Trisha pairs with Mahesh Bhupathi
Trisha and tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi played against squash player Dipika Pallikal and sports commentator Charu Sharma at the ITC Fortune Chariot Beach Resort in Mamallapuram on Tuesday.
The match was over in 20 minutes. Pallikal and Sharma were the stronger team but Trisha and Bhupathi won the game.
The game was held to promote the third [...]
Trisha turns to tennis racquet
Ace Tamil actress Trisha played tennis with India’s prominent tennis star Mahesh Boopathy in the sands of Mahabalipuram on Tuesday.
It was part of a promotional activity for an international tennis tournament to be played in Chennai.
Trisha played tennis to promote Sun Feast International Tennis tourney which would feature who’s who of women’s tennis circuit from [...]
Chennai girls beat USS Nimitz in football
The USS Nimitz may have done duty in many of America’s military campaigns, but the crew of the world’s largest nuclear powered aircraft carrier are no match for the girls of chennai when it comes to football.
In a friendly match played in the city, the Nimitz team lost to a team of school girls on [...]
Laser coastal Nationals from today
D.P. Selvam lighted up when reminded that the Government of Tamil Nadu would be the chief sponsor of the laser coastal National sailing championship beginning here on Friday.
The defending champion in the Laser Standard class — an Olympic category — said, “this is wonderful, the Government backing us in such a manner. It would motivate [...]
India to Host Asia Cup In 2010
India is all set to host the Asia Cup in 2010, a year before it co-hosts the 2011 World Cup, a top Asian Cricket Council (ACC) official said.
“We go by a system of rotation. So after Pakistan hosts the Asia Cup in 2008, it will be India’s turn and then Bangladesh’s (in 2012),” ACC chief [...]
After Spiderman, Cricket comes in Tamil : ‘Dhoni mattayaiveesinaar’???
If you are a die hard cricket fan, and of the firm opinion that Test matches are the ‘real thing’, make one of those ‘Learn Tamil In a Week’ books your handy companion over the next 10 days. That’s because if you wish to catch the India-Bangladesh Test Series on the telly, chances are you’ll [...]
Attitude shines through, Kaarthick proved it amply
India got out of jail today and for all those of us who thought we had finished drinking from the cup of sorrows, well, the hangover continues. India were ordinary, only rescued towards the end by a combination of grit and vitality, normally resident in one person but happily spread out over two fine cricketers [...]
Indian team leaves for Bangladesh
A 15-member Indian cricket team, led by captain Rahul Dravid, left this morning for Dhaka to play three one-dayers and two Test matches in Bangladesh.
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Wasim Jaffar, V V S Laxman, Anil Kumble, Rajesh Pawar, V R V Singh and Ramesh Powar, who are included only in the Test squad, will join [...]
India Cements A triumphs
India Cements A squeaked home with a last gasp five-wicket win over Chemplast Sanmar, off the last ball of the match, to win the The Hindu Trophy for the 11th time in the tournament’s history.
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MEMORABLE MOMENT: India Cements skipper S. Suresh (right) receiving the The Hindu Trophy from K. Balaji, Director, The Hindu.
With one run [...]
Speed: 2011 World Cup will be shorter
International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has admitted the current World Cup tournament has been too long. The 47-day event is generally considered to have been a lacklustre affair and its length is one of a number of aspects to have been criticised. The tournament has failed to sustain mass interest over its six [...]
