Germany’s Paul Biedermann broke Ian Thorpe’s eight-year-old short course world record in the 200 metre freestyle when he clocked 1:40.83 on the final day of the World Cup meeting in Berlin.Biedermann’s time was 0.27 seconds under Thorpe’s mark, which was also set in Berlin in February 2000.
It was one of three world records to fall […]
After blowing England away with his hurricane hitting despite a bad back, Yuvraj Singh has bounced back strongly into contention as the man most likely to take over the spot left vacant by the retirement of Sourav Ganguly in the Indian Test middle-order.Yuvraj came into the first of seven ODIs in Rajkot with his […]
ormer chairman of selection commitee Dilip Vengsarkar on Saturday gave a thumbs down to Test skipper Anil Kumble and said that he doesn`t forsee the leg-spinner captaining the side after the on-going series against Australia.
Vengsarkar said though Kumble has rendered a yeoman service to the Indian cricket team his poor form suggested he should quit.
“Kumble […]
Top seed Shalini Sahoo had little difficulty in beating her one-time sparring partner Arantxa Andrady, 6-0, 6-2, at the DSCL women’s tennis nationals to enter the quarter-final at the DLTA complex here Wednesday.Shalini, 19, dominated the game against the 17-year-old qualifier with whom she had trained at the capital’s Siri Fort Academy.
‘I am satisfied with […]
Nicole Cooke has timed her climb to the pinnacle of women’s cycling just as expertly as she judged the run-ins for her unprecedented double in the Olympic and world championship road races this year.Long-feted among cycling aficionados for her wins in the women’s Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and a host of one-day classics, her […]
Mohali residents are in to face restrictions once again as the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium gears up for the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy-2008 between India and Australia starting Friday.
The roads leading to and passing through the stadium will remain closed for general traffic for five days, from Friday till Tuesday. The traffic […]
SHE WENT up into the sky suspended on a balloon and up there she performed tricks that defied gravity. Kirsty Little, especially called in from England to perform during the opening ceremony of Indian Cricket League, bedazzled one and all on an evening filled with entertainment and energy.
The programme took off with as many […]
Another road win against a division opponent has the Washington Redskins in perfect position to make a run at the NFC East. Clinton Portis ran for 145 yards and one touchdown, wide receiver Antwaan Randle El threw a TD pass and the Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles 23-17 on Sunday.
Washington (4-1) has made it through […]
Chelsea, Valencia and Lazio shook things up in England, Spain and Italy by climbing to the top of their respective leagues.
Chelsea replaced Arsenal as Premier League leaders after Arsene Wenger’s men were stunned at home by unfancied Hull City, while Valencia moved above Villarreal in the Primera Liga on goal difference.
Lazio capitalised on Inter […]
THE BOARD of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) brass have become such masters at exploiting the existing market demand for cricket, that the cash registers just keep ringing. Usually, any talk of cricket’s riches is followed by complaints and envy from the bodies governing other sports in India.
The cricket board is now in […]