Tweet image: yahoo Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki and Serbian Novak Djokovic won the Indian Wells title in the final last Sunday. Caroline Wozniacki claimed her 14th career title and Novak Djokovic claimed his 21st career title. Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal to a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory, while Wozniacki outlasted France’s Marion Bartoli to 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
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Tweet India’s field hockey players Sandeep Singh and Sardar Singh have been banned for two years from international tournaments for indiscipline. The two left a training camp on Tuesday without permission in the southern city of Bangalore. Hockey India secretary Narinder Batra said that this was the third time that they had done it and there …
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Tweet The news of the deaths of at least 65 people in Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand left the New Zealand cricketers here in India in grim mood. The team woke up to the news of the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that affected New Zealand’s second city. “Thoughts go out to the people of Chch today. …
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Tweet It’s been awhile since I update my sports blog. I’ve been busy for some time and also did not have so much interest in sports for the past few months. I missed blogging the opening of IPL 2012 though I watched part of the opening program on TV. It was so much different from the …
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Pepsi IPL 2013 has finally started last April 2nd with an opening ceremony held in Kolkata. The first match is between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils in Eden Gardens, Kolkata on April 3.
Below is the complete schedule of the games for the Pepsi IPL 2013.
Apr 03
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013 has officially begun yesterday, April 2nd in an SRK-full opening ceremony in Kolkata’s Salt Lake Garden Stadium. The Pepsi IPL 2013 opening ceremony were full of fireworks and Bollywood-style song and dance performances from Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, and international rapper, Pitbull.
There are 9 teams who will be competing for the Pepsi IPL 2013 title lead by the defending champion, Kolkata Knight Riders against Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils, Kings Punjab XI, Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors India, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals, and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The sixth season of Pepsi IPL 2013 will be telecast LIVE on television across various continents by as many as 11 different broadcasters. Besides the sub-continent viewers, cricket fans in regions like the UK, USA, Africa, Canada, Hong Kong, Middle East, New Zealand, the Caribbean and Afghanistan will be able to enjoy watching IPL live on the TV through their home broadcasters.
Here’s the complete list of the broadcasters who will televise IPL 6 in various parts of the world.
| Region | Broadcaster |
| United Kingdom (UK) | ITV Network Ltd. |
| Canada | Rogers Sportsnet |
| United States (USA) | Willow TV International United |
| New Zealand | 4 Sky Network TV Ltd. |
| Afghanistan | Media Sport |
| South Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa | 6 Super Sport |
| Middle East | 7 Pehla Platform |
| Hong Kong | 8 PCCW |
| Sub-Continent | 10 Set Max & Six Indian |
| Caribbean Islands | 11 Sports Max |
For those who choose to watch Pepsi IPL 2013 on the internet and mobile, will be able to do so via the following mediums from any part of the world.
Pepsi IPL 2013 on INTERNET & MOBILE (Worldwide)
Global internet: BoxTV.com & www.youtube.com/indiatimes
IPL mobile streaming in India: nexGTV / BoxTV (apps)
IPL mobile stream outside India: BoxTV (apps)
Jul 22
London Olympics 2012 will definitely keep me busy blogging here in my sports blog. This year, India is sending the biggest delegation yet and some events are really promising. The events that may bring medals are archery, lawn tennis, shooting, wrestling, and boxing though I am also looking forward to unexpected medals.
London Olympics 2012 will be held from July 27 to August 12. Sushil Kumar will be the flag bearer. Here are the complete list of Indian delegation to London Olympics 2012:
Archery
Women`s Individual Event (3) – Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari, Chekrovolu Swuro
Women`s Recurve Team Event (1) – Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari and Chekrovolu Swuro
Men`s Individual event (1) – Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee, Tarundeep Rai
Men’s Recurve Team event (1) – Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee, Tarundeep Rai
Athletics
Men`s 50 km race walk – Basanta Bahadur Rana
Men`s 20 km race walk – Gurmeet Singh, Baljinder Singh
Men`s marathon – Ram Singh Yadav
Women`s discus throw – Krishna Poonia, Seema Antil
Men`s discus throw –Vikas Gowda
Men`s shot put – Om Prakash Karhana
Women`s 800m – Tintu Luka
Men`s triple jump – Renjith Maheshwary
Women`s triple jump – Mayookha Johny
Women’s 3000 m steeplechase – Sudha Singh
Women’s High Jump – Sahana Kumari
Badminton
Women`s Singles – Saina Nehwal
Men`s Singles – Parupalli Kashyap
Mixed Doubles – Jwala Gutta, Valiyaveetil Diju
Women`s Doubles – Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa
Boxing
Men`s Light Flyweight (49 Kg) – Devendro Singh
Men`s Bantamweight (56 Kg) – Shiva Thapa
Men`s Lightweight (60 Kg) – Jai Bhagwan
Men`s Light Welterweight (64 Kg) – Manoj Kumar
Men`s Welterweight (69 Kg) – Vikas Krishan Yadav
Men`s Middleweight (75 Kg) – Vijender Singh
Men`s Light Heavyweight (81 kg) – Sumit Sangwan
Women’s Boxing (51 Kg)- MC Mary Kom
Judo
Women`s 63 kg – Garima Chaudhary
Rowing
Single sculls – Swarn Singh Virk
Lightweight double sculls – Sandeep Kumar, Manjeet Singh
Shooting
Men`s 10 m air rifle-Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang
Men`s 50 m rifle 3 position – Sanjeev Rajput, Gagan Narang
Men`s 50 m rifle prone – Joydeep Karmakar
Men`s 25 m rapid fire pistol-Vijay Kumar
Men`s trap – Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Men`s double trap –Ronjan Sodhi
Women`s 25 m pistol –Rahi Sarnobat, Heena Sidhu
Women`s 10 m air pistol –Annuraj Singh
Women`s trap – Shagun Chowdhury
Swimming
Men`s 1500 m freestyle – Gagan AP Ulalmath
Table Tennis
Men`s Singles – Soumyajit Ghosh
Women`s singles – Ankita Das
Lawn Tennis
Men`s singles – Somdev Devvarman
Men`s doubles – Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna
Men`s doubles – Leander Paes, Vishnu Vardhan
Women’s Doubles – Rushmi Chakravarthi, Sania Mirza
Mixed Doubles – Leander Paes, Sania Mirza
Weightlifting
Men`s 69 kg – Katulu Ravi Kumar
Women`s 48 kg – Ngangbam Soniya Chanu
Wrestling
Men’s 55 kg – Amit Kumar
Men’s 60 kg – Yogeshwar Dutt
Men’s 66 kg – Sushil Kumar
Men’s 74 kg – Narsingh Pancham Yadav
Women’s 55 kg – Geeta Phogat
Field hockey: 18 members
Goalkeepers: Bharat Chetri (captain) and P.R. Sreejesh
Defenders: V.R.Raghunath, Ignace Tirkey, Sandeep Singh
Midfielders: Sardar Singh (vice captain), Kothajit Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Birendra Lakra, Manpreet Singh
Forwards: S.V. Sunil, Gurwinder Singh Chandi, Sarvanjit Singh, Shivendra Singh, Danish Mujtaba, Tushar Khandker, Dharamvir Singh, S.K. Uthappa
London Olympics is just 5 days away and pushing aside the ugly issues of tennis players and the who’s who of the Indi’s delegation, I do wish our players and athletes to do well in their respective events and bring home the gold. All the best, Team India!
