Tendulkar stays clever to reach milestone (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 07:34 AM PDT Reuters - Sachin Tendulkar said "using his body cleverly" had helped him become the first man to score 14,000 test runs on Sunday. |
'Ghost town' Delhi misses out on cycling road events (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 06:10 AM PDT Reuters - Fans were shut out of Sunday's Commonwealth Games cycling road race after police cut off access to New Delhi's central districts, once again embarrassing the organisers with yet another event no one was watching. |
Harpreet Singh stays calm to win another shooting gold for India (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:46 AM PDT Reuters - Sailor Harpreet Singh credited meditation for giving him the mental strength to overcome his heavily favoured mentor to win another Indian shooting gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. |
India hoping Delhi will be springboard for Asian Games (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:26 AM PDT Reuters - India hopes to use the Commonwealth Games as a springboard for its athletes at next month's Asian Games in Guangzhou, an official said on Sunday. |
Australians dodge dogs, monkeys to win road races (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:42 AM PDT Reuters - Australian cyclists Alan Davis and Rochelle Gilmore dodged wild dogs and monkeys on the stifling empty streets of Delhi to win the Commonwealth Games men's and women's road races on Sunday. |
Gates faces tough balancing act in Asia defence talks (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 07:02 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates faces a delicate balancing act at Asia-Pacific talks this week, working to revive military ties with China while grappling maritime security issues that have irked Beijing. |
Contracts of Punjab, Jaipur IPL teams terminated (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:01 AM PDT Reuters - The franchise contracts of the Indian Premier League's Punjab and Jaipur teams have been terminated, the cricket board (BCCI) said on Sunday. |
Beaming Vettel leads Red Bull 1-2 in Japan (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:46 AM PDT Reuters - Sebastian Vettel cruised to Japanese Grand Prix victory on Sunday in a Red Bull one-two with Mark Webber, who stretched his Formula One championship lead to 14 points with three races remaining. |
Ticket fraud reported as Games miss the crowds (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:17 AM PDT Reuters - Commonwealth Games officials said on Sunday a volunteer had been reported for ticket fraud and that they were still fixing the ticket system, halfway through an event where availability of tickets has been a major problem. |
Cheers, tears as rescue shaft reaches Chile miners (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2010 07:37 PM PDT Reuters - Rescuers in Chile will on Wednesday likely start evacuating 33 miners trapped deep underground for two months after a cave-in, after finishing drilling an escape shaft on Saturday to cheers and tears from relatives on the surface. |
Not so jolly hockey sticks as Indian women make exit (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 03:17 AM PDT Reuters - India's women's hockey team has been left ruing a mathematical miscalculation that led to their exit from the Delhi Commonwealth Games. |
North hits ton, Australia 478 all out (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:33 AM PDT Reuters - Australia rode a career-best 128 from Marcus North to reach 478 all out at tea on the second day of the second and final test against India on Sunday. |
Ex-Afghan president to lead peace council - source (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:10 AM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan's former President, Burhanuddin Rabbani, was chosen on Sunday to lead a council tasked with starting peace talks with Taliban-led insurgents, an official source said. |
Nadal mows down Monfils to win Japan Open (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:18 AM PDT Reuters - World number one Rafa Nadal overpowered Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-1 7-5 to win the Japan Open on Sunday, capping a week of "Nadal Fever" in Tokyo. |