

World Cup players Lionel Messi, Javier Macherano and Gonzalo Higuain have been included in Argentina's squad for next month's international friendly against Ireland, just hours after Diego Maradon

Somdev enters Round 2 in LA

Somdev Devvarman advanced to the second round of the $ 619,500 Farmers Classic singles event with a straight set victory over local qualifier Steve Johnson. Somdev beat his American opponent 6-4 6

Indians lose in Macau

Indian challenge at the Macau Open Super Series ended with shuttlers P Kashyap, RMV Gurusaidutt and Aditi Mutatkar losing their respective matches in singles category.

Gurusaidutt put up a brave

HC slams Sports Ministry

THE Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the election of Hockey India (HI) whileexpressingitsdispleasureoverthe"confusion"createdbytheSportsMinistry'smove in recognising two national bodies. Spanned o

Contador, Astana to part ways

TOUR de France winner Alberto Con tador will leave Astana at the end of this season after the Spanish cyclist rejected the team's offer to extend his contract. Contador said he will study his opti

Hockey's turf war gets murkier

CONFUSION prevailed as the tussle to control Indian hockey got murkier.
It was a day when Hockey India couldn't hold its election because of a court ruling, the Sports Ministry continued to recogni

For some, team orders in Formula 1 aren't as bad as they seem

FORMULA One may be better off legalising `team orders' and educating the public to expect them, some leading figures in the sport suggested on Tuesday. Such orders, which caused widespread uproar afte

Early start helped us to be on schedule, says Coe

LONDON Olympics' organising committee chairman, Sebastien Coe knows a thing or two about procedural delays and escalating costs. But now he is a proud man as most of the venues for the 2012 Games are

Baba Haridass win close game

? An unbeaten 44 by Sawan Saini and restrictive bowling by Pradeep Sangwan (2/35) proved the difference as Haridass Academy narrowly beat Parampara Academy by one wicket in the 2nd Baba Haridass crick

Jaggi impresses

A devastating spell of bowling consisting of four scalps by Rahul Jagi (4/3) and a composed knock of 33 by Akash sharma led Ramjas School No 2 to a comfortable 7 wicket win over Ramjas School No 3 in

Anish clicks with bat and ball

A vital all-round display by Haryana u-16 player Anish Jain (34 and 2/25) along with a half century by Manjeet (50) was instrumental in Modern Cricket Academy edging out SBHS.Cricket Academy by 2 wick

Shokeen downs Hari Singh

A match winning bowling display by Abhishek Shokeen (4/21) and an equally important innings by Sandeep Mor (53), were exactly what Najafgarh Sports needed as they left Hari Singh Academy in the dust i

Gowda to lead challenge

VIKAS Gowda, who holds the national record in discus throw, will be the star Indian attraction on Day One of the Asian All-Star Athletics meet at the renovated Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Thur day.

Delhi high on confidence

AFTER a lengthy hiatus of six years, the Delhi team has finally stepped up to the plate winning all the three matches in their group cluster to enter the league phase of the quarterfinals of the Santo

`With maturity we'll get faster'

HERE he goes I go. We train together," says Sandeep Sejwal about Veerdhawal Khade. Khade clarifies: "Actually we go wherever sir (Nihar Amin) takes us." In the last year or so the duo have been spendi

MAIDEN FINAL BERTH FOR HARYANA

OR the first time in their F sporting history, Haryana had the golden opportunity to write a new chapter and enter the final of the 9th Junior Girls Under19 Football Championship.

Vineet registers narrow win

PLAYING a fine game, Vineet Chauhan scored an upset 3-2 win over Rohit Bansal in the snooker category on the third day of the 24th Haryana State Billiards and Snooker Championship held on Wednesday.

After US stint, Aadil eyes domestic season

BACK home after another enriching experience at the Callway Junior World Cup Championship in the United States, local golfer Aadil Bedi is hopeful that he will do well in the coming season. Bedi had s

Sports Department to conduct swimming c'ship from August 4

With an aim to encourage the swimmers of the city, Chandigarh Sports Department is going to organise a swimming competition from August 4 to 6 at Yoga Centre Swimming Pool , Sector 23. The champions

CCA to honour cricket teams

Chandigarh Cricket Association will honour the Chandigarh team which won the Katoch Shield early this year in a function to be held at Pannu farm, Chappar Chiri near Landran at 5 pm on August 14. Th

Gurdeep fashions Hansraj win PANCHKULA: Gurdeep Singh (56 and 2 for 16) was the stan

fashions Hansraj win : Gurdeep Singh (56 and 2 for 16) was the stand out performer for Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula as he helped the team crush Gurukul School, Sector 20, Panchkula by s

Danial stars in GMHS-36 title win

Danial was right on target as his double helped Government Model High School, Sector 36, Chandigarh beat St John's High School, Sector 43, Chandigarh by a huge margin of 6-0 in the final to win the

Bus passes for Pimpri students

FINALLY, thousands of school students staying in Pimpri-Chinchwad will get free passes after August 15. Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner Asheesh Sharma said the students would not be required t

Motorcyclist dies in road mishap

TWENTY-one-year-old Prasad Gaikwad was killed in an accident on Pune-Mumbai Highway at Pimpri on Tuesday afternoon, when he tried to avoid hitting a pedestrian. According to the police, Gaikwad was he

