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  • pankaj advani in national billiards semifinals

    Pankaj Advani in National Billiards semifinals

    January 16, 2015 6:37 IST

    Kolkata: On a day of upsets, Indian ace Pankaj Advani continued his impressive run by storming into the semifinals of the National Billiards Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club here today.Advani faced some resistance from

  • nadal not optimistic of winning australian open

    Nadal not optimistic of winning Australian Open

    January 15, 2015 22:42 IST

    Melbourne: World No.3 Rafael Nadal isn't optimistic about winning the forthcoming Australian Open tennis tournament, insisting that he is still on the road to recovery after suffering crippling injuries last year.The 14-time Grand Slam winner

  • sreejesh akashdeep rani lose out in fih awards

    Sreejesh, Akashdeep, Rani lose out in FIH awards

    January 15, 2015 22:39 IST

    New Delhi: National men's hockey team goalkeeper P R Sreejesh, young striker Akashdeep Singh and woman player Rani Rampal missed out on the FIH 2014 International Players of the Year awards which were announced Thursday.Sreejesh

  • imran khan may give pep talk to pakistan s world cup squad

    Imran Khan may give pep talk to Pakistan's World Cup squad

    January 15, 2015 21:45 IST

    Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is trying to get cricketer turned politician Imran Khan to meet with the national team before it leaves for the 2015 World Cup.Imran was captain when Pakistan defied the

  • clarke dismisses talk of retirement after world cup

    Clarke dismisses talk of retirement after World Cup

    January 15, 2015 21:39 IST

    Melbourne: A month after admitting he may not play cricket again due to injuries, Australian captain Michael Clarke has dismissed suggestions of his retirement after the upcoming World Cup, saying that he can continue playing

  • ranji trophy cheteshwar pujara stikes ton on domestic return

    Ranji Trophy: Cheteshwar Pujara stikes ton on domestic return

    January 15, 2015 21:34 IST

    Nagpur: Cheteshwar Pujara made a century on his domestic return but Saurashtra still face a steep climb to overcome Vidharba's massive first innings total in the Ranji Trophy Group B cricket match here Thursday.Saurashtra, resuming

  • younis khan confident pakistan can beat india in world cup

    Younis Khan confident Pakistan can beat India in World Cup 2015

    January 15, 2015 21:39 IST

    Karachi: Senior Pakistan batsman Younis Khan feels that this year's ODI World Cup will provide the country's cricketers another opportunity to break the jinx of having never beaten India in the quadrennial event."History is there

  • service tax dept demands rs 536 crore bcci takes legal route

    Service Tax dept demands Rs 536 crore, BCCI takes legal route

    January 15, 2015 20:12 IST

    New Delhi: The BCCI is locked in a legal battle with the Service Tax (ST) department, which has demanded an amount of Rs 536 crore (approx) as taxes on cricket board's earnings from royalty and

  • ranji trophy odisha lose 19 wickets in a day delhi almost

    Ranji Trophy: Odisha lose 19 wickets in a day, Delhi almost through to QF

    January 16, 2015 6:19 IST

    New Delhi: Delhi's clinical performance in the season continued as they made a mockery of a below-par Odisha, snaring as many as 19 wickets on a single day, to win by an innings and 150

  • ranji trophy jiwanjot kaul half centuries take punjab to

    Ranji Trophy: Jiwanjot, Kaul half centuries take Punjab to 219/4

    January 15, 2015 19:33 IST

    Ahmedabad: Openers Jiwanjot Singh and Uday Kaul hit half centuries as Punjab reached 219 for 4 in their first innings in reply to Gujarat's mammoth 513 for 8 on the third day of their Ranji

  • ross taylor confident of not fizzling out before world cup

    Ross Taylor confident of not fizzling out before World Cup

    January 15, 2015 19:29 IST

    Christchurch: Batsman Ross Taylor believes that the New Zealand management will protect the players from the risk of burnout.Taylor's views Thursday comes just after country's former skipper Martin Crowe had written in a column in

  • ranji trophy pandey misses double ton gopal hits hundred

    Ranji Trophy: Pandey misses double ton, Gopal hits hundred for Karnataka

    January 15, 2015 18:53 IST

    Indore: Manish Pandey (193) missed out on a double hundred even as Shreyas Gopal (124) hit his second first class century as Karnataka took a healthy 213-run first innings lead over Madhya Pradesh in their

  • ioa holds talks with national games officials

    IOA holds talks with National Games officials

    January 15, 2015 18:39 IST

    Thiruvananthapuram: High-level talks were held here Thursday between the visiting members of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the officials of the 35th National Games organising committee.The Games will be held at 30 venues across

  • morgan backs bell to continue good form

    Morgan backs Bell to continue good form

    January 15, 2015 18:33 IST

    Sydney: England's new skipper Eoin Morgan Thursday backed batsman Ian Bell to continue his good form from the warm-ups ahead of the tri-series, involving Australia and India, and the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup.Bell made

  • sindhu kashyap advance in malaysia gp gold

    Sindhu, Kashyap advance in Malaysia GP Gold

    January 15, 2015 18:27 IST

    Kuching (Malaysia): Leading Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu reached the women's singles quarter-finals of the $120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold while Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap entered the men's singles pre-quarterfinals at the Stadium

  • barcelona president says messi committed to staying at club

    Barcelona president says Messi committed to staying at club

    January 15, 2015 18:13 IST

    Barcelona, Spain: Barcelona's president says Lionel Messi wants to stay at the Spanish club amid speculation about his future. Josep Bartomeu tells Catalunya Radio that Messi "told me that he wants to finish his career at

  • knowles named hockey player of the year

    Knowles named hockey Player of the Year

    January 15, 2015 18:05 IST

    Lausanne: Australian captain Mark Knowles was Thursday named the International Hockey Federation (FIH) 2014 Player of the Year.The 30-year-old central defender Knowles, who led the team to the 2014 World Cup title and Commonwealth Games

  • ranji trophy tiwary s all round show puts bengal on top

    Ranji Trophy: Tiwary's all-round show puts Bengal on top

    January 15, 2015 17:59 IST

    Kolkata: An all-round show by Manoj Tiwary put Bengal in the driver's seat against Jammu & Kashmir on the third and penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Group A cricket fixture at the Eden Gardens

  • brazil s ronaldo to attempt comeback with strikers

    Brazil's Ronaldo to attempt comeback with Strikers

    January 15, 2015 17:27 IST

    Hollywood, Florida: Brazilian star Ronaldo says he will attempt to make a playing comeback this spring with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the second-tier North American Soccer League.The world player of the year in 1996,

  • kevin pietersen inks body with a world map

    Kevin Pietersen inks body with a world map

    January 16, 2015 11:56 IST

    Kevin Pietersen is known for variety of tattoos inked on his body but this time the former England international cricketer has inked his body with a map of the world.In a picture posted on his

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