Sports

London, Dec 23: The formidable pairing of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis was on Tuesday named as Women's Doubles World Champions by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in recognition of their stupendous success in season 2015. Hingis is an ITF World Champion 15 years after last being named World Champion in singles in 2000. Sania and Martina joined forces in March this year but proved a

New Delhi, Dec 22: Eight-time champions India have been clubbed alongside title holders Germany and world no.2 Netherlands in Pool B at the men's hockey competitions of 2016 Rio Olympics. Besides, Germany and Netherlands, the team Sardar Singh and his men defeated en-route to the bronze medal in the Hockey World League Final earlier this month, other teams in world ranked seventh India's pool are

Dec 22: The bans have been imposed by Fifa's ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert for a "disloyal payment" of €1.8 million in Swiss Francs made to Uefa president Platini in 2011, signed off by outgoing Fifa president Blatter. He and Platini both claimed the payment was made following a verbal agreement between the pair when the Frenchman worked for Blatter from 1998 to 2002 though not paid until nine

Margao, Dec 21: Forced to shift base to another venue due to floods in their home city, Chhenaiyin FC were today crowned the Indian Super League champions after they beat FC Goa 3-2 in a drama-filled summit clash in which three goals were scored in the last four minutes here today. In a befitting grand finale of the ISL second season which saw 186 goals scored in 60 matches as compared to 121 last

Panaji, Dec 21: In a late development, Chennaiyin FC's marquee player Elano Blumer was arrested and subsequently released on bail, for allegedly assaulting FC Goa co-owner Dattaraj Salgaocar after the Indian Super League (ISL) final. Elano, who was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), 504 (intentional insult with intent to cause breach

Manchester, Dec 20: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh continued his remarkably dominant run in the professional circuit, notching up a third successive knockout triumph by thrashing Bulgaria's Samet Hyuseinov in less than two rounds here today. Barely 35 seconds into the second round of what was to be his maiden six-round contest, Vijender cornered Hyuseinov with a flurry of combination punches to

Noida, Dec 19: Having lost two of their three matches played so far, Bengaluru Yodhas will face an acid test when they clash with Punjab Royals in their Pro Wrestling League match here tomorrow. To stay in the reckoning for a semifinal spot, Yodhas would need to beat the Punjab team. Bengaluru would rely heavily on the likes of World Championship bronze medallists -- Pavlo Oliynik and Yulia

Surat, Dec 19: Indian men claimed the team championship beating England 3-1 while the women squad had to satisfy themselves with the silver medal after losing to Singapore 1-3 in the final of the 20th Avadh Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Surat. The Indian men have done it only second time in 20 editions of the championships, having won gold in 2004 in Malaysia under Sharath Kamal, who

Manchester, Dec 18: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh, who competes in his first six rounds contest this Saturday night at the Manchester Arena, says he won't need the extra rounds to finish off experienced Hungarian Samet Hyuseinov in his third professional bout. The fast rising middleweight star from Bhiwani, in Haryana, has steamed through his first two professional opponents since turning pro

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 17: India's Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap dropped a place each to be ninth and 15th, respectively, in the world badminton rankings released on Thursday. Srikanth performed poorly at the World Superseries Finals in Dubai last week, losing all the group stage games, while 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG) champion Kashyap dropped as south Korea's Lee Hyun Il jumped three