55-yr-old hit by motorcycle, dies

55-YEAR-OLD Manjusha Shende, a resident of Aparna Residency, Kothrud died after a speeding motorcycle knocked her down on Kelewadi Road on Tuesday evening. The Kothrud police have booked the motorcycl

Infrastructure summit today

LEADING corporates from Pune will participate at the GIREM Pune Infrastructure Strategic Summit, designed to bridge the gap among the corporate-end users, developers, architects, consultants and polic

Madhavan Pillai elected

K MADHAVAN PILLAI has been elected the new president of Lions Club Pune Sapphire. He took charge from former president Joy Joseph at an official programme organised at Akurdi. The event took place in

Rosary School writes to education dept, says fee hike to pay teachers

ROSARY School has justified its controversial fee hike, saying "the school has been trying their level best to pay the teachers as per the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission with the minimal fees

687 gram panchayats to go to polls on July 30

THE July 30 gram panchayat elections will see 580 gram panchayats going in for elections. Pune district collector Chandrakant Dalvi conducted a press briefing in the city ahead of the elections. Of th

Man ends life after suspension, blames firm

A FINANCIAL services firm employee committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence in Hadapsar on Tuesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Mahesh Manik Bhosale (34).
Police said

Sports College to give admissions from Class VII onwards

SPORTS College, Lucknow will be giving admissions to players from Class 7 onwards from the next session.

Principal secretary sports (UP) Lalit Varma informed that this was decided at a meeting of t

Raina's inclusion in Test side was overdue, says coach

SEASONED cricket coach Deepak Sharma who taught the finer points of the game to Team India player Suresh Raina is an elated man. He is happy that after a long wait of 98 ODIs, Raina finally got an opp

Messi for Ireland friendly

? World Cup players Lionel Messi, Javier Macherano and Gonzalo Higuain have been included in Argentina's squad for next month's international friendly against Ireland, just hours after Diego Maradona

Raul joins Schalke

? Real Madrid's talismanic striker Raul, forced out of the Bernabeu after 16 record-breaking seasons, has signed for Schalke at the age of 33, the Bundesliga club said on Wednesday. Raul, who scored 3

Somdev enters Round 2 in LA

? Somdev Devvarman advanced to the second round of the $ 619,500 Farmers Classic singles event with a straight set victory over local qualifier Steve Johnson. Somdev beat his American opponent 6-4 6-4

Indians lose in Macau

Indian challenge at the Macau Open Super Series ended with shuttlers P Kashyap, RMV Gurusaidutt and Aditi Mutatkar losing their respective matches in singles category.

Gurusaidutt put up a brave f

Contador, Astana to part ways

tador will leave Astana at the end of this season after the Spanish cyclist rejected the team's offer to extend his contract. Contador said he will study his options before deciding which team to ride

Hockey's turf war gets murkier

CONFUSION prevailed as the tussle to control Indian hockey got murkier.

It was a day when Hockey India couldn't hold its election because of a court ruling, the Sports Ministry continued to recogni

Federer to work with Sampras coach

WITH his ranking on the decline, Roger Federer is working with coach Paul Annacone on a trial basis. Annacone, an American, is the former coach of Pete Sampras. He also coached Marat Safin and Tim Hen

`EvenifselectorsnoticewhatIamdoing,theyturnablindeye'

WHILE the Indian spinners have struggled in Sri Lanka, a slow bowler who has been repeatedly ignored by Indian selectors -Murali Kartik-is enjoying a highly successful stint with Somerset in the Engli

EXPRESS IN SRI LANKA Sanga, Mahela SSC toppers

ATCHING Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene bat together is a sublime experience. They play as if there isn't a worry in the world. Delicate flicks and cuts are played with consummate ease. Gaps a

EXPRESS IN SRI LANKA Sanga, Mahela SSC toppers

BULLIES AT HOME, NOT QUITE AWAY

SRI LANKA have six scores of above 600 at the SSC.
Outside Lanka, they have only four 600+ totals ever. Outside the subcontinent, Lanka have posted the total only against Zimbabwe.
JAYAWARDENE h

BCCI agrees to provide Modi with documents

THE second hearing of the Disciplinary Committee ended without much headwayasLalitModilawyersreiteratedtheir demand for recusal of IPL interim chairman Chirayu Amin and Arun Jaitely in the panel probi

CA set to drop Howard

Cricket Australia is likely to drop John Howard as its candidate for the International Cricket Council's presidentelect post on Friday, according to a report in The Australian. "The meeting is expect

Dalmiya set to retain CAB job

Jagmohan Dalmiya is all set for yet another term at the Cricket Association of Bengal with no election at its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday. Sourav Ganguly will be part of the AGM through the s

Misbah sets comeback deadline

Senior Pakistan batsman Misbah-ulHaq has given himself another year to make a comeback or else he will retire. "I don't know why the selectors ignored me but it was the sort of a tour for which I was

Hewitt, Stosur pull out of CWG

? The star pull-outs from this year's Commonwealth Games continue with this year's French Open finalist Samantha Stosur deciding against competing in the CWG to focus on WTA tournaments. She joins fel

Delhi in Santosh Trophy quarters

? Delhi had to sweat it out to get the better of a resilient Chhattisgarh 6-5 (2-2) in the penalty shootout to advance into the quarter-final league of the 64th National Football Championship for Sant

Team comes first, says Ferrari boss

FERRARI president Luca Di Montezemolo has told his Formula One drivers on Tu esday that the team "always comes first" in the aftermath of the passing row that erupted during the German Grand Prix.

