Sports News: General

  • Beware! Indian boxers are ready to storm the world: Sandhu PTI - Wed, Aug 27

    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

  • Australia eyes business links with India through rugby IANS - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Olympian Sushil Kumar asked to promote vegetarianism IANS - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Gascoigne back in Priory ANI - Wed, Aug 27

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

  • Ronaldo to join Manchester Cit ANI - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Gazza could be crippled for life, fears his daughter ANI - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Akhil's Maldovan tormentor had the best defence: Matthews PTI - Wed, Aug 27

    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

  • Professionalism required to increase India's medal haul: Bindra IE - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Indian boxers were always skillful, they just lacked confidence IE - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Bhutia is looking for a better tommorrow IE - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Andy Roddick to wed model fiancee next spring ANI - Wed, Aug 27

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

  • Wed, Aug 27

    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 police boast of security record during Olympics IANS - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Michael Phelps reveals the strange things that drove him to success ANI - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Michael Phelps has no time for love ANI - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return to Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, New York August 26, 2008. REUTERS/Jeff Zelevansky
    Federer opens title defence with easy win Reuters - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Rare Olympics coin collector ANI - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Mauresmo overcomes Dechy in three sets Reuters - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • And a Gold for Press HT - Wed, Aug 27

    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.

  • Olympics bronze medallists meet President ANI - Tue, Aug 26

    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.


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