In the absence of star drag-flicker Rupinderpal Singh, the onus will be on Kothajit Singh and Harmanpreet Singh to hold the fort in the backline ahead of important clashes against Pakistan and Netherlands.
Bhubaneswar: It was a mad rush at ticket counters here Friday to purchase tickets for the India-Pakistan hockey Champions Trophy semi-final Saturday with fans expressing their keenness to watch the marquee match between the two
Leeds: Pankaj Advani and Sourav Kothari entered the final of the World Billiards championship (150-up points format) with 4-0 victories over Alok Kumar and England's Ian Williamson, respectively, here Thursday. While Advani takes on Kothari in
Incheon: The Indian women's kabaddi team brushed aside South Korea 45-26 to top Group A and enter the semi-finals of the 17th Asian Games here Tuesday.The Indian team, which thrashed Bangladesh Sunday, put in another
Paris: If tennis weren't finally going so well for Ernests Gulbis, he could probably make a living as a comedian. Or a philosopher. Or maybe even a basketball player. It doesn't really matter at this
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Top-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia rallied to beat Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 Friday and reach the semifinals of the Malaysian Open. The 10th-ranked Cibulkova saved 20 break points to
Turin, : Juventus advanced to the semifinals of the UEFA Europa League as they beat French side Lyon 2-1 at home.The Turin giants, who recorded a 1-0 victory in the quarterfinal first leg in France
Basel: The Indian campaign came to an end at the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold as shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap lost their respective semifinal matches at the St. Jakobshalle here Saturday.Seventh seeded
SAO PAULO: Top-seeded Tommy Haas retired with a shoulder injury while losing 6-3, 3-2 to Paolo Lorenzi of Italy in the Brazil Open semifinals on Saturday.Haas said he "felt a lot of pain" in his
New Delhi: Second seeded shuttler P.V. Sindhu of India won her match to progress to the women's singles semi-finals of the $120,000 India Grand Prix Gold at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here Friday.Last
Kuala Lumpur: World No.1 Lee Chong Wei secured a semi-final spot in the men's singles event at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Superseries Finals here as China's women players continued their dominance.Lee scored an easy
Tokyo: Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro overcame Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to reach the Japan Open semifinals on Friday.Del Potro broke Dolgopolov twice in the second set and again to go up
Kathmandu: A last gasp goal by Robin Singh in their shock 1-2 loss to Nepal carried India into the semi-finals, thanks to their win against Pakistan after the two teams were tied on goal difference
New York: Eighth seed Richard Gasquet became the first Frenchman to reach the US Open men's singles semifinals in 14 years after beating Spain's David Ferrer 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3.Ferrer lost the first two
New York: Fifth seed Li Na of China beat Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-4, 6-7 (7-5), 6-2 to become the first Chinese player to reach US Open semi-finals."I always try to be the first one," said
Ipoh (Malaysia): India qualified for the semifinals of the Asia Cup hockey tournament with a 2-0 win over defending champions South Korea at the Azlan Shah Stadium here Monday.V. Raghunath converted a penalty corner in
London, July 3: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek entered the men's doubles semifinals at the all-England lawn tennis championships, as have Rohan Bopanna and Frenchman Eduoard Roger-Vasselin. The only Indian who
London, Nov 9: India's Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi romped into the doubles semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals, defeating higher-ranked pair of Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor.The World No.5 duo got the better
Istanbul, Oct 25: Russia's Maria Sharapova advanced to the semifinals of the WTA Tour Championships here after coming back from a set down to beat Agnieszka Radwanska in a three-hour battle.World No.2 Sharapova won 5-7,
Centurion, Oct 23: Delhi Daredevils made it to the Champions League Twenty20 semi-final after other contender Auckland Aces were beaten by 16 runs in their last group league game by Perth Scorchers here today.The Scorchers
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