Another twist to the weightlifting controversy

IN a twist to the sexual harassment controversy, all the 16 women weightlifters training at the Commonwealth Games camp, through a letter, have asked the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to reins

HI a private body: High Court

HE Delhi High Court on Tu esday termed Hockey as a "private body" while questioning its authority to govern the sport in the country. The court also directed both the Sports Ministry to distance itsel

New Brazil coach names young side

NEW Brazil coach Mano Menezes chose a young squad for the national team's first match after the World Cup, picking Alexandre Pato, Paulo Henrique Ganso and Neymar for the friendly against the United S

Kavita aiming for gold

WITH an experience of nearly 17 years of pocketing the carrom coins, India's no.3 seed, local girl, Kavita Somanchi has hopes of coming at the top in the ongoing SAARC Countries Carrom Championships a

Sandeep ton sinks Pelican

? Sandeep Mor (118) smashed an impressive century, while wicket keeper bastman Dinesh Mor had a great day in front of (60) and behind the stumps (2 catches and 4 stumpings) as Najafgarh Sports crushed

Mishaps continue to mar Fed Cup

WEST Bengal's Priyanka Banerjee and Railways' S Rabikumar Singh both got lucky as the Federation Cup - Commonwealth Games test event for swimming - got underway at the newly-inaugurated Shyama Prasad

Six top sportspersons are face of CWG

SIX of the country's top sportspersons were named as the brand ambassadors of the Commonwealth Games. Shooter Abhinav Bindra, shuttler Saina Nehwal, boxers Vijender Singh, MC Mary Kom, shooter Samares

Easy for Drishti Sanchar

Thanks to a three wicket haul by Priyanshu Kumar (3/25) and an unbeaten knock by Aman Gurnani (39 n.o.) Drishti Sanchar Academy were able to beat SK Academy by 6 wickets in the 5th Sharma Sports KP Tr

Bharat guides Telefunken

Twin half centuries by Bharat Gupta (63) and Sandeep Tehlan (60) took Telfunken to a 5 wicket win over Ravindra Accademy in the 5th Shalimar Cup u-16 cricket tournament at Ashok Vihar ground. Brief

Radhesh scalps four

Contributions from Radhesh Yadav(4/23), Ajay Singh (51) and Abhinav Gupta (45) helped Rose India Academy beat JD Tytler Academy by 33 run in the Harichand cricket tournament at Ramjas Sports Complex.

Manish stars with bat and ball

An all-round display by Manish Kumar (36 and 3/10) along with suitable contributions from Kamal (3/7) and Happy Kashyap (33) pushed Bal Bhawan Dwarka Academy to a 44 run triumph over NSC in the Najafg

Jagrit delivers for W.Delhi

An all-round performance by Jagrit Anand (42 and 4/10)and a knock of 65 by Sagar Sandhu helped West Delhi Academy beat Youngsters by by 38 runs in the Parmarth 20/20 cricket tournament at Parmarth gro

Ramjas win easily

A devastating bowling display by Joon Paharia (3/9) and Kandwil (2/8) was instrumental in Ramjas School No2 emerging victorious by 9 wickets over Ramjas Public School in the Inter Ramjas u-19 cricket

Negi, Rizwan sparkle

Ajay Singh Negi hit a magnificent century (111) studded with 18 fours to complete the work done earlier by Mohd. Rizwan (5/21) as Sonex club won a closely fought game against Kishanganj Club by 3 wick

Vidya Jain prevail

In a low scoring encounter, an unbeaten knock of 37 by Hitesh Tyagi and good bowling by Vikas Mishra 2/17 helped Vidya Jain beat Madras Club by 4 wickets in the 2nd Baba Haridass cricket tournament at

TOUGH FIGHT EXPECTED DURING JUNIOR FOOTBALL SEMIS

HE Chandigarh Football AssociaT tion will conduct both semi-finals of the onging 9th Junior National Girls Under-19 Football Championship on Wednesday at the Punjab Engineering College

Prateek reaches semifinal

PRATEEK Singla reached the semifinal beating Prince and Bharat Sharma in the sub-junior snooker category in the ongoing Haryana State Billiards and Snooker Championship being held at Haryana Billiards

Harpal's brace sets up GMHS-36 win

: Riding high on a brace by Harpal, Government Model High School, Sector 36 scored an emphatic 6-0 win over St Soldier School, Chandigarh in a league match of the Pre-Subroto Cup Football Tournament

DPS Pinjore clinch football title

MIANTAINING their dominence, Delhi Public School Pinjore Football (Under-19) team won the Haryana District Football Championship Trophy for the fifth time in a row by prevailing over a fighting Army P

Paramjit appointed coach

Paramjit Singh of BSNL Technical and Development Cir cle Ludhiana has been appointed as coach for BSNL All India Table tennis team. The team is going to participate in the 40 th All India Inter-insti

Patiala girl wins gold in fencing

Jasmine, a student of Multani Mal Modi College, Patiala grabbed gold medal in fencing foil team event at SAIF Championship held at Chennai from July 20 to 22. She was congratulated by Principal Sati

Shivam shines for Hansraj

: Led by an all-round performance from captain Shivam Arora (65 runs and 2 for 3) helped Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula, beat Blue Bird School, Sector 16, Panchkula by huge margin of 15

Global Window Films launches new range

GLOBAL Window Films has announced the launch of a new range of films for automotive and architectural purposes in the city.

