Sports

Singapore, Oct 27: Top tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis got off to a winning start at the year-ending $7 million WTA Finals, being played on the hard courts of the Singapore Indoor Stadium here. The Indo-Swiss pair took just an hour and 15 minutes to defeat American sixth seeds Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6-4, 6-2 in the red group of the round robin league format on Monday

Bilbao, Oct 27: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand started his campaign with a draw against Dutchman Anish Giri in the first round of Bilbao Masters Final chess tournament in Bilbao. Anand enjoyed the better prospects for quite some time in a rather off-beat position resulting from a Ruy Lopez but Giri was up to the task in defending, although the Dutchman conceded in the post game chat that he

Zurich, Oct 27: A Washington-based human rights group denounced Sheikh Salman`s bid for FIFA President on Monday (October 26), saying the Bahrani football official was involved in human rights abuses following the wave of pro-democracy demonstrations that swept that country in 2011. "We believe that he should not be allowed to run for the presidency of FIFA, primarily for his role in the crackdown

Mexico City, Oct 26: Deepika Kumari bagged her fourth silver medal in five years at the 'Archery World Cup Final' after going down to Korea's Choi Misun here. Eyeing her first gold medal in five attempts at the showpiece season-ending event, Deepika won her quarters and semifinals easily but lost 2-6 against the reigning world number one and top-seeded Misun yesterday. India thus concluded their

Texas, Oct 26: Lewis Hamilton joined the elite group of triple Formula One world champions on Sunday after winning a thrilling U.S. Grand Prix that kept the crowd on tenterhooks right to the very end. "That`s the greatest moment of my life," he gasped over the team radio, choking back the tears, after crossing the line 2.8 seconds ahead of German team mate Nico Rosberg who had led before a late

New Delhi, Oct 24: Hockey India has lifted the ban it had earlier imposed on midfielder Gurbaj Singh. The 27-year-old finds his ban lifted in just over excess of two months time. The senior India hockey player was banned by the national body for nine months on August 10. The decision to ban him was for indulgence in groupism and creating disharmony within the team. The decision had threatened the

New Delhi, Oct 24: Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal suffered a shock defeat to Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in the quarter-finals of 2015 French Open Super Series women's singles event in Paris on Friday. The 2012 finalist lost the match 9-21, 15-21 in straight sets in 39 minutes to the eighth-seeded player. A series of unforced errors and below par net play proved detrimental for the World no

London, Oct 23: Argentina and Barcelona football star striker Lionel Messi has said that he is not competing with Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, and that he only cares for the interests of his club. "These are things that people say. I don't compete with Cristiano and I suppose he would not compete with me. What I want is the very best for my teams and that's what I am working

Gurgaon, Oct 23: Indian golfers including Vani Kapoor and Sharmila Nicollet will lead the home challenge even as France's Gwladys Nocera returns to defend her Hero Women's Indian Open title when the event tees off at the DLF Golf and Country Club here on Friday. The three-day 54-hole tournament is a tri-sanctioned event, which will see some of the top stars from the LET, Ladies Asian Golf Tour

New Delhi, Oct 22: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal lost her World No.1 spot to reigning World Champion Carolina Marin as the Badminton World Federation (BWF) updated its rankings on Thursday. Saina's performance in the last two tournaments - Japan Open and Denmark Open - where she lost to Japan's Minatsu Mitani in the second round of both the events, led her to drop to No.2 in women's singles