Sports News: General

New Delhi, Aug 27 (PTI) Akhil Kumar's fearlessness, Jitender Kumar's grit and Vijender Singh's technical prowess have forced the International Boxing Association to sit up and acknowledge India's

Sydney, Aug 27 (IANS) Sports is what Australia excels in, and it is to sports that the government is now turning to deepen business links with India.

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has asked Olympics bronze medallist Sushil Kumar, a brawny wrestler who shuns meat, to be their brand ambassador for promoting vegetarianism through their advertisement campaigns.

London, Aug 27 (ANI): Troubled football legend Paul Gascoigne is back in rehab center after his infamous Iron Maiden booze bender.

London, Aug 27 (ANI): AC Milan's vice president Adriano Galliani has confirmed that Brazilian Ronaldo will leave Rossoneri for English Premier League club, Manchester City.

London, Aug 27 (ANI): The Daughter of troubled football star Paul Gascoigne, Bianca Gascoigne, is worried that stepdad Gazza could be crippled for life because he has missed vital hospital appointments during his boozy sessions.

Sheelpa Kothari New Delhi, Aug 27 (PTI) That Akhil Kumar missed out on his first-ever Olympic medal has only his Moldovan opponent Veaceslav Gojan's impregnable defence, that was the best

India's Olympic shooting champion Abhinav Bindra has urged sports administrators to adopt a more professional approach to help the country build on the three medals it won at the Beijing Games.

That Akhil Kumar missed out on his first-ever Olympic medal has only his Moldovan opponent Veaceslav Gojan to be blamed, who had the best defence among the assembly of boxers in Beijing Olympics, feels the Indian's physio Heath Matthews.

India could be transformed into a regional power over the next three years after their AFC Challenge Cup victory earlier this month qualified them for the 2011 Asian Cup, according to the side's captain Baichung Bhutia.

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): Tennis ace Andy Roddick is set to exchange wedding vows with fiancee Brooklyn Decker next spring.

Maybe, this happens only in India.
The face of Indian tennis for over a decade, an Olympic bronze medal winner, and one of the finest doubles players of all time gets a cold shoulder from his colleagues, who have barely cut into big-time tennis, let alone make a mark.

Beijing, Aug 27 (Xinhua) Crime figures in the Chinese capital during the Olympic days were at an eight-year low, thanks to the tight security measures, police said Wednesday.

London, August 27 (ANI): Golden boy Michael Phelps might have become a world sports icon on the back of his incredible haul of eight gold medals from the Beijing Olympics, but people hardly know that the real purpose behind his learning to swim was not to become a champion.

London, Aug 27 (ANI): Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps may have women swooning over him but the American pool star has no time for love.

By Mark Lamport-Stokes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four-times champion Roger Federer launched his U.S. Open title defence with a comfortable 6-3 6-0 6-3 win over little-known Argentine Maximo Gonzalez in the first round on Tuesday.

Kolkata, Aug 27 (ANI): Srigopal Chokhani of West Bengal has a unique passion of collecting Olympics coins and is a proud owner of an array of over 300 Olympics coins.

By Larry Fine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo overcame fellow Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy 4-6 6-3 6-2 to advance to the second round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.

For once, the reporters weren't being reporters. Known for their 'exposes', they were, for a change, united by a common cause -- to help get India an Olympic medal in boxing. That Vijender and not Jitender bagged the medal was just a coincidence.

Indian freestyle wrestler Sushil Kumar and middleweight boxer Vijender Kumar who brought bronze medals home from Beijing Olympics met President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Monday.