Global offers a full line of automotive window films, said a press relea

`One must plant at least 5 trees a yr'

EVERY big company should plant nearly one lakh trees a year and every citizen should plant five trees every year and contribute to protecting the environment, said Shrikrishna Ambardekar, senior vice

Women's football: camp, trials from Aug 1

THE Western India Football Association will conduct the coaching camp and selection trials for the preparation and selection of the Maharashtra State Girls Sub-Junior football team at Cooperage Footba

St Vincent's trounce Bishop's Co-ed 5-0

ST VINCENT'S trounced The Bishop's Co-ed School, Undri 50 in the Under-16 division of the Bishops Invitational Football tournament at the Bishopsfootball ground, Camp on Tuesday.

Vincents dominated

For third time, city youth wins triathlon event in New York

KAUSTUBH Radkar, a well known swimmer from the city recently completed world triathlon championship held at Lake Placid, New York in the US for the third successive year to win the 'Iron Man' award. <

Federer to work with Sampras coach

Avi, Devansh bag tennis titles

TOP seed Devansh Mani and 5th seeded Avi Gupta bagged boys under-16 and under-12 singles titles, respectively, in the Lucknow District Junior Tennis Championship2010 held at RDSO, Lucknow.

While De

New Brazil coach names young side

Another twist to the weightlifting controversy

Last ride for the comeback man

LANCE Armstrong could never stand still. For all his other out sized traits, that restlessness still defines him. It propelled Armstrong to revolutionise a sport, become its greatest ch

Raul announces his exit

STRIKER Raul Gonzalez announced Monday he will leave Real Madrid after 15 seasons, with Germany or England his likely destination. Madrid's all-time leading scorer made a statement at the Santiago Ber

Will coach on my own terms: Diego

DIEGO Maradona will stay on as coach of Argentina if he's able to keep his entire staff. Maradona is due to meet with Argentine Football Association president Julio Grondona and laid out his condition

EXPRESS N SRI LANKA Lankans sitting pretty in their den Indian bowlers fail to make an impact as Sangakkara, Paranavitana score tons

THE Sinhalese Sports Club ground isn't as imposing a venue as the Galle International Stadium. There is no rampart of a fort with a clock tower in the background. But it is the scoreca

Meteorite strikes county match

THE sparse crowd watching a county match was treated to an out of the world experience quite literally when a 4.5 billion years old meteorite came hurtling towards the ground. According to a report in

Forgettable Four

The Indian bowling department had another forgettable day on tour. The two wickets that fell on Monday were due to the mistakes made by the batsmen. There are those who say that MS Dhoni's side should

Duke ball ideal for our seamers: Butt

Pakistan seamers are more successful in England because they are comfortable bowling with the Duke cricket ball and the conditions here also suit them, feels skipper Salman Butt. "Definitely since it

`Modi not running away from probe'

LALIT Modi's attorney Mehmood Abdi on Monday refuted reports which said that the suspended IPL Commissioner was planning to boycott tomorrow's disciplinary committee meeting in New Delhi. "There seems

Kerala, Mizoram in last 16

Kerala and Mizoram emerged cluster top pers to set up a pre-quarterfinal clash in the 64th Santosh Trophy. The teams will take on each other in their last-16 knockout on July 28. Kerala thrashed As

Manipur girls win Youth boxing

Manipur dominated the proceedings to clinch the sixth National Youth Women's Box ing Championships with three gold medals.

Manipur totalled 28 points. Hosts Assam got the runners-up trophy with tw

Junior pugilists win two golds

Indian junior boxers won two golds, a silver and a bronze medal at the 25th Ahmed Comert Cup in Istanbul. The tournament, with a boys' section for the first time, saw the Indians beat traditional

Negi to take on Andreikin

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi will hope to re cover lost ground when he takes on Russian Dmitry Andreikin in the seventh round of the 43rd Biel Chess Festival. After a rest day, bat tle resumes in the

Jeev finishes tied 54th

A wretched back-nine marred Jeev Milkha Singh's card as he turned in an even-par 70 in the final round to end tied 54th in the Canadian Open golf tournament. The Chandigarh-pro finished with a tot

Chowrasia tied 47th

SSP Chowrasia continued his erratic form to card a second successive two-over 74 and sign off tied 47th in the Scandinavian Mas ters golf tournament. Chowrasia ended his campaign with a total of fo

RadioShack to be investigated

The International Cycling Union is opening disciplinary proceedings against Lance Arm strong's RadioShack team after the start of the final stage of the Tour de France was de layed because its rider

Narrow win for Friends

A three wicket haul by Jayant Yadav (3/21) and useful knocks by Prateek Pawar (49) and Kapil Dhaka (47 n.o) helped Young Friends beat Ekta Club by 3 wickets in the 2nd Baba Hari Dass cricket tournamen

Sushil shines for Hari Nagar

An important all round display by Sushil Kumar (32 and 3/24) and accurate bowling by Ashwani Kumar (3/18) helped Hari Nagar Academy beat Kalka Academy by 3 wickets in the 5th Sharma Sports KP Trophy U

Ravindra have it easy

A fine all round display by Arjun Arora (33 and 2/22) and support from Sufyan Alam (35) led Ravindra Academy to a 5 wicket win over Golden Arrow Academy in the 5th Shalimar Cup u-16 cricket tournament

