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  • Badminton
    Arvind Bhatt stunned world number eight Joachim Persson of Denmark in straight-games as India made a resounding start to their campaign at the Hong Kong Super Series with all the shuttlers winning their singles opening round match in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
  • Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    Bernhard Kohl, who last month admitted to using drugs in the Tour de France where he finished third, was on Monday banned from cycling for two years.
  • Prakash Amritraj. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Prakash Amritraj prevailed over qualifier Izak Van Der Merwe in a fiercely fought opening round match to advance to the second round of the $ 50,000 ATP Challenger series event in Champaign, USA.
  • Former US athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee at a press conference prior to Delhi half marathon. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    Ethiopia's Deriba Merga won the men's race with a new course record of 59.14 minutes, while his compatriot Aselefech Mergia became the women's champion of the fourth Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday.
  • Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to clinch the World Junior badminton Championship. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    After winning the Commonwealth Youth Games and World Junior Badminton Championship, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal has set her eyes on the Hong Kong and China Open later this month.
  • Saurav Ghosal, Indian squash player.
    Top seeded Saurav Ghosal made a winning start in the $15,000 PSA Indian Challenger Chennai Open, defeating Elvinn Keo of Malaysia in the first round in Chennai tonight.
  • Gagan Narang, Indian shooter.
    Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang shrugged off his Beijing Olympics disappointment and set a new world record en route to winning the gold in the 10m air rifle event in the World Cup finals in Bangkok on Wednesday.
  • Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to clinch the World Junior badminton Championship. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday became the first Indian to clinch the World Junior badminton Championship with a straight-game win in the finals.
  • Saina Nehwal. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Top seed Saina Nehwal stormed into the final of the girls singles event of the World Junior badminton championship, even as compatriot RMV Gurusaidutt crashed out in the semi-finals in the boys category on Saturday.
  • Saina Nehwal. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Top seed and local favourite Saina Nehwal stormed into the third round of the girl's singles event of the World Junior badminton tournament on Wednesday.
  • Marion Jones with television talkshow host Oprah Winfrey. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones recalls her ill-fated decision to lie to US authorities about her doping in an interview with American talkshow diva Oprah Winfrey to be broadcast on Wednesday.
  • Viswanathan Anand makes a move during a championship. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Things may not have shaped up the way he would have wanted in last 24 hours, but Viswanathan Anand is still very much in the driver's seat in the world championship match against Russia's Vladimir Kramnik.
  • Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer. Photo Courtsey: AFP
    Praise poured in for Australian swimming great Grant Hackett on Tuesday after the athlete known as "Captain Fantastic" announced his retirement from the pool.
  • Viswanathan Anand makes a move during a championship. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Vladimir Kramnik of Russia won the tenth game against World Champion Viswanathan Anand in the world chess championship match in Bonn.
  • Defending World champion Viswanathan Anand contemplates his next move during the World Championship. Photo Courtesy: AP
    India's Viswanathan Anand is just one step away from retaining his World Chess Championship title. His rival Vladimir Kramnik is now virtually on razor's edge as even the slightest mistake can end the match.
  • Viswanathan Anand makes a move during a championship. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Viswanathan Anand inched closer to the World Chess Championship title after playing out a draw in the seventh game against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia at the Art and exhibition hall in Bonn on Thursday.
  • Former track coach Trevor Graham. Photo Courtsey: AP
    Former track coach Trevor Graham was ordered by a San Francisco court to serve 12 months house arrest and a fine of $5,000 for lying to federal agents for his role in distributing steroids to track athletes in 2004.
  • World Champion Viswanathan Anand. Photo Courtsey: AFP
    Viswanathan Anand destroyed Vladmir Kramnik with a third win in four games and ended his hopes of the world championships.
  • India's Kalpana Choudhary, left, delivers a punch to Boranbayeva Nargul of Kazakhstan. Photo Courtsey: AP
    After months of discussion and lobbying, the International Boxing Association has finally sent an application to the IOC seeking the inclusion of women's boxing in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
  • McLaren Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, left, celebrates with Ferrari driver Felipe Massa after the China GP. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    Ferrari returned to Europe licking their wounds on Monday after Lewis Hamilton's triumph in China left them facing serious self-analysis before next month's championship showdown in Brazil.
  • Arjun Atwal lines up a putt on the 18th hole during the first round of the Albertson's Boise Open. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Indian golfer Arjun Atwal uncorked champagne with a win in the play-off to grab the Chattanooga Classic on Sunday. The win ensures the Indian’s return to the PGA Tour in 2009.
  • Riders power their motorcycles through a bend in the MotoGP in Sepang. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Newly crowned world champion Valentino Rossi stormed to a brilliant victory in the Malaysian MotoGP on his Yamaha in Sepang on Sunday, with Dani Pedrosa riding a Honda finishing a distant second.
  • Vishwanathan Anand. Photo Courtsey: Wikimedia
    World champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in the fourth game of the world championship here at art and exhibition hall.
  • 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games Pune 2008.
    Hosts India shed their tag of poor performers at Olympic sports and pulled of a major upset at the Commonwealth Youth Games that concluded on Saturday by topping the standings with a rich haul of 76 medals.
  • Viswanathan Anand makes a move during a championship. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Viswanathan Anand drew first blood as he crushed Vladimir Kramnik with black pieces in the third game of the World Chess Championships final to go one-up in the 12-game in Bonn.
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