Marasaw.com

Hindu.com
NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation President Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said on Tuesday that the federation understood Baichung Bhutia’s sentiments in declining the invitation to participate in the Olympic torch relay.
In a statement, Mr. Dasmunsi said: “His concern on the Lhasa incident is a concern of any other human rights activist against the violence.”
Mr. Dasmunsi [...]

Fresh from a glorious victory down under, the Indian cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is said to go back to the basics. Dhoni will be heading to school to complete unfinished education. Dhoni is slated to attend college from August, 2008 to complete his BCom degree. He will be studying at the St. Xavier’s College [...]

Serena Wiliams today(March 9) won the WTA Bangalore Open 2008 beating Patty Schnyder.
Serana Williams beat Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 to  pocket a prize money USD 600,000. Serena dominated the proccedings throughout and won on important points, never letting Schnyder into the match.

BANGALORE, India (AP) - Unseeded Chinese Yan Zi shocked top-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Friday to enter the semifinals of the $600,000 WTA Tour’s Bangalore Open.
“This is one of the best wins of my career, it’s been a dream run,” said Yan, who defeated eighth-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia in the opening [...]

CHINA’S PENG Shuai spaced out just before reaching planet Venus.
The second seeded Williams played a nail-biting second round match against a strong-willed Shuai before prevailing 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-2 at the $6,00,000 Bangalore Open on Wednesday.
The world No. 7 struggled with her serve and committed as many as 15 double faults. For the unseeded Chinese, [...]

Bangalore: The applause from the stands was spontaneous and though chants of “come on Serena” more for the television cameras, there was indeed strong support for the former World No. 1 and current No. 10. Serena Williams. The third seed did not disappoint her fans as she defeated Israel’s unseeded Tzipora Obziler 7-5, 6-0 in [...]

BANGALORE: The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) has announced that tickets for Bangalore Open 2008, scheduled to be held at the Kingfisher KSLTA Stadium from March 3 to 9, are on sale.
The tickets can be bought either online from the Ticketpro website ( www.ticketpro.in ) or from the KSLTA office.
Tickets are priced from Rs.165 [...]

New Delhi: Sania Mirza slipped out of top 30 bracket after losing three positions to be 32nd in the latest WTA rankings issued on Monday.
 
Sania, who will open her campaign at the Qatar Open on Tuesday, however, maintained her doubles ranking at 23.
 
India’s second best women’s player, the US-based Sunitha Rao had her singles ranking [...]

Mumbai: At eight years and seven months, Swapnali Yadav has done India proud. The “Little Mermaid”, as she is popularly known, became the youngest ever swimmer to cross the 30-km Messinikos Gulf in Greece.
As India’s only representative in the 19th World Swimming Marathon, organised by the Greece Swimming Association under the aegis of the Federation [...]

CAPTAIN’S DELIGHT: Baichung Bhutia exults after his strike.
NEW DELHI: An overflowing stadium and football to match the occasion; the audience could not have aspired for more. And an Indian victory was indeed a heady mix as the home team took its place in the final of the ONGC Nehru Cup tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium [...]

Football-crazy Mizo youths, fans of English football teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal have been trying to outscore each other in forming fan clubs of these teams.
Remruata Renthlei, one of the ardent fans of Manchester United said the Manchester United Supporters Association Of Mizoram (MUSAM), has more than 1,000 members all over the [...]

Imphal, Aug. 9: Nearly 250 athletes from the region are expected to compete in the three-day 1st North East ZonalAthletic Meet to be held here from August 24 to 26.
Partcipants from Tripura, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram and Manipur have confirmed participation in the events. Although there are fewer athletes from states like [...]

Sania Mirza beat qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round of the East West Bank Classic at Carson on Monday.
The 30th ranked Sania did not have much problem in taming the 109th ranked Wozniak as she notched up an easy victory over the qualifier at the Tier II hard court event.
Sania will [...]

 
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Roger Federer hit an overhead smash to capture his fifth straight Wimbledon title. He then collapsed to his knees in jubilation and relief — just as Bjorn Borg used to do.
Federer played — and won — his first five-setter in a Grand Slam final, beating nemesis Rafael Nadal 7-6 (7), 4-6, [...]