Close victory for Indrapuram

In what proved to be an invaluable knock, Paras Chouhan scored a half century (56) while suitable contributions came from Divyansh Sharma (32), Nitesh Rawat (3/18) and Kartik Kumar (3/11) as Indrapura

Comfortable for Malik

Thanks to Surinder Dahiya's half century (58), Sandeep Kumar knock of 35 and Rajeev Rawat's three wicket haul (3/11), Malik Sports emerged victorious over Handa XI by 8 wickets in the Parmarth 20/20 P

Shokeet snares four

Abhishek Shokeet trapped four (4/21) in a deadly spell of bowling while Sandeep Mor stroked a half century (53) to enable Najafgarh Sports to crush Hari Singh Cricket Academy by the huge margin of 8 w

Bharat guides Madhav win

Half centuries by Bhaskar (50) and Bharat Sindwani (55) and decent bowling by Lokesh (2/19) took Madhav Sport to a 20 run win over GRM Academy in the 1st Najafgarh 20/20 cricket tournament at Najafgar

Matches a formality, as season draws to an end

MONDAY'S fixtures of the last round robin super-six league match of the `A' Division of the DSA football league, consisted of two matches. If the first match was inconsequential, the other only slight

`Someone needs to find the next Bhupathi'

AT the peak of their own career, the best way athletes can continue contributing to the sport is by helping develop it, and India's ace tennis player, Mahesh Bhupathi is doing exactly that. In the cit

Ferrari fined, likely to face more FIA sanctions

FERRARI were found guilty of breaking team order rules and fined after Felipe Massa appeared to let team mate Fernando Alonso pass him to win the German Grand Prix on Sunday. Ferrari's 1-2 finish stoo

BALL NOW IN OC'S COURT

THE yellow hard hats, boulders and heavy machinery cranes were missing. In their place stood a swanky, state-of-theart tennis centre. At the inauguration of the newly reconstructed RK

Kashyap hopeful at Macau Open

HIGH on confidence after his his semi-final finish at the Singapore Open, P Kashyap has now set his eyes on emulating the achievement in the Kumpoo Macau Open badminton championships starting Tuesday.

Arjun eyes top honours in youth Olympics

ARJUN Singh may not be as experienced as some of the other athletes in the fray he will be up against at the Asian All Stars meet, but the young discus thrower is confident of giving them tough compet

Chhetri's low-key outing against Manchester United

INDIAN striker Sunil Chhetri made a low-key 21-minute appearance in the second half in Kansas City Wizard's surprise 2-1 win against Premier League giants Manchester United in an international friendl

Pargat goes on the offensive, targets Kalmadi

PUNJAB sports secretary Pargat Singh on Monday slammed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for ruining hockey in the country and tar the country and tarnishing its image in an attempt to retain cont

Cornered coaches hit back

AFTER days of silence, former chief coach of the Indian women's hockey team MK Kaushik on Monday hit back at Hockey India, threatening legal action against the federation for maligni

Weightlifting coach Ramesh Malhotra attacks Malleswari

SUSPENDED weightlifting coach Ramesh Malhotra, who has been accused of sexual harassment, on Monday hit back, alleging Olympic medallist Karnam Malleswari was targeting him for personal reasons.

False ceiling at CWG pool gives away

LESS than three weeks after its inauguration and on eve of the the Federation Cup swimming meet, the false ceiling of the warm-up pool at the Dr SP Mukherjee Aquatics Complex gave away on Monday.

August kick-off: batch II of soccer refereeing and coaching course

THE second batch of FA (Football Association) of England, level-1 refereeing and coaching will be conducted from August 24-30 at the Abhijit Kadam Football Development Centre (AKFDC). The Bharati Vidy

Bishop's flatten VP Magarpatta, Mohinani notches up hat-trick

THE Bishop's School, Camp routed VP Magarpatta city school 7-0 thanks to a Jyotish Mohinani hat-trick in the Bishops Invitational Football tournament. The match was played at the Bishop's football gro

Inter-IT football: IBM scrape past Cognizant

IBM edged past Cognizant 2-1 in the 8th Inter Information Technology Football Championship organised by the Maharashtra Krida and held at the Range Hills ground over the weekend.

Cognizant had

Sewing machines donated to unemployed women

FIVE sewing machines were donated to unemployed and poor women in Pimpri-Chinchwad area, by the Lion's Club International 323D2 Region chairperson K M Roy recently.

It was part of the Women Empower

Universal Construction's new machine

based Universal Construction Machinery and Equipment has recently launched an new vehicle named`Tough Rider' for the export market. The product was launched by ex-Lok Sabha speaker Dr Balram Jakhar at

Ferrari fined, likely to face more FIA sanctions

Weightlifting coach Ramesh Malhotra attacks Malleswari

SUSPENDED weightlifting coach Ramesh Malhotra, who has been accused of sexual harassment, on Monday hit back, alleging Olympic medallist Karnam Malleswari was targeting him for personal reasons.

Junior pugilists win two golds

Indian junior boxers won two golds, a silver and a bronze medal at the 25th Ahmed Comert Cup in Istanbul. The tournament, with a boys' section for the first time, saw the Indians beat traditional powe

Kerala, Mizoram in last 16

Kerala and Mizoram emerged cluster toppers to set up a pre-quarterfinal clash in the 64th Santosh Trophy. The teams will take on each other in their last-16 knockout on July 28. Kerala thrashed Assam

Manipur girls win Youth boxing

Manipur dominated the proceedings to clinch the sixth National Youth Women's Boxing Championships with three gold medals.

