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New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Young Indian paddler Manika Batra beat higher-ranked Yui Hamamoto of Japan to enter the girls' singles semifinals at the IITF Polish Junior Open in Wladyslawowo, Poland Thursday.
Amsterdam, May 23 (IANS) Indian golfer Sharmila Nicollet is raring to go at the Deloitte Ladies Open after her recent success at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open at Antalya, where she finished tied 17th.
Hull (England), May 22 (IANS) Dipika Pallikal reached the pre-quarterfinals at the Allam British Open Squash Championships after edging out Denmark's Line Hansen in the longest match of the tournament so far.
Sydney, May 22 (ANI): Golfer Adam Scott will need to modify his putting stroke following a confirmed ban on anchoring the club by the Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Association.
Hull (England), May 22 (IANS) Dipika Pallikal reached the pre-quarterfinals at the Allam British Open Squash Championships after edging out Denmark's Line Hansen in the longest match of the tournament so far.
London, May 22 (IANS) US Open and Olympic champion Andy Murray Tuesday announced he will skip the French Open tennis due to a back injury.
London, May 22 (ANI): The dispute between golfers Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods continued on verbal terms as the former reportedly made a 'racist' remark about Woods at the European Tour's gala players' awards dinner.
London, May 22 (ANI): Andy Murray has withdrawn from the French Open starting Sunday, due to a chronic back injury which provoked him to leave Rome Masters last week in the second round match.
London, May 22 (ANI): A row between golfers Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods has resurfaced as Garcia has accused Woods of lying.
Hull (England), May 21 (IANS) World No.1 and defending champion Nicol David outclassed India's Joshana Chinappa in the first round of the Allam British Open Squash Championships here Tuesday.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): The ongoing dispute between golfers Tiger Woods and Sergio Gracia over whether the former inadvertently or maliciously disrupted the Spaniard's swing during this month's Player Championship where they were paired together, reportedly may not come to an end soon.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): An infant has a fivefold increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) when they share their bed with their parents, according to an analysis.
Moscow, May 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will need three to five years to exit stagnation and build an efficient economy, former finance minister Alexei Kudrin has said.
Hull (England), May 20 (IANS) Saurav Ghosal blanked Jonathan Kemp in his men's first round match while Joshana Chinappa rallied past Deon Saffery to make the women's draw at the Allam British Open Squash Championships here Monday.
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): The Directi Group, India's largest supplier of domain names, has launched a new internet addressing domain '.IN.NET'.
Hull (England), May 19 (IANS) Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal will lead India's challenge at the British Open Squash Championships beginning here Monday. The prestigious tournament is the world's oldest.
Hull (England), May 19 (IANS) Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal will lead India's challenge at the British Open Squash Championships beginning here Monday. The prestigious event is the oldest on the calendar.
Moscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A group of Russian military observers will carry out two inspection missions over the US under the Open Skies Treaty between May 19 and June 3, the Russian defence ministry said.
Rome, May 18 (IANS) World No.3 Roger Federer moved one step closer to his first title this season when he beat Jerzy Janowicz 6-4, 7-6 (2) to advance to the semifinals of the Italian Open tennis.
Rome, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) World No. 2 Maria Sharapova admitted Friday that the upcoming French Open played a part in her decision to pull out of the Rome Masters.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): A new issue of English-language al-Qaeda magazine linked to the Boston terrorist attacks has possibly been hacked by Western intelligence agencies.
Rome, May 16 (IANS) Third seed Andy Murray pulled out of the Rome Masters due to an injury as Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round.
London, May 16 (ANI): Tennis ace Andy Murray has said that it is 'unlikely' that he will play in the French Open starting Sunday, following a chronic back injury.
Moscow, May 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian tennis star Maria Kirilenko feels she is reaching her peak as a tennis player and will soon achieve some big victories.
Moscow, May 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Military inspectors from Britain will carry out observation flights over Russian territory this week under the international Open Skies Treaty, the Russian defence ministry said.
