The Indian sailor is competing in the Finn category

Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan scalp one each, the latter getting rid of dangerman Sangakkara

JAUSIERS: Riccardo Ricco, expelled from the Tour de France for testing positive, tried to flee from anti-doping officials after the fourth stage. “When he knew he was going to be tested, he went off. It is the escort who caught ...

Bangalore: A short camp for the players who will feature in the Indian team for the five-match ODI series in Sri Lanka is likely to be held at the National Cricket Academy in August. The ODI series will commence on August 18. The dates ...

NEW DELHI: Fine half centuries by Praveen Singh Yadav and Gaurav Kochar helped Sonnet Club make the semifinals with a six-wicket victory over Gush Club in the Ram Manohar Lohia memorial cricket tournament here.

NEYVELI: G. Rajesh struck a half century as Cuddalore defeated Ramanathapuram by 13 runs in an E zone league encounter of the TNCA inter-district under-19 cricket tournament here on Wednesday. Kishore Kumar’s unbeaten 129 (13x4, ...

Chennai: The ICC is expected to take a final decision on the venue for the Champions Trophy on Thursday. The ICC will hold a tele-conference with the various parties, including representatives of the various boards and broadcasters, before ...

COLOMBO: The genesis of the umpire referral system was the Sydney Test between Australia and India earlier this year, said ICC general manager (cricket) Dave Richardson on Wednesday. The Test Richardson alluded to was marred by ...

VIJAYAWADA: Central Zone lifted the P. Narasimha Raju Trophy for the ACA u-19 inter-zonal tournament here on Wednesday. R.P. Srikanth’s 85 for the Central Zone and S. Md. Khan’s four for 58 spell for the South Zone were the ...

HYDERABAD: Lalith Mohan’s five for 52 helped Deccan Chronicle record a 10-wicket win over Ensconse in the A-Division (three-day) league cricket championship match here on Wednesday. The scores: A-Division (three-day) ...

Karachi: Test discard Faisal Iqbal could be handed a ban or a hefty fine if the Pakistan Cricket Board decides to take disciplinary action against him for appearing in a Twenty20 tournament in Florida featuring players from the rebel Indian ...

TORONTO: Former champion Andy Roddick needed 18 aces to put away Nicolas Mahut of France 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3 and reach the third round of the Rogers Cup here on Tuesday. Roddick, title winner in 2003, cruised through the first set but ...

BANGALORE: STC Bangalore scored a thumping 7-0 win over STC Thrissur in the SAI South Zone inter-hostel hockey tournament played at the KSHA stadium here on Wednesday. Deepak slotted in three penalty corners (5th, 34th & 48th), ...

CAIRNS (Australia): Olympic field hockey champion Australia drew 2-2 with South Korea on Wednesday to remain unbeaten in a three-match series to warm up for next month’s Beijing Games. Australia won the opening two matches 4-1 and ...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Public School (DPS), Vasant Kunj, defeated Frank Anthony Public School 3-0 to make it to the final of the ONGC Cup Hind Kishore football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium here. Kislay Sajwan scored a brace while Ashwin ...

KOLKATA: The premier division match of the Calcutta Football League between Mohammedan Sporting and George Telegraph on Wednesday was abandoned owing to heavy rains. The two teams were locked goalless at halftime before heavy rains set ...

CHENNAI: The growing strain in the relationship between the district units and the Chennai Football Association has come into sharp focus in the state. The recent developments have not augured well. If the elections and re-elections in ...

The new chief of USA Track & Field, Doug Logan, has asked U.S. President George Bush not to pardon or commute disgraced sprinter Marion Jones’s sentence ...

STOCKHOLM: Triple jump champion Christian Olsson has withdrawn from the Beijing Olympics with a hamstring injury. Olsson pulled a muscle during the DN Galan meet on Tuesday. — AP ...

STOCKHOLM: Asafa Powell capitalised on Usain Bolt’s weak start and edged the World record-holder by one-hundredth of a second, leading from start to finish in the 100 metres at the DN Galan athletics meet on Tuesday. Powell, the ...

NEW DELHI: Shrikant Bakshi used all his experience to shock second seed Himanshu Kharbanda and advance to the men’s semifinals in the Delhi State badminton championships here on Wednesday. Bakshi, a former national runner-up, ...

