England drew abreast of India in the neck-to-neck gold medal race with 21 each but went ahead to second place on Saturday, Oct 9 as they bagged more silver and bronze medals.
The Tally on day six at the Commonwealth Games for Indian was 21-16-14 while England stood at 21-37-20.
After the walk gold, England moved [...]
Wrestler Geeta won the first women’s wrestling gold for India in the 55kg freestyle event to increase the hosts’ gold tally to 14 in the Commonwealth Games on Thursday.
Geeta beat Emily Bensted of Australia in the final. Lovina Edward of Nigeria won the bronze in the event.
Indian pairs of Gurpreet Singh-Omkar Singh and Vijay [...]
Dambulla, Aug. 13: As India desperately look for redemption in the ongoing tri-series, the absence of a genuine all-rounder has rarely been so badly felt. Ravindra Jadeja has never really convinced in the role and his show against New Zealand continued to raise questions about his ability. The search for a talented multi-tasker has [...]
Read More... Cincinnati (USA), Aug. 13: Top-seed Jelena Jankovic and second seed Caroline Wozniacki suffered surprise third-round exits in the Cincinnati Open on Thursday.
In fierce heat, Serbian Jankovic lost Akgul Amanmuradova 7-6, 6-4, and the Uzbeki qualifier now goes on to face another Serb, Ana Ivanovic. A lesser shock, but a surprise nonetheless, was Wozniacki [...]
Dambulla, Aug. 13: Sri Lanka made heavy weather of a seemingly easy chase in their quest for a bonus point in the second match of the tri-series here on Friday.
After keeping the Kiwis down to 192, the hosts stumbled to the target in 40.5 overs for the loss of seven wickets. Upul Tharanga top [...]
Mumbai, Aug. 13: Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi on Friday denied making bonus payment of one million Rand to Cricket South Africa chief Gerald Majola for agreeing to host the second edition of the T20 League in South Africa last year.
Modi said that whatever payments were made by the IPL was only to CSA [...]
Dambulla, Aug. 13: The unprofessional attitude of the team manager has left the Indian media unit here an unhappy lot.
Questions about a “comfort break” sought by some of the players were vehemently denied by the management on Thursday and at the same time, the fact that Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina had left Sri [...]
London, Aug. 13: “The fastest man on no legs”, triple paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius is aiming to qualify as an able-bodied athlete for the Delhi Commonwealth Games but remains non-committal on whether he would actually participate in the mega-event.
The 23-year-old double-amputee South African, who is the world record holder in the 100, 200 [...]
Toronto, Aug. 13: Roger Federer defeated Michael Llodra 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 at the Toronto Masters on Thursday to set up a re-match with Tomas Berdych, who upset him in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
The Swiss third seed needed less than 90 minutes to pass his third-round test against an old-school Frenchman whom he’s known forever but [...]