Manipur totalled 28 points. Hosts Assam got the runners-up trophy with two

Negi to take on Andreikin

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi will hope to recover lost ground when he takes on Russian Dmitry Andreikin in the seventh round of the 43rd Biel Chess Festival. After a rest day, battle resumes in the cat

Jeev finishes tied 54th

A wretched back-nine marred Jeev Milkha Singh's card as he turned in an even-par 70 in the final round to end tied 54th in the Canadian Open golf tournament. The Chandigarh-pro finished with a total o

Chowrasia tied 47th

SSP Chowrasia continued his erratic form to card a second successive two-over 74 and sign off tied 47th in the Scandinavian Masters golf tournament. Chowrasia ended his campaign with a total of four-o

RadioShack to be investigated

The International Cycling Union is opening disciplinary proceedings against Lance Armstrong's RadioShack team after the start of the final stage of the Tour de France was delayed because its riders we

Cornered coaches hit back

AFTER days of silence, former chief coach of the Indian women's hockey team MK Kaushik on Monday hit back at Hockey India, threatening legal action against the federation for maligni

False ceiling at CWG pool gives away

LESS than three weeks after its inauguration and on eve of the the Federation Cup swimming meet, the false ceiling of the warm-up pool at the Dr SP Mukherjee Aquatics Complex gave away on Monday.

Kashyap hopeful at Macau Open

Sports College trainee `beaten up' by coach

A badminton trainee of Sports College, Lucknow Vinay Verma was allegedly 'beaten up' with a stick by a cricket coach for making noise during class hours on Monday. Vinay, a student of intermediate at

`UP tennis needs skilled coaches'

SEASONED tennis coach Kawaljeet Singh is absolutely elated seeing the level of enthusiasm among young tennis trainees of Lucknow. He feels that despite the trainees taking so much of interest in the g

STATPACK

INDIA VS SRI LANKA, 2ND TEST AT SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB (SSC) This is the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, with the main administration offices, but has been superseded by the Premadasa as the premi

Murali misses bowling to Sachin

Barely a few days into retirement, Muttiah Muralitharan is already missing bowling to Sachin Tendulkar. "I am going to miss the dressing room environment. The challenges of five-day cricket and first

Strauss rewinds to Oval 2006, hopes for no more controversy

ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss is hoping he doesn't find himself again witnessing a dispute involving Pakistan as the teams prepare for their first Te st since a 'ball-tampering' row in 2006 on Thursd

When in crunch, turn to Harbhajan

INDIA opener Gautam Gambhir batted in the nets on Sunday but his participation in the second Te st isn't certain. A niggle in the knee has been troubling him and so Murali Vijay, the third opener in t

NAMASTE LANKA

Modi has to face the music: Pawar

Suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi will have to face the music if he is found guilty of corruption, according to ICC president Sharad Pawar. Pawar on Sunday made it clear that there was no question

New era begins: Waqar

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis believes that his team's first Test win over Australia in 15 years is the beginning of a new era for the game in the troubled country. Waqar said that the hardearned victor

'Farhat deserves place in squad'

National selector Muhammad Illyas has hit out at critics who allege conflict of interest whenever his son-in-law Imran Farhat was picked for Pakistan, saying the youngster deserved a place in the squa

One year after crash, it's heartbreak for Massa

FERNANDO Alonso led a Ferrari one-two in the German Grand Prix on Sunday after denying Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa an emotional victory one year on from a near-fatal crash. While the Spaniard cel

Ref Maria creates history

? Maria Rebello from Goa on Sunday created history by becoming the first Indian woman to officiate a men's football match at senior level as referee. Maria officiated the Santosh Trophy Cluster V matc

Delhi, Chhattisgarh in last 16

? Delhi and Chhattisgarh emerged cluster toppers to set up a pre-quarterfinal clash in the 64th Santosh Trophy. Delhi thrashed Madhya Pradesh 3-1. David Ngaispe, Bhuvan Joshi and Vikash Rawat scored f

Kiwi captain fears attack

? New Zealand netball captain Casey Williams has told her family and friends not to travel to India for the Commonwealth Games as she fears terrorist bombings during the event. Williams, though, has c

Bopanna-Vliegen in title clash

? Rohan Bopanna is one step away from winning his second ATP doubles title of the season after making the final of the Atlanta Tennis Championships with partner Kristof Vliegen. The Indo-Belgian pair

Atwal loses PGA card

? Arjun Atwal lost his PGA Tour card after failing to make the final round due to the made-cut-but-did-not-finish rule, while Jeev Milkha Singh slipped three rungs to tied 56th with a one-under 69 in

Sania stumbles in final

? After mauling lower-ranked opponents all through the week, Sania Mirza lost the title clash of the Wrexham ITF event 2-6 4-6 to local favourite Heather Watson. In doubles, Sania and her Finnish part

ONGC win Murugappa Cup

? ONGC stunned a star-studded Indian Oil 2-1 to emerge champions in the 86th Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament here. Penaltycorner specialist Diwakar Ram (13th minute) and Bikash Toppo (61st) score

Former IHF president dies

? Former president of IHF IM Mahajan passed away following a brief illness. Mahajan, 86, who had also served as the President of the Delhi and District Hockey Association (DDHA) and Hockey Delhi, brea

Sack secretary too: Malleswari

OLYMPIC bronze medalist Karnam Malleswari has expressed satisfaction at having played her role in bringing forth the issue of sexual harassment against weightlifting coach Ramesh Malhotra.

