A men’s doubles Grand Slam title has eluded Mahesh Bhupathi since 2002 but he is hoping to end the drought next season when he teams up again with former partner Max Mirnyi.
Bhupathi openly assured India of a gold at the Commonwealth Games with Leander Paes.
Mahesh Bhupathi is confident India will be able to sweep [...]
India doubles player Leander Paes pulled out of this week’s Davis Cup series against South Africa.
Indian team selector Akhtar Ali said Tuesday that Paes had informed the national tennis association that he would not be able to play in the Davis Cup due to an injury sustained during the U.S. Open.
“Withdrawing from the Davis [...]
After bringing laurels to the country in the Beijing Olympics and the World Boxing Championships, Indian boxer Vijender Singh has now inked a million-dollar sponsorship deal with the Percept Sports Management Co.
Vijender, the world number two, is the first boxer to have inked such kind of deal.
Top seed Vijender out-punched Ukrainian Sergiy Derevyanchenko 12-4 [...]
Defending champions beat Syria in a cliffhanger to win the Nehru Cup Football tournament for the second successive time in a row. India won the match 5-4 in the penalty shootouts. Goalkeeper Subroto Paul saved three penalties in the penalty shootouts and was declared “Man of the Match”. Skipper Bhaichung Bhutia was adjudged “Man [...]
Read More... Leander Paes continued his dazzling form in the US Open tennis, reaching both the men’s doubles and mixed doubles final.
The seventh seeded pair of Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy swept past unseeded Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Juan Monaco 6-2, 6-0 on Wednesday.
Dismissing all opponents in his path for the second time in his carees, [...]
Bipasha Basu has promised to go on a date with boxer Vijender Kumar if he brings a gold medal for India.
Kumar, 23, assured himself of at least a bronze medal when he outpointed Ecuador’s Carlos Goncora in the middleweight quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Now, he’s two bouts away from Olympic gold and a “hot” date with [...]