Mangalore : Rosario Pre University College bags the taluk-level football championship  of the tournament held at Nehru Maidan. The tournament was organized by the college; and Fr. Stany Goveas, the correspondent of Rosario Educational Institutions, inaugurated the event by kicking the ball. President of the DK Football Association Aslam was the chief guest of the [...]

Mangalore : Something like 155 teams (of 11 players) and 2000 kickers of soccer will participate in the DK Football Association’s 23 day long Independence Day celebrations Tournament of 2010, which has started on Saturday, July 24 with fanfare, expectations, decorations and a lot of foot ball play on view here in Mangalore near Nehru [...]

New Delhi : Indian women”s hockey coach M K Kaushik today resigned from his post in the wake of the sex scandal that has rocked Indian hockey. Hockey India Secretary General Narinder Batra told reporters here that Kaushik has submitted his resignation to interim president Vidya Stokes. “Kaushik has submitted his resignation to Hockey India [...]

(Analysis by P. Ramesh Rao) Mumbai : Indian cricket captain M.S. Dhoni is in danger of rocking two boats. Even since Sachin Tendulkar started making money, other Indian cricketers are running round trees of  fortune. Sachin pays income tax in crores of rupees, and now Dhoni is on the same path. Having their legs in [...]

Mumbai : When South Africa as a state was under the apartheid reign of a vague white minority that included Dutch and English names, South Africa was a beacon of light in a dark continent that had Congo, Ethiopia and Algeria in it. The whole of Africa was under colonial powers, christianised and anglicized with [...]

Johannesburg : First of all, South Africa was an unlikely place for World Football matches, although World Cup cricket and IPL – 2 were played there. Then it had Mandela N, who could not attend the opening show but managed  to attend the final game in the simplest manner possible when his home country and [...]

Mumbai : True to the oracle of Paul, an Italian Octopus that came to Germany via England, 3 days ago, the Euro Soccer champions, Spain defeated Netherlands(Dutch) by one goal to nil at the fag end of a finals game outside Johannesburg in South Africa to write the name of Spain on the World Gold [...]

Mangalore :  Sixty eight players are leading with 2 full points at the end of 2nd round of the 4th Mangalore Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament being held at Subramanya Sabha , Mangalore. Balkishan of Karnataka surprised top seed GM Laxman by holding him to a draw in a long game of 113 moves. Laxman [...]

The South African Soccer World Cup Tournament of 2010 is booming in its last 8 as it marches towards an incredible final game on July 11 at midnight (IST). The last 4 are getting drawn up in a suspenseful way. Gone are the star players and their strong coaches. There were 4 South American teams [...]

Mumbai : Sakshi Singh has bowled out World’s No. 1 wicket keeper – batsman of India Mahendar Singh Dhoni, in Dehra Dun on Sunday when the two tied the marriage knot in the presence of their parents and close friends. Dhoni is currently World’s No. 1 cricketer and captain, having won several trophies for India [...]