Amritraj, a wild card entrant pipped Joseph Sirianni of Australia 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4 in a first round match, lasting almost two hours in Newport, United States. Amritraj also booked a second round berth in the doubles event along with Luxembourg
Amritraj will take on Canadian Frank Dancevi in the semifinal after the seventh seed upset fourth seed Russia's Igor Kunitsyn 7-5 6-3 in the other quarterfinal. Bopanna and Amritraj, however, could once again face off against each other, albeit in
Addressing the ISB students on "leadership, teamwork, strategy and motivation" on Wednesday, the Australian gave them management lessons from the field of sports. The talk covered strategies and systems for achieving success, both in business and sports arena, which share
It is highly unacceptable and improper for the mainland to make that reference. Chinese-Taipei is Chinese-Taipei and it is never China's Taipei," said Henry Chen, spokesman of Taiwan's foreign ministry. His comment came after Beijing said on Wednesday it is
The police have busted five terror groups in Xinjiang's ethnic Uygur region and made 82 arrests in the first half of the year, Chen Zhuangwei, head of the public security bureau, said wednesday at a conference on Olympic security in
India were earlier excluded from IAAF's list of top 16 teams, who would contest in Beijing, as it had not considered Asian Grand Prix series (June 23, 26, 30) as Olympic qualifying events in the second of which at Korat
The head of the Greek mission to Beijing Isidoros Kouvelos said Wednesday that if things go well, Greece will finally send a team of 160-165 athletes in total. Events where Greeks will definitely compete include weightlifting, women's tennis, gymnastics, rhythmic
The glorious days of India hockey saw them win eight Olympic gold medals but on Thursday it is dismissed as folklore. The so-called national sport has been groaning, the Indians unable to find their feet against strong European countries and
Secretary-general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Randhir Singh told IANS that Charlesworth has indeed quit, but his resignation is kept on hold. A decision would be taken only after meeting the International Hockey Federation (FIH) officials as the international
With the World No. 1 sidelined following knee surgery, his compatriot Mickelson and South Africa's Els will have plenty of backing when the third major of the year tees off at Royal Birkdale next week. After three-week breaks from competitive
But with many others, including his Asian Tour mate and leader, Thai Thongchai Jaidee (64) also going low, Jeev was only tied 19th, but just four off the lead after the opening round Thursday. Jeev, for whom this is the
The last Indian to feature in an ATP Tour semifinal was Leander Paes who won the title in the same competition in July, 1998. Wildcard holder Prakash achieved the feat by ending qualifier Bopanna's dream run at the USD 385,000
A day after his dramatic resignation came to light, the FIH gave a new turn to the developments by indicating that the Australian legend would "stay back" in India and complete his stint which has been marked by a constant
Gill said too much hue and cry has made about the 51-year-old Australian's resignation and Indian hockey can regain its past glory without his services. "Nothing is the end of the world for India hockey. Indians depend on themselves and
Speaking after inaugurating the sixth edition of men's junior Asia hockey tournament at the Gachibowli stadium here, he said "We have to play on AstroTurfs. For a sub-continent size country like India, we must have more AstroTurfs compared to the
