Li Na retires from tennis
Li Na, the two-time grand slam champion from China, has announced that she is quitting the game because of a long-term struggle with knee injuries. Li has been a transformational presence for the sport in the Far East, having lifted the French Open crown in 2011 and then added the Australian Open... read more »
Pankaj Advani and Others Qualify for Indian Open Snooker
Pune: India’s No. 1 snooker player Pankaj Advani along with five others qualified for the Indian Open Championships after winning their respective knockout matches, here on Thursday. In the qualifiers which concluded at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana tables, Advani blanked Rafat Habib 4-0 while... read more »
MS Dhoni storms out of five-star hotel
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper, MS Dhoni was annoyed with a five-star hotel’s refusal to allow his team to have home-made Biryani and forced the entire CSK team and support staff to move to a different hotel, according to a report. The Mumbai Mirror reported that Hotel Grand Kakatiya in... read more »
Three ‘attackers’ involved in Thai island murders, police say
Thai police believe at least three “attackers” were involved in the vicious murders of two British backpackers whose semi-naked bodies were found on a tourist island on Monday. David Miller and Hannah Witheridge, who had met on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand, are thought to have been... read more »
Free Karnataka from Congress: Amit Shah
Sending a strong political signal on his first visit to the state, Bharatiya Janata Party’s national president Amit Shah has given a call to “free Karnataka from Congress”. He was... read more »
Maneka Gandhi warns legal action to organisations which don’t have sexual harassment...
New Delhi: Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday warned legal action to organisations which did not have sexual harassment committees. The remarks came in... read more »
World’s highest ever cricket match to be played on Mt Kilimanjaro
London – A team of 30 plus people will be playing cricket at the top of Mt Kilimanjaro as part of a fundraiser to be held this month. This would be the first time ever in the... read more »
One-day series: Australia call up Phil Hughes to replace Michael Clarke in UAE
Clarke was ruled out of the series, which starts on October 7, with a ‘significant’ hamstring injury which forced him to miss most of their recent tour of... read more »
Boxer Manoj Kumar to finally get Arjuna Award
NEW DELHI: Forced to take the legal route after being denied the honour initially, Indian boxer Manoj Kumar will be bestowed the Arjuna Award as the sports ministry has finally accepted his... read more »
