They call it the sport of truth and the cycling federation is all out to cleanse the sport of cycling from all the filth that it has come to gather over the past few years. The Tour de France is the most widely recognized and most popular cycling...
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Marc Lievremont might have had a brilliant playing career for the French national rugby union team but that doesn't guarantee that he would have a similar illustrious career as a coach. Lievremont's appointment as the new rugby union coach of the...
Spyker have been granted permission by the FIA to change their name to Force India. The team, bought by Vijay Mallya in partnership with Mol family for £61m will race under the new name complementing its logo in the colors of Indian Flag from next...
Kimi Raikkonen: F1 World Champion 2007! Now if anyone would have told me this a couple of races back then I sure as hell would have laughed at their stupidity. But then sporting gods have a cruel way of laughing in your face. In the high voltage...
File this under the 'shock news' segment. Sunday saw some surprises in the sports arena. First Kimi won the F1 title & now Roger Federer lost a tennis match! As much as you might tell me that sport is unpredictable, Federer losing at the Masters...
Thirty six days ago when England lost by a 36-point margin to South Africa in their opening Pool game in the Rugby World Cup, most of the rugby pundits and commentators were writing off England's chances of even reaching the final, let alone...
Both Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton will fight for the one final time this year in the season ending Brazilian Grand Prix to decide the Formula 1 world champion this weekend. Lewis Hamilton is presently leading the driver championship but cannot...
Andy Murray is one player who has the talent to dethrone Roger Federer from his top spot. On his day, Murray can beat anyone in the world but lacks in terms of consistency.
His inconsistent form was once again visible when he was defeated by...
20-year old Andy Murray is often touted as the next Tim Henman. With time on his side and the massive potential that the Scottish tennis star has got, there's no doubt that he is going to be even better than 33-year old Henman.
As the tennis season...
South Africa were hardly anticipated to reach even as far as the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup, but they have surpassed all barriers. The Springboks rallied to a 37-13 victory against Argentina in the second semi-final on Sunday to book their...
In 2006, Floyd Landis became the first Tour de France winner to be stripped off the title. The reason was that he tested positive for doping during the race. More than one year has passed and this year's race is already over but the controversy...
The Yankees who had overcome a much of a potential vulnerability to make it to October ran out of time and luck once again after becoming first-round playoff victims, falling 6-4 to the Cleveland Indians at the American League Division Series.
The...
Jones considered as one of the longest and most dismal tales in sports that has been disfigured by doping, reached its denouement by handing over the five medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics. Jones won the 100 metres, 200 metres in addition...
It seems, Lewis Hamilton's luck is not with him. After winning a pole position in the Chinese grand prix, most of the experts were sure that he would be crowned the next Formula 1 champion in China itself but sadly Hamilton retired mid way through...
For the first time in its 30-years of history, the 30th LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon was put off as hundreds of runners were hit by the heatwave.
It was the hottest in the marathon's history, hitting 31degree. Of the 24,931 that participated,...
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