Sports

Hamilton, Jan 28: Ross Taylor‘s unbeaten ninth One-Day International hundred helped New Zealand seal the series against India with a seven-wicket win at Hamilton on Tuesday. Taylor score 112 runs and shared a 130-run third wicket partnership with Kane Williamson (60) to set the platform for the victory. Chasing a tricky target of 279, New Zealand got there with 11 balls to spare. This is Taylor’s

Bangalore, Jan 27: Former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid today announced his association with GoSports Foundation with an aim to contribute towards the development and mentorship of Indian junior Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Dravid will join the Board of Advisors of sports non-profit organisation and will also institute the 'Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme'. The mentorship will

Hamilton, Jan 27: Having snatched a thrilling tie from the jaws of defeat in the last game, India would look to build on their new-found momentum and aim for their first win of the tour in order to keep the contest alive when they take on New Zealand in the fourth ODI, here tomorrow. The series stands at 2-0 in favour of New Zealand after India lost the first two ODIs in Napier (by 24 runs) and

Melbourne, Jan 26: Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka upset injury-troubled world number one Rafael Nadal to win his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open on Sunday. The eighth seed roared through the first two sets and overcame the distraction of a back injury to Nadal, and then the loss of the third set, to take it 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. The top-seeded Spaniard seemed to strain his back early

Melbourne, Jan 26: India's Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau failed to clinch the Australian open mixed doubles title as they lost to French-Canadian combination of Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor in straight sets in the summit clash on Sunday. Sania, who was gunning for her third mixed doubles Grand Slam title and second in Australian Open, and Tecau lost 3-6, 2-6 against the

Melbourne, Jan 26: Chinese overpowers Cibulkova to become the oldest winner of Daphne Akhurst Cup China’s Li Na banished the ghosts of two Australian Open final defeats by overpowering Dominika Cibulkova on Saturday to win her second major title and give the Grand Slam of the Asia-Pacific its first Asian singles champion. The 31-year-old needed a tie-break to clinch an error-strewn first set but

Auckland, Jan 25: Ravindra Jadeja very nearly pulled off a sensational victory with some lusty hits but could not take India home in the last over as the third one-dayer against New Zealand ended in a nail-biting tie to keep the visitors afloat in the five-match series on Saturday. Chasing New Zealand's stiff target of 315 largely built around opener Martin Guptill's 111, India came back from the

New Delhi, Jan 25: Ajinkya Rahane took a good catch at deep mid-wicket to dismiss centurion Martin Guptill off Ravindra Jadeja in the third one-day international at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday. Guptill hit 2 sixes and 12 fours in his 129-ball 111 before falling to Jadeja. Guptill's fifth ODI ton, his first against India came off 123 balls as New Zealand crossed the 200-run mark in the 34th

Melbourne, Jan 24: Sania Mirza stands just one win away from clinching her third mixed doubles Grand Slam title after the Indian and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau entered the Australian Open final with a come-from-behind win here today. Sania and Tecau defeated the Australian pair of Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden 2-6 6-3 10-2 in a contest lasting an hour and 13 minutes. In a see-saw

Jan 24: The cricketing ice between India and Pakistan is melting. The frosty diplomatic relations notwithstanding, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to renew the bilateral ties with Pakistan. The inevitable fallout of the decision is India's readiness to play Pakistan anywhere. In other words, the BCCI, which has been steadfastly against going to a neutral country to