The sound of leather against willow will be heard for the first time at an Asian Games next year after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced that cricket had been added to the programme on Wednesday.
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal rallied to tame Susan Hughes as India spanked Scotland 5-0 to top the pool and qualify for the promotional play-offs in the Sudirman Cup badminton tournament in Guangzhou on Wednesday.
The new women's doubles pairing of Shruti Kurian and Aparna Balan was the lone blip in an otherwise great start by India in the biennial Sudirman Cup badminton tournament in Guangzhou, on Monday. India rolled over Australia 4-1 in their Group 3 (sub-group 3B) opener in their quest for promotion to Group 2. India raced ahead to victory in the first four matches before Kurian and Balan went down.
Football's winter transfer window closed on February 1, and, surprisingly, none of Europe's biggies made even a slight move, let alone sign a player.
Vera Zvonareva of Russia beat India's Sania Mirza 7-5, 6-1 to win the Pattaya Open on Sunday.
India's move to opt for Japanese bullet trains on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route had raised concerns in China which is competing with Japan to build high-speed rail networks in India.
Bopanna and Sharan defeated Kazakhstan's Aleksander Bublik and Denis Yevseyev 6-3, 6-4 in 52 minutes.
Arvind Bhatt kept India's flag flying in the tournament, moving into the second round of the men's singles with a straight games victory. He was at his ruthless best while demolishing Wee Chung Pei of Malaysia 21-9, 21-13 to set up a second round clash against Petr Koukal of the Czech Republic.
Credit card company MasterCard surveyed 900 people and interviewed 300 families in the key Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou whose annual income is above $16,000.
New Delhi's move is expected to encourage Beijing to grant long-pending clearance to Air India and Jet Airways to launch flights to Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Shanghai, respectively. Air India already operates to Shanghai.
Indian discus thrower Seema Punia has qualified for the Rio Olympic Games with a throw of 62.62 metres.
What can be expected from Pranab Mukherjee's visit to China? With full details of the agenda not open to the public, a clear picture may not be available at this juncture. It can be said, however, that a breakthrough on the boundary issue seems very unlikely, as the two sides appear to have failed so far in finalising a 'framework' for the settlement.
Maharaj Kishan Kaushik is back as coach of India's men's hockey team, ten years after the guiding it to the gold medal at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games. His selection was finalised at a meeting of the ad hoc committee, set up by the Indian Olympic Association in Delhi, on Tuesday and formally announced on Wednesday. He will be in charge of the team till the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games in China.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis equalled the record for the longest women's doubles winning streak on Wednesday by advancing to the WTA Sydney International semi-finals with a straight set triumph.
Three naval ships of China's Nanhai Fleet left a naval port in Sanya, Hainan Province on Wednesday, kicking off an annual combat drill in the South China Sea, East Indian Ocean and West Pacific, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
India ended their 17th Asian Games campaign on Saturday at the eighth spot on the medals tally, a drop of two positions from the previous edition of the mega-event which drew to a close in Incheon.
Indian athletics' great PT Usha's prodigy Tintu Lukka was leading the pack in women's 800m final at Incheon on Wednesday but had to settle for silver.
Sanam Singh could not add a second consecutive Asian Games gold medal to his kitty as he and Saketh Myneni settled for silver after losing the hard-fought final in straight sets to Korea's Yongkyu Lim and Hyeon Chung, in Incheon on Monday.
India procured around 5 lakh rapid antibody test kits from the two Chinese firms, Guongzhou Wondfo Biotech and Livzon Diagnostics, and they were distributed to several states reporting rising cases of the coronavirus infection.
With the straight-game victory, Sindhu became the first Indian to achieve the feat.
'During his visit to Vietnam on September 3 -- the first visit by an Indian prime minister in 15 years -- Modi will notice the widespread anti-China sentiment in that country.'
India's stand at the FATF plenary and other related discussions have always been consistent regarding Pakistan.
For the first time, a Chinese news channel has employed an artificial intelligence robot as a weather reporter on its live breakfast show, raising concerns among the country's journalists as it could threaten their jobs.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis lifted their ninth title together this year beating the Spanish pair of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro to clinch the WTA Finals women's doubles trophy, in Singapore, on Sunday.
Guangzhou in China will play host to the 16th Asian Games 2010, where cricket will make its debut.
The first plane -- Air India's jumbo B747 aircraft carrying 211 students, 110 working professionals and three minors-- reached Delhi around 7.30 am and another flight of the airline would leave the national capital for the Chinese city in the afternoon.
The first two wheeler factory in West Bengal was inaugurated by Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee at Kamdebpur near Singur in Hooghly district
Extending their unbeaten record, India's Sania Mirza and Switzerland's Martina Hingis lifted their eighth trophy of the season and fourth in a row, winning the WTA China Open.
Chinese world champion Lin Dan was unhappy with the judges after being upset on home soil by South Korea's Park Sung-hwan in the China Masters first round. After winning the first set 21-19, Lin squandered two match points to lose the second 20-22, before Park sealed victory 21-17 in the third.
Besides the duo, 2017 World Weightlifting Champion in the 48kg category, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and former Asian Games gold medallist tennis player Somdev Devvarman were conferred with the Padma Shri award.
China has granted the "national software export base" status to its five more cities, entitling them to special treatment and financial support from the government, as part of its efforts to compete with India.
The statement says the new phase in ties between the nations beginning today will enhance cooperation in 10 sectors including the economy and defence
Sindhu, who had finished runner-up at the last edition in Dubai, dished out a superb game, mixing with patience with aggression, to edging the Japanese 24-22, 21-15.
The governing body of amateur boxing (AIBA) has given recognition to a newly-elected national federation in India, paving the way for fighters to compete under their national flag at the Asian Games which starts this week.
Indian men and women experienced contrasting fortunes at the World Team Table Tennis Championships as the former blanked Nigeria 3-0 but the eves went down 2-3 to Australia.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has added cricket to the 2010 Asian Games schedule after the organisation voted to include the sport at a general assembly in Kuwait earlier this week.
The airline has already commenced the sale of tickets for the new destination, which will be the ninth international sector to be served by carrier, SpiceJet said.
Brazil coach Tite has recalled veteran central defender Thiago Silva to his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Venezuela.
British architecture firm Zaha Hadid Architects bagged the contract from Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited after a 12-week design competition, and will design the new airport's Terminal 1 and air traffic control tower.
