India’s P. Kashyap brought cheers for the fans as he beat Iran’s Ali Shahhosseini on the second day of the World championship in Hyderabad on Tuesday.  Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
V.V. Subrahmanyam
HYDERABAD: It was the turn of P. Kashyap to cheer up the dispirited Indian contingent on the second day when he notched up an impressive […]

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The painkillers Dale Steyn took during IPL-II in South Africa have landed him in trouble. — File Photo
JOHANNESBURG: South African fast bowler Dale Steyn failed a drug test as a result of taking painkillers to recover from an injury during the second Indian Premier League, his […]

Special Correspondent
Mumbai: Title holder Deccan Chargers will take on Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad in the opening match of the 60-match IPL season 3 to be played from March 12 to April 25, 2010. This was announced by Lalit Modi, Chairman of the IPL Governing Council here on Monday.
The additional match will be a […]

Lin Dan recorded a straight-game win over Misha Zilberman in the first round of the World championships in Hyderabad on Monday. Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
V.V. Subrahmanyam
HYDERABAD: India’s best hope in men’s singles and 15th seed Chetan Anand provided the only cheer for the host, on an otherwise disappointing first day for Indians, when he outplayed […]

S. Dinakar
Chennai: Old-fashioned strangulation still works in Test cricket. Australias stirring comeback in the fourth Test at Leeds highlighted a crucial element in any successful attack control.
Stuart Clarks first innings performance of 10-4-18-3 was a wonderful example of a bowler choking the flow of runs from one end, striking himself and enabling others to […]

Kamesh Srinivasan
NEW DELHI: He is the ultimate champion who believes in moving on, rather than get nostalgic about his achievements, including the Olympic gold that he won on August 11 in Beijing last year.
It was the first individual gold for India in the 112-year history of Olympic Games, and the nation, quite overjoyed, rose […]

 
A security personnel keeps a close watch at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on the eve of the World badminton championship. Security has been beefed up in the wake of media reports about a possible terrorist attack. — Photo: G. Krishnaswamy
V.V. Subrahmanyam
HYDERABAD: It is time for a reality-check. The Yonex-Sunrise BWF World badminton […]

Juan Martin del Potro tasted his first success against Fernando Gonzalez in four attempts in the semifinals of the Legg Mason Classic on Saturday. — Photo: AFP
WASHINGTON: Andy Roddick advanced to the final of the Legg Mason Classic for the fourth time, setting up a meeting with Juan Martin del Potro.
Roddick beat American compatriot […]

Nandakumar Marar
PUNE: Brazil, stretched to the fifth set for the second time in a row, had players with steady nerves in Mauricio Silva and Issac Santos to deliver the punches and won a nerve-wracking final 3-2 (30-28, 21-25, 25-22, 23-25, 15-8) in the 2009 FIVB men’s junior World volleyball championships here on Sunday.
Cuba fought […]

The winners of the Asian Youth chess championship in New Delhi on Saturday.— Photo: Sandeep Saxena

Rakesh Rao
NEW DELHI: Living up to the expectations, Indians came up with a strong finish in most sections to reassert their supremacy in the Asian Youth chess championship at the Tivoli Garden Resort here on Saturday.
India won 23 out of […]