Kim Clijsters-U.S. Open 2010 Women’s Champion The number two-seeded Clijsters defeated Russia’s Vera Zvonareva, the number seven seed, 6-2, 6-1 to capture the 2010 U.S. Open Women’s Championship.Continue Reading
In 1927 Indian Olympics Association was formed. Dorabji Tata was the first president and Dr A C Northern of Young Men’s Christian Association, Madras was the secretary. Official representation was made by India in 1928 at Amsterdam Olympics. At Amsterdam Indian Hockey Team participated and won the Gold Medal underContinue Reading
Arjun Atwal became the first Indian and just the sixth Asian-born player to win on the PGA Tour when he secured a one-stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. Atwal joined Japanese trio Isao Aoki, Shigeki Maruyama and Ryuji Imada and South Koreans K.J. Choi and Y.E. Yang inContinue Reading
Golden Boot : Thomas Mueller ( Germany ) Best Young Player : Thomas Muller has been named as the Hyundai Best Young Player. Golden Ball winner : Diego Forlan (Uruguay) Winner : Spain Runner up : Netherlands 3rd Place : Germany Score Card : Final : 1 (Spain )- 0Continue Reading
Tejaswini Sawant scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to clinch gold at the World Shooting Championship when she won the 50m rifle prone event on Sunday, equalling the world record in the process. The 29-year-old shot a score of 597/600 (100, 100, 100, 99, 99, 99), equalling theContinue Reading
Terms used in Various Sports Cricket Ashes, Banana, Boundary, Bowling, Caught, Chinaman, Cover Drive, Crease, Doosra, Duck, Duckworth-Lewis Rule, Fine Leg, Follow On, Full Toss, Gardening, Googly, Gully, Hat-trick, Hit Wicket, Inswinger, l.b.w., Leg-break, Leg-bye, Leg Glance, late Cut, maiden Over, No Ball, Off Break, On Drive, Out, Outswinger, Over,Continue Reading
2010 FIFA World Cup Andres Iniesta dramatically fired Spain to World Cup glory for the first time in their history with the only goal of the game deep into extra-time in a 1-0 win over Netherlands at Soccer City. Spain in a 1-0 win over Netherlands at Soccer City. MuellerContinue Reading
Wimbledon 2010: Rafael Nadal wins Wimbledon Open 2010 Mens Singles Rafael Nadal defeat Tomas Berdych Serena Williams wins Wimbledon Open 2010 :- Serena Williams defeat Vera Zvonareva Wimbledon 2010 Women’s FinalContinue Reading
Badminton-2010 Three Super Series for Saina Nehwal-Wins Indonesian Open beating Japanese Sayaka Sato in the finals at Jakarta-Saina becomes World Ranked 2. With her newly-added victory, Saina has collected a hat-trick victories at the international badminton tournaments three weeks in a row. Prior to Indonesia Open she had claimed IndiaContinue Reading
India’s Saina Nehwal made her country proud on Sunday as she won the Indonesian Open Super Series for her third straight badminton title in three weeks, including two successive Super Series titles. The World No.3 defeated a fighting Sayaka Sato of Japan 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the final here onContinue Reading
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