London, May 13 (ANI): Tennis star Andy Murray has been the first to congratulate Wigan Athletic ace Shaun Maloney on the team's FA Cup triumph and recollected old times when he and Maloney played tennis in their growing up years in Scotland.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is offering a masters programme on rural development from the 2013 session, an official said Monday.
Antalya (Turkey), May 13 (IANS) Indian golfer Sharmila Nicollet played brilliantly on the final day of the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open to finish tied 17 here.
Madrid, May 12 (IANS) Spain's Rafael Nadal will face Swiss Stanislaus Wawrinka in the final of the men's competition of the Mutua Madrid Open tennis late Sunday after both won their respective semi-finals Saturday.
Johannesburg, May 12 (ANI): World number two Tennis star, Maria Sharapova, has confirmed that she is dating the highly-rated Bulgarian fellow player Grigor Dimitrov.
Madrid, May 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Maria Sharapova will face Serena Williams in the final of the Madrid Open after the Russian No.1 trounced Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-3 in Saturday's semifinal.
Madrid, May 11 (IANS) Rafael Nadal came within two points of defeat before he fought back to progress into the last four of the Madrid Open.
Madrid, May 11 (IANS) India's campaign at the Madrid Open ended after Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna were knocked out in straight sets in the quarterfinals by France's Jeremy Chardy and Poland's Lukasz Kubot.
Madrid, May 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Maria Sharapova advanced to the semifinals at the Madrid Open after a straight sets victory over Kaia Kanepi of Estonia.
Madrid, May 10 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna advanced to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open here with a hard fought three-set victory while Leander Paes and his Austrian partner Jurgen Melzer lost their match and bowed out in the pre-quarters.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Indian paddlers could not match the speed of their Singapore rivals and were blanked 0-3 in the men's team final at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships here Wednesday.
Sydney, May 8 (ANI): Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic's father John Tomic has been barred from being accredited to upcoming ATP events following an ongoing investigation in his alleged assault of Bernard's training partner Thomas Drouet, ahead of this week's Madrid Open.
Singapore, May 8 (IANS) Singapore beat Tianjin in China and Monterrey in Mexico to be named as host for the year-ending Women's Tennis Association Championships for the next five years.
Sydney, May 8 (ANI): A one night stand can be fun if both parties follow a few simple rules, experts have claimed.
London, May 8 (IANS) The father of Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic was banned while ATP investigated an alleged assault of Tomic's training partner.
Madrid, May 7 (IANS) Fifth seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza advanced to the next round at the Mutua Madrid Open with a three-set win over Daniela Hantuchova and Anabel Medina Garrigues.
Kuala Lumpur, May 7 (IANS) Thai star Thongchai Jaidee's fourth place finish at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters golf over the weekend has propelled him to 59th position on the latest Official World Golf Ranking which puts him in line for a third appearance at the next month's US Open.
Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) Team Rayo Racing's Nayan Chatterjee from Mumbai provided a sensational start to the 2013 karting season as he topped in the senior category and was placed second among juniors in the JK Tyre MMS Rotax Kart Open championship here.
Oeiras (Portugal), May 6 (IANS) Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka beat Spain's David Ferrer 6-1, 6-4 to win the Portugal Open men's singles final here.
The work on the project of Astha Kunj 0pen Play Field was inaugurated by the Union Minister, Urban Housing and Poverty Alleviation, Ajay Maken in the presence of large number of local residents who are in favor
Oeiras (Portugal), May 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won her second WTA title in the space of a month, defeating Carla Suarez Navarro in the final of the Portugal Open here.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Akhilesh Das Gupta congratulated P.V. Sindhu for clinching her maiden Grand Prix Gold title at the $120,000 Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur Saturday.
Kuala Lumpur, May 4 (IANS) India's P.V. Sindhu lived up to her top billing by winning her maiden Grand Prix Gold title beating Singaporean fifth seed Juan Gu in the women's singles final of the $120,000 Malaysia Open badminton here Saturday.
Kuala Lumpur, May 4 (IANS) Top seed P.V. Sindhu won her maiden tier three tournament as she beat Juan Gu of Singapore in the final of the $120,000 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold Saturday.