Malleswa

Hall makes a winning return to track

MOMENTS after he won the 20km scratch final, Australia's Stephen Hall was mobbed by the small crowd present at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, as they jostled to shake hands with the winner, and H

Three cheers for Contador

PA NIARD Alberto Contador claimed his third To ur de France title on Sunday as seventimes champion Lance Armstrong made his final exit from the race. The 27-year-old Contador stayed safe in the main b

I'll worry about numbers after I retire: Bhupathi

TENNIS ace Mahesh Bhupathi was in the capital to kick-start 'progressive tennis' - an initiative that allows 3-10 year olds to get acquainted with tennis with lighter rackets and slower, oversized imp

Yo-Yo unlikely to join team

Chances of former captains Mohd Yousuf and Younis Khan joining the side for Pakistan's Test series against England have faded with the team management keen to persist with youngsters after the victory

McGrath engaged to Sara

Two years after the death of his first wife Jane, former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath is all set to walk down the aisle once again after getting engaged to his Italian girlfriend of seven months Sar

I'll worry about numbers after I retire: Bhupathi

Sack secretary too: Malleswari

OLYMPIC bronze medalist Karnam Malleswari has expressed satisfaction at having played her role in bringing forth the issue of sexual harassment against weightlifting coach Ramesh Malhotra.

Malleswa

One year after crash, it's heartbreak for Massa

Negi holds Anish Giri

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi played his third draw, signing peace with Anish Giri of Holland in the sixth round at the 43rd Biel Chess Festival. Fabiano Caruana of Italy re mained in sole lead after

Ref Maria creates history

Delhi, Chhattisgarh in last 16

Kiwi captain fears attack

Bopanna-Vliegen in title clash

? Rohan Bopanna is one step away from winning his second ATP doubles title of the season after making the final of the Atlanta Tennis Championships with partner Kristof Vliegen. The Indo-Belgian pair

Atwal loses PGA card

? Arjun Atwal lost his PGA Tour card after failing to make the final round due to the made-cut-but-did-not-finish rule, while Jeev Milkha Singh slipped three rungs to tied 56th with a one-under 69 in

Sania stumbles in final

ONGC win Murugappa Cup

Former IHF president dies

Former president of IHF IM Mahajan passed away following a brief illness. Mahajan, 86, who had also served as the President of the Delhi and District Hockey Association (DDHA) and Hockey Delhi, br

Shivam, Vibhu triumph in chess c'ship

SHIVAM Shukla and Vibhu Bajpai, both from City Montessori School, collected a maximum of 5 points each to win the Black & White Inter School Chess Championship held at Modern World School, Lucknow. In

Three cheers for Contador

PANIARD Alberto Contador claimed his third Tour de France title on Sunday as seventimes champion Lance Armstrong made his final exit from the race. The 27-year-old Contador stayed safe in the main bun

HIGH TOSS

H ERE'S what you see when you look at Achanta Sharath Kamal. You see the winner of the Egypt Open and India's first ever top-50 table tennis player.

`Challenging the top teams is still some distance away'

RANKINGS in table tennis could throw up a few surprises even during days when Kamlesh Mehta was India's best bet on the world circuit. For Mehta, the surprise -or shock -was that his ranking didn't bu

Contador stands on the brink

SPANIARD Alberto Contador all but won his third Tour de France on Saturday when he extended his lead over Andy Schleck to 39 seconds following the 52-km individual penultimate stage time

Vettel takes home another pole

RED Bull's Sebastian Vettel snatched pole position for his home German Grand Prix on Saturday after beating Ferrari's Fernando Alonso by barely the blink of an eye. "Yes, baby!" shouted the 23-year

Satiyan assured of bronze

: G Sathyan became the second Indian af ter Sujoy Gorphade to assure himself and the country at least a bronze medal in table tennis's individual event at the Junior Asian Championships when he upset

Rameshwori breaks national record, enters 200m semis

ON a day when no Indian men featured in the top six of the Keirin final, India's Ch Rameshwori Devi broke the national record in 200m sprint, by clocking 12.283s during qualification on her way to mak

HI refers Kaushik case to police

TAKING serious note of player Ranjita Devi's sexual harassment complaint against coach M K Kaushik, Hockey India on Saturday referred the matter to the Delhi Police for further investigation. The four

Bronchitis hardly a handicap for Cavendish, Petacchi

BRONCHITIS hasn't stopped Tour de France sprinting aces Alessandro Petacchi and Mark Cavendish from success at the race this year. Cavendish of Britain won Friday's 18th stage in a sprint -his fourth

Vettel seizes home advantage

ED Bull's Sebastian Vettel snatched pole position for his home German Grand Prix on Saturday after beating Ferrari's Fernando Alonso by barely the blink of an eye.

