Laxman, Dhoni put India in complete sway (Tea Report)
February 16th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Sirshendu Panth
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) V.V.S. Laxman and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni were on the brink of centuries as India piled up a huge total to take a 254-run first innings ... Read more...
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Poor finish cost Jeev, Kapur dearly at Abu Dhabi golf
January 24th, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Jan 24 (IANS) Finishing blues continued to haunt the Indian duo, Jeev Milkha Singh and Shiv Kapur, who again dropped shots towards the end in the fourth and final round ... Read more...
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Somdev, Sanam make it to Chennai Open double semis
January 8th, 2010 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) Close to midnight, there was some cheer for India as Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh combined well to make it to the semi-finals of the doubles competition ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan batsmen need to return to form: Coach
December 23rd, 2009 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) In a must-win situation to stay afloat in the One-day series against India, Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss Wedensday said his batsmen needed to get back to scoring ... Read more...
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Indian challenge ends in Pune ITF tournament
October 16th, 2009 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Oct 16 (IANS) Fourth-seeded Miki Miyamura and sixth seeded French girl Elodie Rogge Dietrich stopped the winning run of Indian juniors - wild card entrant Ankita Raina and Prerna Bhambri - ... Read more...
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Saina fights her way into quarterfinals of World Baminton (Lead)
August 14th, 2009 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
By Avishek Roy
Hyderabad, Aug 13 (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal fought her way through to the quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships, beating Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva in three game in the pre-quarters of ... Read more...
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World Badminton: Chetan Anand in second round, Rupesh-Thomas make early exit (Round-up)
August 10th, 2009 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Avishek Roy
Hyderabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Chetan Anand lightened up the otherwise gloomy first day for the Indian shuttlers at the World Championships, advancing to the second round with an easy killing ... Read more...
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India’s Rupesh and Thomas knocked out of World Badminton doubles
August 10th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
By Avishek Roy
Hyderabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Hosts India suffered its first loss when in-form Rupesh Kumar and Thomas Sanave went down to Japanese Kenichi Hayakawa and Kenta Kazuno in a close battle ... Read more...
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World Cup archery: Indian teams make early exit
August 8th, 2009 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian archery hit the depths of despair in the ongoing World Cup archery (Stage IV) at Shanghai Saturday, as both the men and women teams made an unceremonious ... Read more...
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Indian LeT activists mapped out Mumbai for terrorists: police
February 26th, 2009 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) The maps and layout of strategic locations and targeted sites as well as other key inputs were provided to the 26/11 attackers by Indian accomplices trained by the ... Read more...
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Gangjee, Bhullar fifth at halfway stage of Asian Tour
February 6th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Feb 6 (IANS) Rahil Gangjee and Gaganjeet Bhullar stayed in the mix, as they moved to tied fifth at the midway stage of the Asian Tour International Friday. The Indian duo ... Read more...
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Sania-Bhupati wins Australian Open mixed doubles title
February 1st, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 31 (ANI): Sania Mirza- Mahesh Bhupati won the Australian Open mixed doubles title on Sunday, beating Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram.
Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to ... Read more...
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Jwala-Diju lose in Korea Super Series semis
January 17th, 2009 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) India's Jwala Gutta and V. Diju bowed out of the Yonex Korea Super Series badminton, losing to Thailand's Songphon Anugritayawon and Kunchala Voravichitchaikul in the semifinal in ... Read more...
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Indians drop to 20th at World Cup golf
November 29th, 2008 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Dongguan (China), Nov 29 (IANS) India's Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa failed to find the kind of the form they showed on the first day and returned a 70 to fall ... Read more...
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Jeev, Jyoti affected by Mumbai attacks
November 28th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shenzhen, Nov 28 (IANS) Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa virtually teared themselves away from their TV screens to come over to the Mission Hills Club for the second round of the ... Read more...
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Jeev and Jyoti five off the lead in World Cup golf
November 27th, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shenzhen, Nov 27 (IANS) Indian golfers Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa shot a bogey free round, but still found themselves five shots off the lead at the end of the first ... Read more...
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Somdev enters Nashville ATP Challenger final
November 8th, 2008 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman continued his giant-killing spree to upset second seeded American Bobby Reynolds and move into the final of the US$75,000 ATP Challenger in Nashville, USA.The ... Read more...
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Gutta and Diju reaches Bulgarian Open mixed doubles final
October 11th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 11 (IANS) India's Jwala Gutta and V. Diju reached the mixed doubles final of the Bulgarian Open badminton Grand Prix in Sofia Saturday, beating Wijaya Rendra and Meiliana Jauhari ... Read more...