Madrid, May 4 (IANS) Chinese tennis star Li Na arrives at the Madrid Tennis Masters with a positive frame of mind, and praised her coach for a successful start to the season.
Kuala Lumpur, May 3 (IANS) Top seed P.V. Sindhu of India stormed into the Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold final defeating Thailand's Sapsiree Taerattanachai at the Juara Indoor Stadium here Friday.
Hyderabad, May 3 (IANS) Some 35 young racers will take part in the JK Tyre-Meco Motorsports Rotax Max Kart Open 2013 scheduled to be held over the weekend at the Lahari Resorts Kart Centre here.
Shanghai, May 3 (IANS) Top teams, including all the medal winners from the season-opening Fuzhou Open, marched into the women's top 16 at the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Shanghai Grand Slam here Friday.
Oeiras (Portugal), May 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova failed to reach the Portugal Open semifinals after suffering a straight-sets defeat to World No.53 Romina Oprandi.
Oeiras (Portugal), May 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian tennis player Svetlana Kuznetsova failed to reach the Portugal Open semifinals after suffering a straight-sets defeat to World No.53 Romina Oprandi.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 2 (IANS) Excitement is mounting at the famed tourist destination of Kovalam as it gets ready to host the first ever surfing and stand-up paddle competition to be held over three days starting Friday. The event has been named as the Spice Coast Open.
Kuala Lumpur, May 2 (IANS) Top seed P.V. Sindhu reached the women's singles semi-finals of the Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold here at the Juara Indoor Stadium by winning both her second round and quarter-final matches Thursday.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) After achieving a career-high of World No.6 last week, Parupalli Kashyap dropped out of the men's singles top-10 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released Thursday.
Lisbon, May 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova has reached the quarterfinals of the Portugal Open tennis event beating Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): From the time they met 15 years ago, Maria Sharapova has been able to count on one man who has masterminded her rise to becoming the world's highest-paid female athlete, and that is her agent Max Eisenbud.
Sydney, May 2 (ANI): A Chinese boy will become the youngest player in European Tour history when he tees off on Thursday at the Volvo China Open.
Kuala Lumpur, May 1 (IANS) It was a mixed day for Indians at the Malaysian Open Grand Prix badminton here with women's top seed P.V. Sindhu, men's 11th seed R.M.V. Gurusaidutt, Sameer Verma and K. Srikanth winning their second-round matches.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) After cricket, hockey and football, the badminton world is looking at India as a preferred hub. The just-concluded third edition of the India Open Super Series here has created a market buzz for more international events.
Washington, Apr. 30 (ANI): Men, who are suffering from obesity in their early 20s, are significantly more likely to develop serious ill health by the time they reach middle age, or they won't even make it that far, a new research has suggested.
New York, Apr 30 (ANI): Golf's US Open is set to be hosted by the Venerable Merion Golf Club for the first time in 32 years.
London, Apr 30 (ANI): Australian golf legend Greg Norman has criticised golf's anti-doping policies, saying that sport needed to clean up its act by overcoming the lack of blood testing.
Kuala Lumpur, April 29 (IANS) India's S.S.P. Chowrasia believes he is getting closer to a first Asian Tour victory outside of his country after a strong showing at the Ballantine's championship in South Korea last week.
Kuala Lumpur, April 29 (IANS) Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu will be vying for her maiden level three title at the $120,000 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold where she is seeded no.1 in women's singles.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) World No.1 and top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia claimed his second India Open Super Series title in three years, beating Japanese sixth seed Kenichi Tago in the men's singles final here at the Siri Fort Sports Complex Sunday.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) World No.1 and top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia claimed his second India Open Super Series badminton title in three years, beating Japanese sixth seed Kenichi Tago in the men's singles final here at the Siri Fort Sports Complex Sunday.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Thai girl Ratchanok Intanon, seeded third, clinched her maiden Super Series title at the $200,000 India Open by beating German second seed Juliane Schenk in the women's singles final at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here Sunday.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Thai girl Ratchanok Intanon, seeded third, clinched her maiden Super Series title at the $200,000 India Open by beating German second seed Juliane Schenk in the women's singles final at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here Sunday.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) World No.10 women's doubles pair Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna of Japan won the India Open Super Series title here Sunday.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Indonesian top seeds Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir beat South Korea's Sung Hyun Ko and Ha Na Kim in the mixed doubles final of the India Open Super Series badminton here Sunday.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) World No.1 shuttler Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia lauded Indian national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand and ace shuttler Saina Nehwal here Saturday.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Home favourite P.V. Sindhu, who lost her women's singles semifinals at the India Open Super Series here Saturday, said things just did not go her way.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) India's campaign at the $200,000 India Open Super Series came to an end here Saturday after P.V. Sindhu and Anand Pawar lost their semifinal matches at the Siri Fort Sports Complex.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) India's P.V. Sindhu went down to Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon in the women's singles semifinal of the India Open Super Series at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here Saturday.
