Tintu Luka won Greenko 52nd National Inter-State Senior Althletic Championship Athletic Tintu Luka won Greenko 52nd National Inter-State Senior Althletic Championship on 24 June 2012 by defeating her competitor Sinimole Paulose. She won the championship in women’s 800 meters. She is India’s best athletic in the two-lap race. Tintu timingContinue Reading
The Russian star Maria Sharapova won the French Open 2012 on Saturday, defeating her tiny Italian opponent, Sara Errani, 6-3, 6-2 in the final at Roland Garros to complete the career Grand Slam. “I believe in my game,” Sharapova said. “I think that’s one of the reasons I’m sitting hereContinue Reading
Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer researchContinue Reading
Kolkata Knight Riders beat defending champions Chennai Super Kings in a closely-contested final, in Chennai on Sunday, to crown themselves IPL champions for the first time. Bisla, Kallis help Kolkata win maiden IPL title Manvinder Singh Bisla and Jacques Kallis hit half-centuries to help Kolkata Knight Riders outclass defending championsContinue Reading
Team Point Standings as on Today Pos Team Mat Net RR Pts 1 DD 9 +0.902 14 2 KKR 9 +0.694 11 3 MI 9 -0.187 10 4 CSK 9 -0.015 9 5 RCB 9 -0.462 9 6 RR 9 +0.163 8 7 PWI 9 -0.064 8 8 KXIP 9Continue Reading
Pakistan Beat Bangladesh by 2 Runs, Win Asia Cup Pakistan regained the Asia Cup title after a gap of 12 years as they pulled off a nail-biting two run victory against Bangladesh who came agonisingly close to a historic triumph but ran out of steam in the dying moments toContinue Reading
Hosts Australia swept the 4-match Test series, 4-0, after defeating India by 298 runs in the fourth and final cricket test at Adelaide. This was India’s second consecutive series defeat on foreign soil. Facing a daunting victory target of 500, the touring Indian side resumed the final day today atContinue Reading
Jaxtr Inc., founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Yogesh Patel, has announced the launch of JaxtrSMS, a cross-platform, open-texting application to send SMSs to anyone in the world for free. Reserve Bank of India deregulated non-resident external (NRE) deposits on 16 December 2011 allowing banks to offer higher interest rates toContinue Reading
US team of Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland has won the World Cup, 2011, giving USA its 24th victory in the event. US has won the title after a gap of eleven years.Continue Reading
India retain SAFF football title NEW DELHI — Defending champions India retained the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) title with a 4-0 win over Afghanistan in the final in New Delhi on Sunday. The hosts were kept at bay for the first 45 minutes by a strong Afghan defence, butContinue Reading
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