NUERBURGRING: Lewis Hamilton captured a first McLaren victory of the Formula One season by winning the German Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber on Sunday. The Briton started from second on the grid behind Webber but took the initiative after passing the Red Bull driver going into the opening corner. The …
NEW DELHI: Long-distance runner Preeja Sreedharan, pacer Zaheer Khan along with archer Rahul Banerjee and gymnast Ashish Kumar won the Arjuna Award. Ace shooter Gagan Narang has been honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India’s most prestigious sporting award. Narang won 4 gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games that were held in …
NEW DELHI: Riding on her Swiss Open triumph, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has regained the number three place in the latest world ranking. Saina, who missed a couple of tournaments early in the year because of a nagging ligament injury and then suffered early exits from the Korean Open and the All England Championships, …
SAO PAULO: Brazil’s soccer icon Ronaldo Nazario, shed a few tears as he announced his retirement citing “some important reasons”, which include his interminable injuries and problems caused by hypothyroidism. “Today I come to say that I’m closing my career as a professional player. It was a beautiful, wonderful, emotional career. I had a lot …
Mumbai: Top Indian players alongwith nearly 60 foreign internationals will feature in the Premier Hockey League-style million dollar hockey tournament to be jointly organised by the IHF and broadcaster Nimbus Sport across the country next year. It was confirmed by chairman of the Nimbus Sports, Harish Thawani and newly-elected Indian Hockey Federation president R K …
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New Delhi: New stars emerged on the horizon as Indian track and field athletes brought unprecedented success to the country with impressive performances in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in a record-breaking 2010. The year saw Indian athletes bagging a record 12 medals, including two gold, in the Commonwealth Games here while five of …
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New Delhi: India’s star badminton player Saina Nehwal, who is nursing an ankle injury, has withdrawn from the season-ending Super Series finals in Chinese Taipei beginning January 5. In its final qualifying list, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) confirmed that Saina has withdrawn from the event which will see participation from the season’s top eight …
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New Delhi: It started with an unprecedented gold rush and ended pretty much the same way as Indian boxers scaled new heights and broke new barriers with Olympic hero Vijender Singh once again leading the charge by clinching two gold medals and a bronze in a super successful 2010. The season began with three gold …
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Hyderabad: The season-ending India Open Grand Prix suffered a huge setback on Wednesday with star attraction Saina Nehwal pulling out of the women’s singles draw due to an ankle injury. Fresh from her triumph at the Hong Kong Super Series last week, Saina was practicing this morning when she felt a slight pain on her …
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LONDON: World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Michael Adams of England in the sixth and penultimate round but the Indian ace continued to hold joint lead at the London Chess Classic here. Anand remained in the lead after Russian Vladimir Kramnik failed to bring home full points from a winning position …