Stuttgart (Germany), April 27 (IANS) Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Liezel Huber and Janette Husarova to enter the women's doubles semifinal at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix here.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Mumbai shuttler Anand Pawar's dream run ended at the India Open Super Series after he lost his men's singles semifinal against Japanese Kenichi Tago at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here Saturday.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Rising shuttler P.V. Sindhu has been seeded No.1 in the women's singles at the upcoming $120,000 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold to be held in Kuala Lumpur from Tuesday.
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Very few shuttlers can claim what Haseena Sunilkumar Prannoy has achieved at the India Open Super Series this week.
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) H.S. Prannoy may have lost his men's singles quarterfinal of the India Open Friday but he gained the respect of World No.1 Lee Chong Wei, who lauded the Indian's performance.
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu, seeded eighth, advanced to the women's singles semi-finals of the $200,000 India Open Super Series here Friday.
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) England's chief coach Jakob Hoi has hailed Pullela Gopichand for changing the Indian badminton scene and is all praise for the country's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal.
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) England's chief coach Jokob Hoi has hailed Pullela Gopichand for changing the Indian badminton scene and is all praise for the country's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal.
Barcelona, April 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Tennis World No.5 Rafael Nadal defeated France's Benoit Paire Friday to reach the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The India Open Super Series is perhaps jinxed for home favourite Saina Nehwal, who squandered three matchpoints to be stunned by Japan's Yui Hashimoto in the women's singles second round here Thursday.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Yui Hashimoto of Japan stunned top seed Saina Nehwal 13-21, 21-12, 22-20 in the Indian Open Super Series badminton event here Thursday.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) An 11-year-old girl from Africa, who had sickle cell disease, underwent a rare open heart surgery, doctors at a hospital here claimed Thursday.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) After causing the upset of the day by beating former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat, H.S. Prannoy Thursday said he had learned how to play badminton by watching the Indonesian since his childhood.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) London Olympics quarterfinalist Parupalli Kashyap jumped a place to sixth in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released Thursday.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Indian shuttler Haseena Sunil Kumar Prannoy caused the biggest upset of the India Open Super Series Thursday when he ousted former Olympic and World Champion Taufik Hidayat here.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Eighth seed P.V. Sindhu of India entered the women's singles quarter-finals at the India Open Super Series Thursday, raising the possibility her showdown with Saina Nehwal.
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Top seeds Lee Chong Wei and Saina Nehwal advanced to the second round while former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat knocked out home favourite and World No.7 Parupalli Kahsyap from the first round of the $200,000 India Open Super Series here Wednesday.
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Top Indian squash players, including Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal, have cited security risks as the main reason for not taking part in the Asian Championships beginning May 1 in Islamabad.
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap's desire to beat former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia once again remained unfulfilled.
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Athens Olympic badminton gold medallist Taufik Hidayat Wednesday justified his blunt remark that most Indians are just average international players by outlasting World No.7 Parupalli Kashyap at the Indian Open Super Series here.
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia saved a matchpoint to beat home favourite and fifth seed Parupalli Kashyap in a nail-biting men's singles first round contest of the $200,000 India Open Super Series here Wednesday.
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Top Indian squash players including Dipilka Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal have cited security risk as the main reason for not taking part in the Asian Championships beginning May 1 in Islamabad.
