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Emaar-MGF denies bank guarantee confiscated by DDA
Emaar MGF, the private developer of Commonwealth Games Village, Wednesday denied that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had confiscated its bank guarantee worth Rs.183 crore.The company said that the guarantee had only been extended till Dec 31 at the behest of the DDA.Emaar…
CWG Results: Day nine
The following are the results on the ninth day of the competitions at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday.Aquatics: S.P.Mukherkee Aquatics ComplexWomen’s:1m Springboard:Gold:Jennifer Abel (Can)Silver: Sharleen Stratton (Aus)Bronze: Emilie Heymans (Canada);Athletics: JN StadiumMen’s:Javelin Throw:Gold: Jarrod Bannister…
CWG Badminton: Saina, Gutta-Ponappa in final; Kashyap loses
India’s star shuttler Saina Nehwal is just a match away from the women’s singles gold and so are Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa who reached the women’s doubles final at the Commonwealth Games badminton event here Tuesday.However, an erroneous line call at 18-all in…
CWG badminton: An erroneous line call pushes Kashyap out
An erroneous line call at 18-all in the decider let India’s Parupalli Kashyap down and enabled second-seeded Rajiv Ouseph of England to enter the men’s singles final of Commonwealth Games badminton, winning 21-19, 12-21, 18-21.Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa, however, kept India in the…
CWG athletics: India win three bronze from track and field
India won bronze in the men’s and women’s 4×100 metres relays and men’s javelin in the track and field competitions at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday.The quartet of Rahamatulla Molla, Suresh Sathya, Shameer Naseema Manzile and Md Abdul Najeeb Qureshi finished third in the…
CWG men’s hockey: India in final with thrilling win over England
Goalkeeper Bharat Kumar Chhetri brought off a brilliant save in the tie-breaker to help India move into the final of the men’s hockey competition in the Commonwealth Games with an aggregate 8-7 win against England here Tuesday.India will take on World champions Australia in…
We belong in World Group: Paes, Bhupathi
It was an afternoon of celebrations and platitudes at the SDAT Stadium here Sunday in the wake of India’s historic 3-2 win against Brazil that ensured them a berth in the Davis Cup World Group.Regrouping and recovering splendidly after losing both the singles Friday,…
Test cricket is still exciting: Sehwag
Test cricket may be losing popularity with Twenty20 catching the imagination of the younger generation, but swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag says the longer version of the game has never been more exciting than it is today.“There used to be so many draws in Test…
We are keen to regularise betting: ICC chief executive
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat Tuesday said he is keen to speak to governments of various cricket playing countries to consider the regulation of betting and also discuss the issue of verifying cricketer’s agents.Lorgat, present during the ICC’s chief executives committee…
US Open results Thursday
Results Thursday at the 23-million-dollar US Open(x indicates new result).Women’s singles, second roundx Caroline Wozniacki, 1, Denmark, def Chang Kai-Chen, Taiwan, 6-0, 6-0Vera Zvonareva, 7, Russia, def Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)x Svetlana Kuznetsova, 11, Russia, def Anastasija Sevastova,…