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India`s top singles player Somdev Devvarman was felicitated here on Thursday ahead of the Aircel Chennai Open 2011, for winning gold medals at both the Commonwealth Games in Delhi and Asian Games at Guangzhou. more...
Tennis stalwart Mahesh Bhupathi feels it has been a `big` year for Indian tennis capped by Somdev Devvarman`s exceptional showing at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. more...
India are hoping to follow their impressive performance at the Commonwealth Games with another big medal haul at the Asian Games in Guangzhou but tougher competition awaits them in China. more...
Kolkata, Oct 28 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday assured jobs to several Commonwealth Games (CWG) medal winners and other sportspersons and announced that her department will set up four academies to groom talent with the 2012 Olympics in mind. more...
Hyderabad, Oct 24 (PTI) She may not have succeeded inwinning a gold at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games,but tennis star Sania Mirza is now looking forward to give herbest in the next month's Asian Games in Guangzhou. more...
Tennis made its debut at the Commonwealth Games last month, which took place in Delhi from 3-14 October. The Games -- which take place between the 54 Commonwealth nations, […] more...
World and NEW DELHI: World and Commonwealth Games cham- pion Sushil Kumar will skip next month's Asian Games in China. The star wrestler has decided to give the Asiad a miss as he wants to recover ful more...
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman Sunday created history by becoming the first player to win a gold medal in the men's singles at the Commonwealth Games tennis competition, which made its debut in this edition. Somdev outclassed Australia's Greg Jones 6-4, 6-2. more...
He was expected to give India at least two gold medals on tennis debut in the Commonwealth Games but all Leander Paes got was a bronze and that too at the cost of another Indian pair. more...
The fogeys still have it. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, got the better of the younger pair comprising Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna 6-3, 7-6 (4) to pick up the Commonwealth Games (CWG) bronze more...
Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) A gritty Sania Mirza saved fourmatch points before going down 3-6 6-2 6-7 (3) to top seedAnastasia Rodionova in a heart-stopping women's singles finalto settle for a silver in the tennis competition of the 19thCommonwealth Games here today. more...
India has had it good so far at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in terms of a medal haul. But Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathy and a few other […] more...
Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirzawill carry India's gold medal hopes in the tennis event of theCommonwealth Games as they progressed to the singles finalsbut star pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi bit the dustin a big upset here today. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Sania Mirza and Shoaib Mailk have been married for over six months. But seeing the Indian-Pakistani pair at the Commonwealth Games together clearly shows their honeymoon is far from over. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman was at his fluent best on way to the men's singles final while Sania Mirza took time to come on top in the women's singles semi-final of the tennis competition at the Commonwealth Games here Friday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Top seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of the men's doubles event at the Commonwealth Games Friday, losing to fourth seeded Australian Peter Luczak and Paul Hanley 2-6, 2-6 in the semifinals. more...
India won their 15th gold medal in the Commonwealth Games when the hosts' women archers beat England in the final of the Recurve team competition. more...
The highlights of the day were nothing less than India entering her name on the medals table. There was another piece of heartening news for the Indian fans. The pair of Leander Paes and Sania Mirza started their campaign in a wining style in their mixed doubles in the tennis event at the Commonwealth Games [...] more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Leading lights of tennis doubles Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi capped a successful day for the Indians at the Commonwealth Games tennis competition entering the quarter-finals with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 victory over Sri Lanka's Amresh Jayawickreme and Thangarajah Dineshkanthan Tuesday. more...
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi carved out a straight set win as India continued their domination in the tennis event of the Commonwealth Games. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) India's experienced pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi moved into the men's doubles quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Games tennis with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Sri Lanka's Thangarajah Dineshkanthan and Amresh Jayawickreme here Tuesday. more...
Top seed Somdev Devvarman survived a scare before progressing to the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles tennis event of the Commonwealth Games as the Indian struggled past Bahamas' Devin Mullings 6-4 6-2 in the opening round here on Tuesday. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) Top seed Somdev Devvarman surviveda scare before progressing to the pre-quarterfinals of themen's singles tennis event of the Commonwealth Games as theIndian struggled past Bahamas' Devin Mullings 6-4 6-2 in theopening round here today. more...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (ANI): Olympian gold winner Abhinav Bindra and World Champion Gagan Narang won their first gold medals for India in the Pairs 10 m Air Rifle Mens event at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. more...
India were off to a perfect start in the tennis event of Commonwealth Games with Rohan Bopanna demolishing Robert Buyinza of Uganda in straight sets in the men's […] more...
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Leander Paes and Sania Mirza rounded off a successful opening day for India with a facile 6-1, 6-0 victory over Saint Lucia's Stacey Nykita Roheman and Alberton Richelieu to enter the mixed doubles quarterfinals as tennis made its debut at the Commonwealth Games here Monday. more...