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Paes-Dlouhy win Thailand Open
September 28th, 2008 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Sep 28 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy clinched their first ATP title together with a 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over Americans Scott Lipsky and David Martin at the Thailand ... Read more...
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Faldo invite for Rashid and Bakshi
September 21st, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) India's teen talent Rashid Khan will head a strong Asian challenge which will also include Rahul Bakshi for the Faldo Series Grand Final in Brazil at the ... Read more...
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Johl, Gangjee best Indian golfers after first round
August 21st, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Brunei, Aug 21 (IANS) It was a mixed day for Amandeep Johl and Rahil Gangjee as the duo fired two-under 69 each to be the best Indians at the end of the ... Read more...
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Coconut water therapy can work wonders, say Malaysian Indian doctors
August 18th, 2008 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 18 (IANS) Two Malaysian Indian doctors claimed that coconut water is the answer to the dreaded chikungunya, and many other diseases. Although coconut water could not cure diseases, it ... Read more...
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Rain gives Paes-Bhupathi a reprieve
August 15th, 2008 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
By V Krishnaswamy
Beijing, August 14 (IANS) A patchy Indian pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were saved by the rain as their quarter final match against Roger Federer and Stanislas Warinka ... Read more...
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Paes-Bhupathi dust the cobwebs, sweep aside Brazilians (Lead)
August 13th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Krishnaswamy
Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have slowly but surely blown the cobwebs away. The Indian pair looked the champions they were not long ago as they ... Read more...
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Paes, Bhupathi raise hope after Rathore misfires (India, second Lead)
August 12th, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Krishnaswamy
Beijing, Aug 12 (IANS) India's Old tennis warhorses Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi gave hope to their fans back home with an emphatic victory after the famed shooters caused wrenching ... Read more...
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Coach Gopichand confident of good showing from shuttlers
August 7th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Krishnaswamy
Beijing, Aug 7 (IANS) Indian badminton coach Pullela Gopichand is confident of a good performance from the shuttlers, provided they can handle the pressures of their maiden Olympic appearance and ... Read more...
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Paes-Bhupathi in the final of Ordina Open
June 20th, 2008 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi continued their dream run in Ordina Open when they beat Argentinnians Guillermo Canas and Juan-Martin Del Porto after a hard fought match ... Read more...
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Ponting nowhere near Tendulkar, Laras iconic status, says Boycott
June 13th, 2008 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
Sydney , June 13 (ANI): Ricky Ponting might have joined the 10,000-run-club, but he has no comparison with India s master Sachin Tenchulkar, who is technically correct and has caught the ... Read more...
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Indian duo gives Jackson hit Thriller a Bollywood edge
May 27th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by admin
London, May 27 (ANI): The dynamic duo Suleman Mirza and Madhu Singh of the well established dance troupe Signature delighted the judges with their performance at the auditions for Britains Got ... Read more...
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Jeev leads, Chowrasia seventh at Irish Open golf
May 16th, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by admin
Adare Manor (Ireland), May 16 (IANS) Indian duo Jeev Milkha Singh and S.S.P. Chowrasia had brilliant starts to their European campaign as they both had bogey-free rounds on the first day of ... Read more...
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Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa a stroke behind leaders
March 13th, 2008 - 8:35 pm ICT by admin
Jeju Island (South Korea), March 13 (IANS) Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa were off to brilliant starts to be in a pack of ten golfers who all are a stroke behind ... Read more...
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Smith-McKenzie set opening stand world record
March 1st, 2008 - 9:20 pm ICT by admin
Chittagong, Feb 29 (IANS) South African cricketers Niel McKenzie (226) and skipper Graeme Smith (232) broke the 51-year-old world record for the opening stand - held by India's Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj ... Read more...
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Smith, McKenzie break 53-year-old Indian Test opening partnership record
March 1st, 2008 - 8:04 pm ICT by admin
Chittagong, Mar.1 (ANI): South African opening batsmen Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie today broke the Test world record for the best opening partnership set 53 years ago by Indian openers Vinoo Mankad ... Read more...
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Smith-McKenzie nine short of Mankad-Roy world record
February 29th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by admin
Chittagong, Feb 29 (IANS) South African openers Niel McKenzie (169 not out) and skipper Graeme Smith (229 not out) are on the cusp of breaking the 51-year-old highest opening stand in Tests ... Read more...
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U-19 World Cup: No Indian in race for player of tournament award
February 26th, 2008 - 8:42 pm ICT by admin
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 26 (IANS) Despite registering some facile wins in the ongoing International Cricket Council (ICC) U-19 Cricket World Cup, none of the Indian players figures in the race for the ... Read more...
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