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India’s top two badminton stars — Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu — are on a collision course at the $275,000 Japan Open Superseries to be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium from September 8 to 13. The two are likely to meet in the second round of women’s singles in the Japanese capital if they […]
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Held to a goalless draw by lower-ranked Nepal, India football coach Stephen Constantine rued the missed chances in the international friendly match here and said it was a learning process for his team. A dominating 156th-ranked home side was held to a goalless draw by Nepal, ranked 184, in an international friendly at the Balewadi
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Tennis star Sania Mirza was conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna — the country’s highest sporting honour — while shooting sensation was among the Arjuna award recipients in a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the award to Sania, clad in a maroon saree and blue blazer, amid thunderous
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Before 1965, India and Pakistan had squared off on the playing field on several occasions. Despite the bitterness of the Partition, most of the encounters in cricket, hockey and football were held in a cordial atmosphere though there were intimations of the high stakes involved. It was in 1952 that India had the opportunity to
1965: The year India, Pakistan began sparring in sports Read More »
Usain Bolt said he might end his glittering career at next year’s Olympics after he completed a world sprint double in Beijing — and got clattered by an electric scooter into the bargain. The towering Jamaican said he was only 50-50 about running at the next world championships in 2017 in London, and could retire
I may retire after Rio 2016 Olympics, or I may not: Usain Bolt Read More »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tribute to hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand on his 110th birth anniversary and extended best wishes to all sports enthusiasts across the country on the occasion of the National Sports Day. “Best wishes to sports enthusiasts and tributes to Major Dhyan Chand on National Sports Day. May sports
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It’s bad enough that seemingly half of India’s sports federations are involved in one court case or another (or multiple, in the case of the BCCI), but now India’s sportspersons are crowding the courtroom over national awards as well. Para-athlete H N Girisha’s petition challenging Sania Mirza’s right to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Usain Bolt’s celebrations after completing a world championship sprint double came to a painful halt on Thursday after he was knocked over by a cameraman on an electric scooter. The bizarre accident happened when the cameraman strayed too close to a barefoot Bolt as he posed for photos following his gold medal run in the
Usain Bolt laughs off cameraman crash, jokes Gatin paid him off Read More »
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with table-topper Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the third round to open his account in the Sinquefield Cup — a part of the Grand Chess tour. After two back-to-back defeats in the first two rounds, Anand needed a breather and, while the Indian ace gave nothing
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Karnataka High Court today found substance in the claim of Para-athlete H N Girisha challenging the recommendation of Sania Mirza for the prestigious Khel Ratna award and issued notices to sports ministry and the tennis ace herself. Justice AS Bopanna, who heard the case on a petition filed by Girisha, directed the respondents to reply
Sania Mirza’s Khel Ratna award stayed Read More »
Shot putter Inderjeet Singh finished last in the final round to end his maiden World Athletics Championships appearance in disappointment while Baljinder Singh took the 12th spot in the 20km race walk event on the second day of competitions here today. Inderjeet, the reigning Asian champion, made it to the final round as one of
Inderjeet finishes last in shot put finals, Baljinder 12th in race walk Read More »
U Mumba overcame a fighting Bengaluru Bulls 36-30 in a thrilling summit clash to lift the second Star Sports Pro Kabaddi crown at a packed NSCI Stadium here tonight. Starting the game as slight favourites, the Mumbai outfit had to stretch every sinew to get the better of their rivals from Bengaluru who fought tooth
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Lalita Babar of India broke the national record in the 3000m steeplechase event of the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing on Monday, qualifying for the final with the eighth best timing in the heats. Babar finished fourth in her heat with a timing of 9:27.86 mins which was topped by favourite Habiba Ghribi of
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Favourites U Mumba will meet Bengaluru Bulls in the final of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League Season 2 at the indoor stadium of the National Sports Club of India, here on Sunday. In the semifinals on Friday, the Mumbai team crushed the challenge of Patna Pirates 35-18 while Bulls snatched a 39-38 thriller against
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For Indian boxing star and Olympic medalist Mary Kom, qualifying for next year’s Rio Olympics will in itself be a big achievement. “With increasing competition in the domestic circuit, qualifying for Rio is at the top of my priority list at the moment. If and when I do that, I will be ready to talk
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Star India shuttler Saina Nehwal has signed a two-year deal with leading sports management group, IOS Sports & Entertainment. IOS will now manage Saina’s endorsements, appearances, brand profiling, patents, licensing and digital rights, images and visibility on social networking sites. The London Olympic bronze medallist had recently won a silver at the Badminton World Championship
World No. 1 Saina Nehwal signs Rs 25 cr deal with sports management group IOS Read More »
World Championship silver medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal feels her decision to change base to Bangalore under Vimal Kumar’s tutelage turned out to be a masterstroke as it helped her regain her game and prolong her career, which was in serious doubt last year. Saina reiterated that she contemplated quitting last year following a string of
I contemplated quitting last year, Saina Nehwal says Read More »
English football club West Ham United’s ladies team has signed Indian international goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan. Coming on the back of Indian men’s team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu playing first division football in Norway, this is turning out to be a golden period for Indian custodians. Aditi, the club said the goalkeeper was a late addition
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Indian men’s hockey team returned to winning ways and defeated hosts Spain 2-0 in the fourth match of the ongoing tour of Europe on Wednesday. After emerging winners against France in the two matches of their first leg, India had started the second leg of the Europe tour with a disappointing 1-4 defeat against Spain
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New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) Sania Mirza today became only the second tennis player to be recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, while star cricketer Rohit Sharma and ace shooter Jitu Rai were among the 17 sportspersons picked for this year’s Arjuna awards. Sania, currently ranked world number one in women’s doubles, scripted
Sania Mirza selected for Khel Ratna, Rohit Sharma for Arjuna award Read More »
Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth will be at the forefront as a strong Indian badminton contingent look to create a flutter at the World Championships, starting here from Monday. It is for the first time that India will have two players in the top 5 — Saina (World No 2 in women’s singles) and Srikanth
After a cruise against France, a tougher test awaits the Indian men’s hockey team when it takes on Spain in a three-match series starting here on Monday. Both India and Spain put up a challenging performance in The Netherlands at the 2014 World Cup where they settled for a 1-1 draw. They had also met
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