India started their Commonwealth Games campaign on a winning note as Rohan Bopanna won his match against Buyinza Robert of Uganda 2-0. His next match is against Australian […] more...
Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) They have always come up withsomething special when representing the country and theIndian tennis players are expected to continue the traditionwhen the sport makes its debut at the Commonwealth Gamesstarting tomorrow. more...
I have been part of the Indian team at quite a few multi-dis- cipline events like the Olympics, Asian Games, Afro-Asian Games and South Asian Federation Games. Now, add the Commonwealth Games to the l more...
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) India's woman tennis star Sania Mirza is skipping the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games here Sunday while the men's tennis team, too, were non-committal about it. more...
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) India's woman tennis star Sania Mirza will skip the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games here Sunday to keep herself fresh for the mixed doubles first round tie the next day. more...
Indian contingent will be without Sania Mirza at Sunday's opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games as it was decided on Saturday that on Monday. more...
After their Davis Cup heroics that ensured India's entry into the elite World Group, Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devvarman will have another burden to bear when they step on to the court during the Commonwealth Games. more...
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathisuffered a rare defeat together as they made a shockfirst-round exit from Thailand Open, the only ATP tournamentthey played together ahead of the Commonwealth Games. more...
India's sportsmen hope to strike it rich at their own Commonwealth Games even though delays in building venues have deprived them of any home advantage. more...
Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) The game of tennis has "enoughdepth" to negate the absence of star players when the sportmakes its debut at the Commonwealth Games, feels India's starplayer Sania Mirza. more...
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) Former sprint queen P.T. Usha feels it is indifferent form and injuries and not the recent controversies that have resulted in the pullout of some top foreign athletes from the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. more...
The CWG might be in the news for all the wrong reasons but Leander Paes urged fellow athletes, not to get distracted by the negative developments. more...
Mumbai, Sep 23 (PTI) In spite of the absence of topsingles players Andy Murray and Lleyton Hewitt, doublesspecialist Mahesh Bhupathi expects a tough challenge for theIndian men players in the Commonwealth Games. more...
India`s doubles pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi today confirmed their participation in the Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi from October 3-14. more...
After their win against Brazil in the Davis Cup yesterday, India’s once-upon-a-time famed doubles combination – Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have confirmed that they will be playing […] more...
With some proven champions and emerging stars in its ranks, India can hope for a medal rush when tennis makes its debut at the Commonwealth Games next month. more...
Out of the five events in the competition, India will be outright favourites in the men's doubles and mixed doubles events with multiple Grand Slam winner Leander Paes featuring in both. more...
Jaideep Mukherjea, the Chairman of CWG preparation programme for tennis, today predicted that India will pocket at least three gold medals during the New Delhi Commonwealth Games next month. more...
The payment row that threatened to derail India's tennis campaign in the upcoming Commonwealth Games was resolved today with the government approving Rs1 crore for five elite players. more...
Leander Paes is set to partner Sania Mirza in the Commonwealth Games mixed doubles event. “The names have already been sent and Leander will partner Sania,“ the team's coach Jaidip Mukherjea confir more...
The payment row which prompted top tennis players to issue a Commonwealth Games boycott threat is expected to take another fortnight to resolve. more...
India’s top tennis players, who had threatened to boycott the Commonwealth Games because of non-payment of dues, Saturday pledged to represent the country in the mega event after being given a categorical assurance that the vexed issues would be resolved soon. more...
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A trickily-worded clarification by top Indian tennis stars over their threatened boycott of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games has led to different interpretations. more...
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) Ending the stalemate over apayment dispute, India's revolting tennis players today saidthey will represent the country in the upcoming Davis Cup tieand Commonwealth Games after being given an assurance by theSports Ministry. more...
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Top Indian tennis players Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna have threatened to pull out of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games over the non-payment of their dues. The sports ministry has held the All India Tennis Association (AITA) responsible for not submitting the requisite documents for reimbursement. more...
More trouble is in the offing for the Commonwealth Games - this time from India's top tennis players who have reportedly demanded their dues to be cleared before confirming their participation for the high-profile Games to be held in New Delhi from October 3 to 14. more...
The All India Tennis Associationdismissed media reports that MaheshBhupathi, Leander Paes, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna havethreatened to pull out of the Commonwealth Games due tonon-clearance of Davis Cup dues. more...
Sania Mirza will spearhead a rather weak Indian challenge at the Commonwealth Games after being named in a four-member women's team by the AITA. more...
Three years ago, the Union Cabinet sanctioned an amount of Rs 21 crore to help prepare India's tennis challenge in the Commonwealth Games. Out of this amount, India's leading Grand Slam winner Lean more...