Sports
Rain plays spoilsport
By Our Correspondent
Play started two hours and five minutes late, following rain in the third One-day International between West Indies and India on Friday at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.
Injured Muralitharan ruled out of 1st game
By Our Correspondent
Muttiah Muralitharan was on Friday ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan with a knee injury, dealing a huge blow to Sri Lanka’s bid to win the emotionally-charged series.
Revived Lee stakes claim for Ashes
By Our Correspondent
Australia quick Brett Lee made a statement of intent by taking five wickets against the England Lions and followed up with an equally blunt message to the selectors.
It’s Fedex vs Roddick
By Our Correspondent
Roger Federer reached a record 20th Grand Slam final and a seventh straight Wimbledon title match with a 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 6-3 win over German veteran
Venus wary of Serena’s steely big match nerves
By Our Correspondent
Venus and Serena Williams clash in a fourth all-sister Wimbledon final on Saturday determined to prove that their domination of the event is not a backward step for the sport’s future welfare.
Records drive Roger
By Our Correspondent
Roger Federer admitted that shattering records is driving him forward in his pursuit of tennis history. “I’m very proud of all the records I’ve achieved, because I never thought I would be that successful as a kid,” said Federer, one of only six men to complete a career Grand Slam of all four majors.
Leander-Cara enter title round
By Our Correspondent
Top seeds Leander Paes and Cara Black stormed into the final of Wimbledon mixed doubles event with a straight-set victory over Stephen Huss and Virginia Ruano Pascual here on Friday.
Astana boss plays down Lance, Alberto rivalry
By Our Correspondent
Astana boss Johan Bruyneel played down the rivalry brewing between teammates Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador on the eve of Saturday’s opening stage of the 2009 Tour de France.
Bengaluru Sunday runners
By Our Correspondent
Bengaluru, July 3: Following are the acceptances for the races to be held here on Sunday.
Aboline, Shotgunn work impressively
By Our Correspondent
Bengaluru, July 3: Aboline, Shotgunn and Cart Wheel excelled in the workouts when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Friday.
Tanishak trounces champion
By Our Correspondent
Andhra Pradesh’s K. Tanishak stunned defen-ding champion and second seed Aravind Bhat 21-19, 21-16 in the first-round match at the second edition of the Tata Open All India senior-ranking badminton tournament at the Cricket Club of India on Friday.
More Indians to be in Hall of Fame: Morgan
By Our Correspondent
The presence of just three Indian cricketers in International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame may have generated a controversy in the country but the game’s governing body on Friday made it clear that more Indians would be added to the elite list.
Bruckner best bet for main event
By Our Correspondent
Pesi Shroff-trained Bruckner, who has improved a great deal since his fourth to Polish Patriot and now aided by an extra gear ‘Blinkers’, holds an edge over others in the H.B. Gundappa Gowda Memorial Trophy (1400 metres), the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday.
- Why brand-insane Indian actors never get it right
Actor Prabhleen Sandhu, who is portraying the character of a stepmother of a four-year-old autistic girl in Aapki Antara, says that she has been lucky as an actor.
With her saas bahu formula becoming outdated for the neo Indians, soap queen Ektaa Kapoor is looking at new ways to woo the audiences and channels, even if that means copying or being ‘inspired’ by hit shows of other production houses.
People gushing over Salman Khan was the USP of Dus Ka Dum the last season. But this time round, five weeks into the show, audiences are still being treated to special episodes with celebrities with no sign of the regular contestants.
