New Delhi | 9 days ago
Commonwealth TT: At 51, she is still winning titles
New Delhi, May 9 - At 51, she looks good enough to overcome players half her age. Certainly, New Zealand coach Chunli Li could have easily played for her team if only she wanted to in the ongoing Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships here.Chunli came out of retirement last year and won an ITTF title in Fiji. The ageless paddler went on to qualify for the London Olympics, her fifth Games, having ... read more

Athens | 11 days ago
Siberian children will start Winter Olympic flame relay
Athens, May 7 - Children from one of the world's most remote regions will start the Olympic flame relay for next year's Winter Games in Sochi.The children from the city of Yakutsk, the capital of Russia's vast and sparsely populated Siberian region of Yakutia, will start the flame's 65,000-km journey after it is lit in a ceremony at Olympia.The high-profile role is an unusual benefit of a town twi ... read more

New Delhi | 24 days ago
Hidayat proves a point defeating Kashyap
New Delhi, April 24 - 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.On the eve of his battle with Kashyap, the former World Champion from Indonesia told IANS that Indians are good players but not good enough to rule i ... read more

25 days ago
Russian hammer thrower banned for doping
Moscow, April 23 - Russian hammer thrower Alisher Eshbekov has been banned for two years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid notoriously used in East German doping, the All-Russian Athletics Federation said.Former youth prodigy Alisher Eshbekov, 20, was provisionally suspended in December when a doping test during training flagged up the presence of Oral-Turinabol, used in East German s ... read more

Athens | 29 days ago
Bangladeshi, Pakistani workers shot at in Greece
Athens, April 19 - Three men have been arrested for shooting into a crowd of Bangladeshi and Pakistani migrant workers at a strawberry farm in Greece, in which around 30 workers were injured.The three men are suspected of shooting at 200 farm workers in Nea Manolada, after the migrants went on strike, claiming they were not being paid for six months.The incident sparked outrage from human rights g ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
Emirates loses traveller's bags, told to pay Rs.2 lakh
New Delhi, April 16 - Emirates airline has landed in trouble for losing a passenger's luggage during a flight to Athens. India's top consumer court has ordered it to pay Rs.2 lakh compensation to the passenger for causing harassment, agony, mental tension and loss of professional face apart from monetary loss.National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission President Ashok Bhan and Member Vineeta R ... read more

Boston | 1 month ago
Tatyana wins Boston Marathon wheelchair race
Boston, April 16 - Russia-born Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon for the second year in a row, firmly establishing herself as one of the best wheelchair distance racers in the world.McFadden's victory marks the first time since 2005 that an American has claimed the olive wreath in back-to-back years, the organisers of the marathon, now in its 117th year, tweet ... read more

Havana | 4 months ago
Four Cuban fencers to be inducted into Hall of Fame
Havana, Jan 10 - Cuban fencers Ramon Fonts, Rolando Tucker, Eduardo Jons and Rafaela Gonzalez have been selected to be inducted to the Hall of Fame of the International Fencing Federation - as a part of its centenary celebrations.The four Cubans are among 100 fencing personalities, who will be inducted to the Hall of Fame, Nov 29, marking the IFF first century of foundation, reports Xinhua.Fonst - ... read more

Havana | 4 months ago
Four Cuban fencers to be inducted into Hall of Fame
Havana, Jan 10 - Cuban fencers Ramon Fonts, Rolando Tucker, Eduardo Jons and Rafaela Gonzalez have been selected to be inducted to the Hall of Fame of the International Fencing Federation - as a part of its centenary celebrations.The four Cubans are among 100 fencing personalities, who will be inducted to the Hall of Fame, Nov 29, marking the IFF first century of foundation, reports Xinhua.Fonst - ... read more

Berlin | 4 months ago
Greece to do everything to restore economic order
Berlin, Jan 8 - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras Tuesday exuded confidence that his country will do everything possible to restore financial order and investor confidence in the economy.Samaras, who is visiting Berlin, spoke ahead of a closed-door meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and amidst a gruelling economic crisis that has pummelled Greece in recent years, leaving it with soari ... read more