Coimbatore: Host Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT) and Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College (SREC) emerged the men’s and women’s champion of the Anna University Zone-7 badminton tournament at the KCT courts here on Wednesday. ...

MANGALORE: International Master Himanshu Sharma of Haryana continued to top the leader board with 6.5 points at the end of seventh round in second Mangalore FIDE-rated all-India open chess tournament here on Wednesday. Behind Himanshu, ...

CHENNAI: For P. Uthra and M. Mahalakshmi, it was a moment to celebrate with their well wishers. The Asian Youth chess championship victories in Tehran, Iran recently gave the two city girls a sense of self-belief. While Uthra, ...

Chennai: The top two seeds Ram S. Krishnan of BSNL and former National sub-junior champion Ashwath were held to fighting draws in the third round of the S.K. Narasihman Memorial FIDE Rating Tournament being played at the Nehru Stadium on ...

Chennai: Mohan Menon and Sanket Menon were the Division I and II winners respectively, in the TNGF Colorplus golf tournament, played at the Cosmo-TNGF golf course. Selvadurai and A.M. Satish were the respective runners-up. In the monthly ...

Chennai: V. Tarun, with 35 points, was the open category winner of the 125th year singles golf tournament held at the Madras Gymkhana Club golf annexe. Vijay Methany (33 points) was the runner-up. Other ...

From the polluted waters of the Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad to the Beijing Olympics! It’s been a fairytale for the Indian rowing trio of Bajrang Lal (single scull) and Manjeet Singh and Devender Kumar (light weight double sculls). ...

Greg Louganis is considered the greatest performer in the sport in the history of the Olympic Games. The American took up diving at the age of 10 and by the time he turned 16, he had won his first Olympic medal — a silver at the 1976 ...

She has been beaten by arch-rival Nastia Liukin on the rare occasion

BANGALORE: Table Mountain, Acridian, Conceptual and Sangini showed out when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (July 23). Inner sand: 800m: Reflection Of Gold (Appu) 52, 600/39.5. Strode out ...

Hyderabad: Vijaysena pleased when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (July 23). Sand 600m: Manduro (rb), Royal Embassy (Laxmikanth) 47.5, 400/32. Latter moved slightly better. Queen Of Melody ...

Pune: Trainer Pesi Shroff’s ward Livorno, who is shaping well, may win the Commoner Trophy (1,200m), the feature event of the opening day’s races to be held here on Thursday (July 24). False rails will be announced two hours ...

Pune: Oyster Cove and Oyster Pearl shone when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (July 23). Sand track 600m: Dancing Dynamite (Baria) 41. Shaped well. Escravos (Kotwal), Es Sider (rb) 42.5. ...

Hyderabad: Blast In Class and Arrow Of Light should fight out the finish of the Sri S. Ramakrishnam Raju Memorial Cup (1,600m), the main event of the races to be held here on Thursday (July 24). False rails will be placed and the ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Travancore Titanium blanked St.George FC 4-0 in the Thiruvananthapuram District Super Division football league at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium here on Wednesday. Shahjahan struck a brace (41st & 45th), Johnson ...

BANGALORE: Bangalore Sporting and Mangalore BC won close encounters on the second day of the State under-16 basketball championship for boys at the Sree Kanteerava stadium here on Wednesday. While Bangalore Sporting downed PPC 46-43, ...

Ramanathapuram: Sethu Institute of Technology (Kariapatti) entered the women’s final of the Anna University zone IX inter-engineering college badminton tournament, defeating host Syed Ammal Engineering College 2-0 at Ramanathapuram on ...

ALPE D’HUEZ (France): Carlos Sastre of Spain has won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, the hardest ride this year, up three devastating Alpine climbs, to take the overall lead from teammate Franck Schleck, who he now leads by 1 ...

Chennai: The MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament, which could not be conducted last year, is being revived, and will now be held at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium from September 3 to 14. The tournament committee, consisting of ...

EW DELHI: The Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) baton relay will start from the Delhi University (DU) here from August 1, according to the CYG Organising Committee (CYGOC) on Wednesday. The Chairman of the CYGOC, Suresh Kalmadi, said the ...