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IAAF world athletes of year: Bolt and Richards

2009-11-24T05:49:33

Monte Carlo: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt who became one of the world's most recognised athletes and American women's 400 metres world champion Sanya Richards were named IAAF world athletes of the year.

World Snooker: Sethi shocked, Indian challenge ends

2009-11-24T03:32:30

Hyderabad: Ace cueist Geet Sethi squandered crucial chances to suffer a shock 3-4 defeat against unheralded Costas Konnaris of Cyprus in the Masters category quarterfinals to put an end to India's challenge in the World Snooker Championship here.

Image of the Day: Nice Footwork!

2009-11-23T06:11:44

Jeetay Raho! Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy perform during the closing gala of the Skate Canada figure skating competition in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Pankaj Advani ousted from World Snooker Championships

2009-11-23T04:36:33

Hyderabad: Kamal Chawla, the 30-year-old from Bhopal, emerged India's unlikeliest hero as he qualified for the quarter-finals in the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker championship here Sunday that witnessed the ouster of Pankaj Advani along with other home hopes Manan Chandra and Aditya Mehta besides Yasin Merchant.

Unfazed Brasa looks ahead to Champions Challenge

2009-11-23T04:38:27

New Delhi: Unfazed by the speculation on his rift with some players, Indian hockey coach Jose Brasa today said he is aiming for nothing less than the title at the Champions Challenge-I tournament in Argentina next month.

Sandeep rested for Champions Challenge, Rajpal named captain

2009-11-22T03:22:54

New Delhi: The controversy surrounding Sandeep Singh's fitness has finally been put at rest. The drag flicker has now been ruled out with a back problem from the Champions Challenge hockey tournament, thus confirming the fears of coach Jose Brasa, whose announcement about Sandeep's fitness raised a storm.

Best quotes from this week

2009-11-22T05:32:10

From Thackeray's comments on Sachin Tendulkar to Theirry Henry's controversial confession. MSN India presents the seven best quotes from the week gone by.

Geet Sethi reaches quarterfinals of World Snooker

2009-11-22T03:24:46

Hyderabad: Ace Indian cueist Geet Sethi pulled off a stunning win over Chuchart Trairattanapradit of Thailand to enter the quarterfinals of ONGC-IBSF World Snooker Championship here today.

IBSF World Snooker: Smooth sailing for Advani, Sethi

2009-11-21T04:47:44

Hyderabad: Pankaj Advani and Geet Sethi hardly broke a sweat but compatriot Yasin Merchant had to toil for his win in the IBSF World Snooker Championship.

World weightlifting body to take strict action against India

2009-11-21T10:35:32

New Delhi: The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has said that it will take strong disciplinary action against the dope tainted Indian federation for the repeated offences of its lifters.

World Snooker: Matches postponed for Rock Concert!

2009-11-21T03:05:27

Hyderabad: A rock concert in the neighbouring hall at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre caused the rescheduling of the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker championship as it would have unduely disturbed the players.

No decision on hockey team's captaincy: Mattoo

2009-11-21T03:05:53

New Delhi: Hockey India (HI) president Ashok Kumar Mattoo's assertion in Pune that Rajpal Singh was not the choice of selectors for captaincy is factually correct but an HI release clearly mentioned the striker as captain for the Champions Challenge tournament in Argentina.

FIH chief says elected HI will be in place soon

2009-11-21T03:07:29

New Delhi: International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Leandro Negre asserted that a democratically elected Hockey India (HI) will be in place before the World Cup as that is the only way to put the game back on the rails here.

IBSF World Snooker: Sethi, Advani post wins

2009-11-20T04:30:08

Hyderabad: Geet Sethi shrugged off a first frame deficit to thrash Kuwait's Ayyoub Alsharrah in the masters category while world champion Pankaj Advani continued his brilliant run in the men's event by defeating compatriot Sandeep Gulati in the IBSF World Snooker Championship here.

Khali suspended from Punjab Police

2009-11-20T02:56:01

Jalandhar: Indian WWE wrestler and Assistant Sub-Inspector with the Punjab Police 'Khali' was today suspended from the force due to his inordinate absence from the duty.

Hockey: Truce between players and coach Brasa

2009-11-20T04:29:13

Pune: Hockey India (HI) president Ashok Kumar Mattoo appears to have brought about at least a temporary truce between the players and national coach Jose Brasa.

Saina, Arvind bow out of China Super Series

2009-11-20T04:29:43

New Delhi: India's Saina Nehwal bowed out of the China Super Series badminton in Shanghai, going down to Chinese qualifier Xia Jingyun in the second round of the women's singles.

World snooker: Advani cruises into knock-out stage

2009-11-19T04:40:33

Hyderabad: Pankaj Advani lit up a rather damp day with two century breaks en route to a 4-1 win against Qatar's Ali Obaidly and qualify for the knock-out phase in the men's section at the 35th ONGC-IBSF World snooker championship here Wednesday.

Ramzi stripped of Olympic gold for doping

2009-11-19T05:49:27

Hamburg: Olympic 1,500-metre champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after testing positive for the banned blood-booster CERA.

World snooker: Advani wins, Sethi loses to Thomson

2009-11-18T03:35:22

Hyderabad: Pankaj Advani dropped three frames to Welshman Philip Williams before pulling through 4-3 in the men's league while Geet Sethi suffered a stunning defeat against Clive Thomson of New Zealand in the Masters section on the third day of the ONGC-IBSF World snooker championship.