Kolkata, Jan 24 : Laid low by injuries in recent months, India captain Bhaichung Bhutia today quashed talk of any imminent retirement and said he would return next season after taking a three-month break and if he decides to quit, he would do it from East Bengal. Talking to reporters at East Bengal club, the [...]
January 25th, 2011 | Posted in Football,Other Sports News,Sports | Read More »
Commonwealth champion Dinesh Kumar became the second Indian boxer to assure himself of a medal at the Asian Games by advancing to the light heavyweight 81kg semifinals after out-punching Korean Jinho Heo in Guangzhou on Friday. The 23-year-old beat his rival 10-6 in a lopsided bout during which Heo went off-balance several times due to [...]
November 19th, 2010 | Posted in Other Sports News,Sports | Read More »
Unseeded Sania, a silver medallist at the 2006 Asian Games, scored a 6-2 6-2 win in the second round at the Aoti Tennis Centre. Contrary to what the scoreline suggests, Sania was quite rusty during the one hour and 17 minutes match and had to battle hard against her Chinese opponent. However, for Somdev and [...]
November 19th, 2010 | Posted in Other Sports News,Tennis | Read More »
Playing at less than optimal pace on a bouncy outside turf of the Aoti hockey field, the Indian men’s team started their Asian Games gold medal quest with a 7-0 rout of Hong Kong in a Group B match at Guangzhou on Monday. With this win the Rajpal Singh-led India notched up their seventh victory [...]
November 15th, 2010 | Posted in Other Sports News | Read More »
Three test series against touring New Zealand is about to start and Sachin Tendulkar is just one century away from creating a great record of fifty test hundreds in cricket world.Indian team tempo is at its peak after beating Australia at home in both versions of cricket – test and ODI. Tendulkar is going great guns this year after [...]
November 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Other Sports News,Sports | Read More »