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Delhi to host Indian Grand Prix
Published on 5 Oct, 2011 at 0:25 in More Sports | Viewed 444 views times | No Comments
Indian capital, New Delhi, will see Formula One Grand Prix coming to city this month end. Tens of thousands of people are expected to flock in to see world-class drivers break into the new Buddh International Race Circuit.
The F1 race is being managed in India by Jaypee Sports, a subsidiary of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd., which has built the new 5.14…
“New born daughter making me go grey”
Published on 4 Oct, 2011 at 0:15 in More Sports | Viewed 675 views times | No Comments
Soccer player David Beckham says his new born daughter Harper is making him go grey.
The 36-year-old player, who also has three sons with Victoria, confesses that the stress of raising four children is beginning to take its toll, reported a newspaper.
“I got my first grey a few years ago and a couple more since we’ve had the little girl,” David…
Shane Warne, Elizabeth Hurley get engaged
Published on 3 Oct, 2011 at 1:19 in Cricket | Viewed 335 views times | No Comments
London: Australian spin legend Shane Warne and British actress Elizabeth Hurley have reportedly got engaged in Scotland, during a golf event.
The 42-year-old Warne and the 46-year-old Hurley got engaged after a dinner at a hotel in St. Andrews, on Scotland’s east coast, where the Aussie cricketer was taking part in a golf event, a newspaper reported.
Elizabeth Hurley was previously married…
Marsh aims for SL Test win
Published on 29 Sep, 2011 at 23:07 in Cricket | Viewed 327 views times | No Comments
Colombo: Newly appointed Sri Lanka coach, Geoff Marsh, is looking for his team’s first Test victory in the post-Muttiah Muralitharan era, when his boys take Pakistan in a Test series next month.
“I am aiming to take Sri Lanka to a new level,” Marsh, the former Australian opening batsman told reporters. “Obviously, looking for the Test victory against Pakistan is the…
India to host IBSF World Snooker Championship 2011
Published on 29 Sep, 2011 at 2:05 in More Sports | Viewed 773 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: The IBSF World Men’s Snooker Championship, which was originally scheduled to take place in Bahrain, will now be held in Bangalore from November 28 to December 3.
Due to prolonged crisis in some parts of Middle East Asia, the IBSF (International Billiards and Snooker Federation) decided to move the tournament out of Bahrain and grant the hosting rights to…
Petition challenging land allotment to Sehwag dismissed
Published on 28 Sep, 2011 at 5:03 in Cricket | Viewed 578 views times | No Comments
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed a petition that challenged the decision of the Haryana government to allot land to cricketer Virender Sehwag to run a cricket academy in Jhajjar district.
Rakesh Chahar and others of Jhajjar district had sought a direction for quashing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the state government to transfer the land in…
Golf to receive huge boost in India
Published on 26 Sep, 2011 at 3:25 in More Sports | Viewed 510 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: A huge fund of USD 150 million would be created to give a boost to Indian golf industry in the coming years. This announcement came at the conclusion of the fourth Asia Golf Industry Show.
AGCOA Director General of India, Anil Dev, whose company is the show promoter, made the announcement as over 95 leading brands from across the…
Gautam Gambhir to marry Delhi girl Natasha
Published on 26 Sep, 2011 at 3:03 in Cricket | Viewed 611 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: The swashbuckling left-handed batsman Gautam Gambhir, who played a crucial role in India’s win in the final of the Cricket World Cup earlier this year, is all set to tie the knot.
Delhi boy Gautam Gambhir will reportedly be marrying a Delhi girl named Natasha Jain in October or November this year.
Singer Aatif Aslam performing at the wedding.
Gautam and…
“Below my dignity to react to Shoaib’s comment”
Published on 26 Sep, 2011 at 0:41 in Cricket | Viewed 426 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar refused to comment on controversial Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar’s remark that he and team-mate Rahul Dravid did not have the ability to finish matches.
“It is below my dignity to react to Shoaib’s comment,” Tendulkar was quoted as saying by Indian television channels. However, the channels did not show any visuals to substantiate Tendulkar’s reaction.
Tendulkar also did…
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi passes away
Published on 22 Sep, 2011 at 22:04 in Cricket | Viewed 391 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Seventy year old former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi died last evening in a Delhi hospital. He was suffering from lung infection and was in the ICU of Sir Gangaram Hospital for the last few days. Also known as Tiger Pataudi, he played 46 Tests for India, 40 as captain. He is survived by wife Sharmila…
