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6 wrestlers' dope flunk confirmed, B samples test positive |
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The six dope tainted wrestlers who last week had caused a major embarrassment to the country less than a month ahead of the Commonwealth Games also failed their 'B' sample tests conducted by National Anti-Doping Agency. |
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Saina should aim for nothing less than gold: Aparna |
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India's top shuttler Saina Nehwal should aim for nothing less than fetching the country its first women's gold medal at next month's Delhi Commonwealth Games, according to her predecessor Aparna Popat. |
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Fresh pictures emerge of Pak players with Majeed |
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Suspicion that the Australia-Pakistan Sydney Test could have been fixed is bound to get stronger with a newspaper in Melbourne splashing a picture of some Pakistani cricketers with alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed, who is at the center of a spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the game. |
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India lacks good club structure: Bhutia |
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To compete with the best in the business, Indian football needs a good club structure which it does not have at the moment, feels national team skipper Bhaichung Bhutia. |
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Indian athletes aim for best-ever haul in CWG |
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The missing star power of Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell might have taken some sheen off it but the athletics event of the Delhi Commonwealth Games promises to be enthralling nonetheless with home-grown talents such as PT Usha-protege Tintu Luka gearing up to make a mark. |
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Finally, a win for India in Women's Hockey World Cup |
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The Indian women's hockey team ended a three-match losing streak by upstaging Japan 2-0 in its penultimate pool match of the FIH World Cup at the Jockey Club here. |
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Assam's Bihu troupe to perform at CWG opening ceremony |
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Assam's most popular folk dance form 'Bihu' will be one of the star attractions of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on October three in New Delhi. |
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Aamir's age should be a factor in spot-fixing probe: Lorgat |
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Pakistan pace sensation Mohammad Aamir's tender age of 18 may help him escape stringent punishment such as a life ban in case he is found guilty of spot-fixing allegations, ICC's CEO Haroon Lorgat has hinted. |
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Hameed is mentally 15, unreliable: Afridi |
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Yasir Hameed might have backtracked on allegations of match-fixing against his Pakistan teammates but the side's captain Shahid Afridi is still livid with the opener and has ridiculed him as being mentally a teenager. |
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PCB threatens to sue ICC, diplomats speak in different voices |
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Miffed with the suspension of the three Pakistani cricketers implicated in the 'spot-fixing' scandal, the PCB on Saturday threatened to sue the ICC if the players are found innocent even as the country's diplomats struck a discordant note with contradictory statements on the matter. |
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Punish guilty in 'spot-fixing'row: Pak ambassador to UN |
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Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain might be stoutly defending the players implicated in the 'spot-fixing' scandal but the country's ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah Haroon feels if found guilty, the "rash and brash" youngsters should be punished. |
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2011 IPL schedule to be decided at Governing Council meet |
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After failing to take a decision on the format of next year's IPL at its previous sitting in Mumbai last month, the Governing Council of the Twenty20 league is expected to finalise the match schedule on September 5. |
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Pak envoy blasts ICC for dropping Aamir from awards list |
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Launching yet another scathing attack on ICC, Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain Wajid Shamsul Hasan said by dropping Mohammad Aamir from the list of its' annual awards nominees, the body has strengthened his apprehensions that "there is a rat in the whole affair". |
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Indian men's recurve team wins gold in Archery World Cup |
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The Indian men's recurve team of Jayanta Talukdar, Tarundeep Rai and Rahul Banerjee clinched the gold medal at the Archery World Cup Stage IV after beating Japan in the summit clash in Shanghai on Saturday. |
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Pakistan trio released without charge |
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The tainted Pakistani trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir, which is at the centre of a 'spot-fixing' scandal' that has rocked world cricket, was released without charge after being questioned by the Scotland Yard in London. |
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India register hat-trick of defeats in women's hockey WC |
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Indian eves' disastrous hockey World Cup campaign continued as they lost 1-4 to Germany to complete a hat-trick of defeats in the quadrennial event in Rosario. |
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Australia face sponsorship problems for Delhi CWG |
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Construction delays and other problems which have marred the build-up to Delhi Commonwealth Games have also led to sponsors giving a cold shoulder to participating teams with Australia on Friday claiming that they will be 40 per cent short of the targetted sponsorship budget for the event. |
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Pakistan lashes out at ICC for suspending trio |
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Pakistan on Friday lashed out at the ICC for suspending three of its players facing 'spot-fixing' charges and sought to insinuate that its President Sharad Pawar had a hand in the decision. |
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Focus should now be in celebrations of CWG: Reddy |
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Dubbing questions over expenditure on Commonwealth Games as "ridiculous", Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy on Friday said focus should be shifted to celebrations and highlighting of aspects like the "wonderful" stadia that have been built for the mega event. |
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ICC should take action against guilty players: Tendulkar |
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Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said the International Cricket Council should thoroughly investigate the 'spot-fixing' scandal that has plunged the game into a crisis and take action against players who are found guilty. |
