Sydney siege: The brave waitress who escaped the terror

An armed gunman on Monday took several people hostage at the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Sydney and forced two people to hold what appeared to be a black flag bearing Islamic slogans written in Arabic......

Tokyo Games: JOY and AGONY

The Tokyo Olympics produced many, many, many emotional moments for the athletes and their coaches... Please click on the images for a better look at the action. IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra celebrates......

Sports Shorts: Saina meets Tai Tzu in All England opener

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday. IMAGE: Saina Nehwal has a chance to improve her dismal record against defending champion Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan. Photograph: PTI......

US Open GP Gold badminton: Praneeth in quarters; Jwala-Ashwini advance

It was a day of mixed fortunes for India’s badminton players at the $120,000 US Open Grand Prix Gold tournament as Sai Praneeth sneaked into the quarter-finals after a hard-earned victory......

Kashyap, Saina enter second round of Hong Kong Open

Parupalli Kashyap showed nerves of steel to shock world No 10 Jan Jorgensen of Denmark in an edge-of-the-seat men's singles match to advance to the second round at the Hong Kong Super Series on......

Jayaram stuns world No 6 Sasaki, Saina advances

Saina Nehwal began her title defence at the Hong Kong Open Super Series with a thrashing of local girl Tsz Ka Chan on Wednesday. The world No 4 needed just 28 minutes to send Chan packing 21-4,......