Unseeded Alamsyah Yunus of Indonesia rallied from a game down to inflict a shocking 16-21, 21-12, 21-13 defeat on top seed Chetan Anand in the semifinal of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open Grand Prix Gol

Top seed Chetan Anand survived another scare but held on to put it past Tan Chung Seang of Malaysia 21-15, 19-21, 21-16 in the quarterfinal of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open Grand Prix Gold badminton championship at the Nehru Indoor Stadium on Friday.

The police on Thursday traced the IGCAR scientific officer reported missing by his wife a day earlier — to the central prison at Puzhal. The police said V.V. Radhakrishnan had been arrested by the Pallavaram police on Sunday for harassing a woman. When the cops took him in for sending lewd SMSes and making obscene phone calls to a woman, Radhakrishnan claimed to be Shyam Sunder, a software professional at a top IT company.

Talented middle distance runner Tintu Luka came up with a stupendous performance to clinch her maiden gold in the Asian Grand Prix at the Nehru Stadium on Wednesday.

Saina Nehwal is a champion on and off the court. A never-ending line of autograph-seekers and photograph-hunters mobbed the 20-year-old after her practice session on Tuesday, but the humble champion obliged patiently. Following that session, Saina touched base on various aspects to this newspaper.

Upset victories were the order of the day as a handful of seeded players bit the dust on the opening day of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open Grand Prix Gold 2010 badminton championship at the Nehru indoor stadium on Wednesday.

The spotlight will be on triple-jumper Renjith Maheshwari and 400m runner S.K. Mortaza at the third leg of the Asian Grand Prix here at the Nehru Stadium on Wednesday.
With countries like China, Japan and Korea sending their second string teams, the day-long event provides a great opportunity for the Indians to qualify for the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi later this year. The Indian GP will be held concurrently.

Hyundai Motor India on Monday said production at the Sriperumbudur plant was stopped, causing a loss of about Rs 65 crore, after workers went on a flash strike demanding reinstatement of workers dismi

With top international players giving the tournament a miss, home favourites Saina Nehwal and Chetan Anand will look to win the India Open Grand Prix Gold badminton event which starts with the qualify

An air disaster was averted near the Madurai airport when two passenger flights came dangerously close on Saturday afternoon. The near-miss occurred when an Air India aircraft from Chennai to Madurai, carrying 118 passengers, about to land at Madurai airport, came close to an ATR aircraft of Jet Airways from Thiruvananthapuram