"Yes, baby!" shouted the 23-year-

Rameshwori breaks national record, enters 200m semi-final

H1N1 hits Sikkim's campaign

Kolkata: Sikkim's Santosh Trophy campaign received a huge blow with three of their players tested positive for swine flu. Bikas Jairu, Sanjay Chhetri and Sagar Rai tested positive for the disease afte

Sathyan assured of at least a bronze

G SATHYAN became the second Indian after Sujoy Gorphade to assure himself and the country at least a bronze medal in table tennis's individual event at the Junior Asian Championships when he upset wor

Anderson turns down ICC job

The International Cricket Council received another setback in its search of a new Vice President as New Zealand administrator John Anderson re fused to take up the job. After rejection of former

Negi at the bottom

World's second youngest Grandmaster ever, India's Parimarjan Negi played out a draw with Nguyen Ngoc Truong of Vietnam in the fifth round of the Young Grandmasters tournament, a part of the 43rd B

Dipika, Siddharth bow out

India's challenge at the Malaysian Open Squash championship came to a premature end after qual ifiers Dipika Pallikal and Siddharth Suchde bowed out in the first round of the tournament in Kuala

Yasin, Manan lose

Veteran Yasin Merchant and Manan Chandra failed to register a single win in the preliminary stage of the Sangson Six-Red World Snooker Champi onship in Bangkok. With their ouster, Indian chal lenge

World Cup broadcaster fined

South Korea's SBS TV has been fined 1.97 billion won ($1.64 million) by the state regulator for not sharing coverage of World Cup matches with other broadcasters. SBS had exclusive rights to sho

Kerala crush Himachal 10-0

Kerala and Assam maintained their winning streak in the 64th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy.In other matches, the Railways se cured their second consecutive win, while Mizo ra

Anand targets No 1 spot

Having defended his World Championships title two months back, Viswanathan Anand has set his eyes on regaining FIDE number one spot by the year end. "I wanted to win the world champi onship and

BCCI likely to reject Modi's plea, to stick with same panel

THE BCCI is likely to reject Lalit Modi's demand of removing interim IPL chairman Chirayu Amin and BCCI vice-president Arun Jaitley from the disciplinary committee from hearing his case.

Modi's l

Holding their nerve, Pakistan end 15-year Aussie jinx

PAKISTAN beat Australia in a Test for the first time since 1995 after winning by three wickets in an excruciatingly tense finish on Saturday to level the two-match series at 1-1. Imran Farhat was Paki

EXPRESS IN SRI LANKA New face, old demon

BY breakfast on Saturday morning the Indian camp had heard that fast bowler Lasith Malinga wouldn't play the second Test. It was also confirmed late on Friday that Ajantha Mendis, who took

Another tennis ball star from Lanka stable

SRI LANKA is a country where some of the best talent is first spotted while playing tennis ball cricket. Soft ball cricket tournaments are held in Colombo, Galle and Kandy, which are keenly followed s

CAKEWALK FOR ORISSA AND MANIPUR

OLDERS Orissa and runH ners-up Manipur contin ued to impress, winning their respective matches in the ongoing ninth edition of the Junior National Girls Under-19 FootballChampionship be

Sachin and Dilpreet grab top spots in shot put

SACHIN Sharma (DAV-15) (10.70m) and Dilpreet Kaur (Gurukul.Gobal I.T Park) (4.25 m) bagged top positions in the boys and girls U-14 shot put category on the first day of the Chandigarh Sub Junior Athl

Goyal sisters cruise into second rd

: MAINTAINING their supremacy, sisters Arunima Goyal and Tarini Goyal,along with six few other players were leading with one point each at the end of first round on the first day of the Chandigarh W

Abhilash steers DPACA Green home

ers DPACA Green home owered by 106-run second wicket part nership between Abhilash captain Sharma (63 no) and Karan Chauhan (32 no),DPACA Green recorded facile ninewicket win over DPACA Blue in the B

GMSSS-22 lord over St Marry's

: Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, drubbed St Marry's Public School, Sector 46, by 4-0 in the ongoing Pre-Subroto Football Tournament played in Chandigarh on Saturday.Donald, Ram

Arshiya to meet Ishita in final

: Top seeded Arshiy Sethi set up a title clash with Ishita in the girls under-10 final of the Second Tricity Schools Badminton Tournament being played at the Sector 7 Community Centre Badminton Hall

Football tourney:Bishop's send Dastur packing

THE Bishop's School Camp routed Dastur School 5-0 in the Bishops Invitational Football tournament at the Bishops football ground camp on Saturday.

Bishop's dominated the entire game and l

Valmiki scores four as Pillai Academy storms into semis

YUVRAJ Walkmiki produced a stellar Y performance to carry his team Vikram Pillay Academy into the semifinals of the 2nd Late Hussain Nabi Shaikh Memorial Tournament at the Dhyan Chand Hockey

Manasi, Chaitrali in semis of table tennis tourney

MANASI Chhajed beat her sister Arohi in straight sets to reach the semifinals of the Darode Jog table tennis Trophy being held at Paud Road.

Manasi outplayed Arohi comprehensively with a score of

KV Scouts and Guides testing camp begins

AS many as 600 scouts and guides from across the country participated in the national Scouts and Guides Rajya Puraskar testing camp, which was flagged off today at Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1 and 2, Dehu

Dharna on Monday against move of transport utility to hike bus fares

THE Lokayat and Pune Jilha Molkarin Sangathana are organising a dharna to protest against the decision of the PMPML to raise the bus fares by Rs 2 per ticket. The dharna will be held at PMC Building G

Ram Temple campaign from August 16: Togadia

PRAVEEN Togadia, international general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), today announced the launch of a nationwide campaign, Ram Janmabhumi Shakti Jagran, between August

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