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Wimbledon 2016: Djokovic, Serena earn top seeds

Wimbledon 2016: Djokovic, Serena earn top seeds

Sports June 24, 2016 at 5:36 pm 0 comments

London: Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are on course for a Wimbledon final showdown after being confirmed as the top two seeds for the grass-court Grand Slam. World number one Djokovic and second ranked Murray will be seeded in those positions, All England Club officials announced on Wednesday, meaning theyRead More

Boxer Mary Kom denied wild card entry into Rio Olympics

Boxer Mary Kom denied wild card entry into Rio Olympics

Sports June 24, 2016 at 5:34 pm 0 comments

New Delhi: Her last hope for an Olympic berth might be over after the denial of a wildcard, but star Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom on Thursday said she would not hang up her gloves just yet. The 33-year-old five-time world champion could not make the cut forRead More

Lionel Messi shoots Argentina to Copa America final

Lionel Messi shoots Argentina to Copa America final

Sports June 23, 2016 at 11:24 am 0 comments

Houston: Lionel Messi scored his 55th international goal to become his country’s all-time leading scorer as Argentina thrashed hosts the United States 4-0 to ease into the final of the Centenary Copa America on Tuesday. Many of those in the 70,858 crowd in Houston had come to witness the BarcelonaRead More

Olympian Anju Bobby George resigns as the Sports Council Chief after being pressurised

Olympian Anju Bobby George resigns as the Sports Council Chief after being pressurised

Sports June 23, 2016 at 11:22 am 0 comments

New Delhi: Former athlete and Olympian Anju Bobby George has stepped down as the Sports Council Chief after reports of her being forced to quit from the position emerged in the national attention. George, who was accused by the current Kerala sports minister of corruption charges during her reign, demandedRead More

India follows China’s lead after Modi complaint about football

India follows China’s lead after Modi complaint about football

Sports June 23, 2016 at 11:21 am 0 comments

New Delhi: An ambitious project to awaken a sleeping giant of Asian soccer looks like confirming Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s famous remark that India pricks up its ears only when comparisons with China are made. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March lamented India’s decline from one of Asia’s top soccerRead More

Euro 2016: Croatia meet Spain, eyes on troublesome fans

Euro 2016: Croatia meet Spain, eyes on troublesome fans

Sports June 20, 2016 at 1:22 pm 0 comments

Bordeaux: When Croatia meet Spain in their final Euro 2016 group match on Tuesday there will be as much scrutiny of developments in the stands as on the pitch. The wilder element of the Croatian supporters have caused trouble at both of the country’s games so far and European soccer’sRead More

India bag silver in hockey Champions Trophy

India bag silver in hockey Champions Trophy

Sports June 20, 2016 at 12:59 pm 0 comments

London: India muffed three tries in the title-deciding shootout to settle for a silver medal in the 36th Hero Champions Trophy as they lost the final 1-3 against World Champions Australia, in London on Friday. Only Harmanpreet Singh was able to score in the shootout, while SK Uthappa, SV SunilRead More

Aegon Classic: Defending champion Angelique Kerber reaches quarters in Birmingham

Aegon Classic: Defending champion Angelique Kerber reaches quarters in Birmingham

Sports June 20, 2016 at 12:57 pm 0 comments

Birmingham, United Kingdom: Defending champion Angelique Kerber made a typically tenacious comeback from a set down and a day’s delay to reach the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon warm-up event in Birmingham on Friday. She did it with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 win over Daria Gavrilova, an improving young world numberRead More

Saina Nehwal buys Virat Kohli’s brand of aggression

Saina Nehwal buys Virat Kohli’s brand of aggression

Sports June 15, 2016 at 1:07 pm 0 comments

Hyderabad: Hard work, and more hard work, laced with aggression. That is Saina Nehwal’s mantra for success. The all-conquering Hyderabad shuttler, who is on a high after winning the Australian Open, now shifts her focus to the Olympics where she will look to better the bronze medal which she wonRead More

Dhoni becomes 4th in world to reach 350 dismissals in ODIs

Dhoni becomes 4th in world to reach 350 dismissals in ODIs

Sports June 15, 2016 at 1:05 pm 0 comments

Harare: Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday became the fourth wicketkeeper in the world to reach 350 dismissals in one-day internationals, while widening the gap further with his India predecessors. The limited overs skipper achieved the feat during the ongoing third and final ODI against Zimbabwe, when he caught Elton ChigumburaRead More