Zharkhand: Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has upped the likes of 'Sprint King' Usain Bolt, tennis ace Novak Djokovic and teammate Sachin Tendulkar in the latest list of world's 100 richest sports persons, released by the Forbes magazine. According to the list, Dhoni is ranked … [Read more...]
London: The Indian Olympic squad has had a dismal run at the 2012 Olympics so far. The only silver lining has been a bronze medal performance by Gagan Narang in the men's 10m air rifle shooting event. There were high hopes from the Indian Hockey team but the team refuses to learn from … [Read more...]
London: The 2016 Olympics will feature a new category of sports, "Online Gaming". The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially recognized "Words with Friends" and "Farmville" as official sporting events in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. The decision to include the … [Read more...]
Cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar unveiled the all-new BMW 3 series sedan in petrol and diesel variants priced between Rs.28.90 lakh and Rs.37.90 lakh (All India ex-showroom) recently in Mumbai. Stating that BMW cars have been one of his passions from early days, Tendulkar said, "I drove … [Read more...]
LONDON: A day after India's angry protest over an unidentified lady gatecrashing into the contingent's march past at the Opening Ceremony,London Games Organising Committee Chief Sebastian Coe today said that the " mystery woman" was just a cast member of the gala show and there was no … [Read more...]
London: India`s star boxer Vijender Singh, a bronze medallist in the Beijing Games, read an autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi on his flight to London for the 2012 Olympics. The boxer is reported to be so inspired by the leader and his thoughts, that he plans to put his principles into practice during … [Read more...]
With only a few hours to go for the 2012 London Olympics, India's strongest and largest contingent at any Games in history, is facing a very, well, Indian dilemma. Instead of priming themselves to get in the 'zone' as their respective events draw near, a number of top medal hopefuls are excited … [Read more...]
New Delhi: The Swiss embassy in New Delhi was shutdown after it was swamped with millions of Indians demanding immediate deportation to Switzerland. The deportation craze took off after Veena Mailk, the Pakistani actress based in Mumbai India, declared her support for the Pakistan Cricket … [Read more...]
Wimbledon: Chasing a drop shot in the second set, Rafael Nadal stumbled and tumbled into the net as his racket went flying to the sideline. Nadal was overpowered in the second round Thursday by Lukas Rosol, a Czech ranked No. 100, 6-7 (9), 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. The upset on tennis' biggest stage was … [Read more...]
Weighed down by debt, and reeling from the latest downgrading of their country's credit status, Portugal's finance ministry has secured the co-operation of football's highest-paid player in an audacious bid to draw the nation back from the brink of economic collapse. In a move which some observers … [Read more...]
HurricaneHansa caught up with the veteran tennis player for tea at his plush Kolkata house. Leander was really excited about his upcoming debut in the Bollywood movie Rajdhani Express. The movie which was announced in 2008 and will likely release in January 2013 features Leander in the role of a … [Read more...]
New Delhi: In a turn of events , the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh breaks his vow of silence( A vow of silence is a personal pledge to refrain from speaking). Mr. Singh took this oath to remain silent with the intent of contemplation since January 1st 2012. Since then, he communicated by … [Read more...]
Delhi: Ajay Maken ‘s Minister of sports press conference, not broadcast on radio in case any listeners were driving vehicles or operating heavy machinery, delivered a blend of the predictable, disappointing speech that left pulse rates unaffected. Indian Olympic fan Rajesh Singh said: “I … [Read more...]
Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association has announced that India will send a contingent of 3500 members to the London Olympics which will also include 93 sportsmen. The sportsmen will include a 16 member Hockey squad and participants in wrestling, shooting, tennis and women's weightlifting events. … [Read more...]
Chennai :The 21-year-old Russian let out a volley of shrieks and yelps as she played fellow Russian Alla Kudryatseva in the second round of Wimbledon. Using a digital sound level meter, The Telegraph recorded maximum decibels of 103.2, louder than a motorcycle or a lawnmower. A snow mobile and … [Read more...]
Kolkotta: Former test cricketer and captain Saurav Ganguly blamed Poonam Pandey for the declining performance of Team India in the recent tours of England and Australia. Kingfisher poster girl Poonam Pandey shot to fame during the world cup after famously offering to strip naked in front of the … [Read more...]
Delhi: Out of form off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was on Saturday dropped while Rohit Sharma was recalled in India's Test squad for India's tour of Australia. The bowling attack will be spearheaded by Zaheer Khan who missed the England tour due to injury. Piyush Chawala was included in the team as … [Read more...]
