Greater Noida, (IANS) Red Bull Formula 1 driver Mark Webber Wednesday said rival Fernando Alonso of Ferrari has a good chance of bagging the title over his teammate Sebastian Vettel. “I think Alonso has a good chance of winning the title. He had a couple of tough races like Suzuka (Japan) where he lost points. [...]

Jakarta, (IANS) Jakarta is scheduled to host the 2012 Formula Asia Drift Series championship Nov 17-18 with 32 international car drifters taking part in the event that offers a total prize money of $10,000, organisers said here Tuesday. Before in Jakarta, the Asian championship series were held in May and June this year in Malaysia [...]

Bangalore, Oct 21 (IANS) Double centuries by K.L. Rahul (213, 317b, 24×4, 6×6) and Kunal Kapoor (202 not out, 252b, 24×4, 1×6) highlighted Karnataka’s first innings score of 488 for three declared against Gujarat on the third day of the Col. C.K. Nayudu Trophy Elite A match, here Sunday. In reply, Gujarat were 16 for [...]

Cape Town, (IANS) An uncharacteristically patient 52 off 44 balls from Virender Sehwag helped the Delhi Daredevils go top of the table in Group A of the Champions League Twenty20 after a three-wicket win over Perth Scorchers here Sunday. The Indian Premier League (IPL) side made heavy weather of chasing down the Scorchers’ score of [...]

By Bharat Sharma New Delhi, (IANS) For all their lavish praise for the organisation of Formula One Indian Grand Prix, the journeymen would love to see hassle-free visa processing, adding in the same breath that things have improved this time around compared to last year. Officials of the world governing body for motor sports, FIA, [...]

Odense (Denmark), Oct 20 (IANS) India’s star badminton player Saina Nehwal entered the women’s singles final of the Denmark Open Superseries Premier event after World No.1 Wang Yihan of China retired from the last four clash here Saturday. Fourth-ranked Saina was leading 21-12, 12-7 when Wang decided to quit. Prior to the semifinal, Saina had [...]

Odense (Denmark), Oct 20 (IANS) India’s star badminton player Saina Nehwal entered the women’s singles final of the Denmark Open Superseries Premier event after World No.1 Wang Yihan of China retired from the last four clash here Saturday. Fourth-ranked Saina was leading 21-12, 12-7 when Wang decided to quit. Prior to the semifinal, Saina had [...]

Mumbai, (IANS) The Indian cricket board Friday clarified that all dues of Deccan Chargers players for the last season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) have been paid. In a statement here, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Sanjay Jagdale said: “The BCCI wishes to clarify that all players dues for the [...]

Bangalore, (IANS) In what may be a record of sorts, five amateurs made the halfway cut at the Hero Indian Open golf tournament here Friday, in contrast to last year when none made it past the second round. Led by S. Chikkrangrappa (72-68), four others — Udayan Mane (73-69), Khalin Joshi (72-71), Angad Cheema (72-71) [...]

Bhopal, (IANS) Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab completed the quarter-final line-up with emphatic victories in the concluding league matches of Hockey India Senior Women’s National Championship here Friday. Four goals by Navjot Kaur helped Haryana enter the quarters with a huge 22-0 win over Andhra Pradesh in their concluding league game of Pool B. Navjot [...]

Shanghai, Oct 19 (IANS) American cyclist Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace sent a clear message to sportsmen and women around the world that the anti-doping agencies are determined to catch drug cheats no matter who they are, World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) head John Fahey said here Friday. Last week US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) revealed a [...]