Sports
Devilstorm blows away Chennai
Apr 10th
A look around the packed Ferozshah Kotla during its first IPL match of the season and you wonder whether Delhi has such a strong Chennai Super Kings support base that has turned up waving thousands of yellow balloon-sticks.
And strangely enough, they are sporting enough to even cheer the fall
of CSK wickets! But a closer look reveals this mighty army is actually rooting for Delhi Daredevils — it’s just that the cellular company, that has armed the fans with these, have the same colours as the visiting team on Tuesday night.
Chennai Cheetahs destory Bhopal Badshahs 4-1
Mar 20th
Chennai Cheetahs scored an emphatic 4-1 victory over Bhopal Badshahs to register their third straight win in the Bridgestone World Series Hockey tournament here on Tuesday.
In all counts, it was a convincing win for the hosts as they controlled the game well and managed to gain nine penalty corners despite a strong defence and excellent saves from goalkeeper Baljit Singh. After Pakistani centre-half Waseem Ahmed drew the first blood in the third minute, Pakistan’s ace drag flicker Syed Imran Warsi found the equaliser from their third penalty corner in the fifth minute.
Mumbai Marines brings down Chennai Cheetahs
Mar 6th
Chennai Cheetahs suffered its second defeat in four matches in its first appearance on home turf when Mumbai Marines claimed full points with a 4-2 victory in the World Series Hockey (WSH) at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium on Tuesday.
Before a fairly large crowd and amidst a festive ambience, the Chennai squad failed to consolidate the splendid start provided by the Pakistani star Imran Warsi.
Mumbai collapse to give Chennai 24-run win
Apr 8th
In a dramatic collapse, Mumbai Indians handed out a 24-run victory to the Chennai Super Kings at the M Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday. Mumbai restricted Chennai to 164-4, and were in control during the powerplay but the Super Kings bounced back by taking six wickets for 28 runs after Sachin Tendulkar got retired hurt due to dehydration.
Robin soldering to take part in Chennai open
Oct 27th
Chennai,Oct26: Robin Soldering of Sweden, ranked 10th in the world,has confirmed participation in the ATP World Tour tennis tournament, ‘Aircel Chennai Open 2010′, to be held here from January 4 to 10 next.
‘Chennai open is a much awaited event in the international tennis circuit.India is a fascinating country and I am looking forward to visiting India and playing at the tournament this year,’ Soldering said.
Soldering’s performance chart since 2006 shows a phenomenal improvement as he progressed from top 50 in 2007 to 20 in 2008.The current season has been more fruitful as he surprised Nadal in Roland Grass French Open in the fourth round en route to his first ever Grand Slam final this year, a release said here today.
In Paris, he went on to beat three top 15 ranked opponents — David Ferrer(14), Nikolay Davydenko (11) in the quarterfinals and Fernando Gonzalex (12) in the semifinals before losing to Roger Federer.
His run in the French Open, which helped him gain 1200 points and his two solid performances in China, pushed up his ranking to ten.
Soldering, trained by a former ATP professional,Magnus Normal, had scored over Davydenko in tournaments in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and has won 45 matches of 63 singles ties in tour tournaments this year.
The 25-year-old Swede has also won four ATP Tour Titles in his career (3 Indoor–2004, 05, 08) and in Bastad in 2009 and was a finalist on seven occasions. – Agencies
