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Double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar made a glorious return to the international arena by clinching a gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa. Returning to international wrestling after more than three years, Sushil defeated New Zealand Akash Khullar’s via a pinfall in the final of the 74kg freestyle category to clinch the yellow metal. It was ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Around 20000 people including youths from various parts of country and abroad participated in Half Marathon, which was organized by Uttarakhand police to sensitise people about road safety and women safety here in Dehradun on December 17. State DGP Anil Kumar Raturi flagged off the run while Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat distributed prizes among the winners. ...

The BCCI yesterday rolled out the red carpet for war-ravaged Afghanistan by agreeing to host the country’s maiden Test match but chose to cold-shoulder a cricket-starved Pakistan in its latest Future Tours Programme (FTP). Afghanistan, a team that has made rapid strides in international cricket despite the constant troubles back home, will play its first ever Test against India in ...

The national capital will host the inaugural India Open International Boxing Tournament for senior men and women from January 28 to February 1 next year. Boxing Federation of India President Ajay Singh revealed this during the felicitation ceremony of Indian pugilists who won medals in the AIBA Youth Women’s World Championships in Guwahati last month. “This is the first time ...

A herculean effort from Dhananjaya DeSilva backed up by some gritty batting by the Sri Lankans helped the hosts salvage the Delhi test against India. Continuing with 3 wickets down from late last evening, Sri Lanka had their backs against the wall before DeSilva dug in to score a determined century and deny India another win over the islanders. Skipper ...

Kohli (156*) notched up his 20th Test century while donning the aggressor’s role and Murali Vijay (155) brought up his 11th triple-figure score, playing second fiddle. The duo added 283 runs for the third wicket and India went on to finish the day at 371 for four. For the brief while Kohli batted in the first session, he showed what ...

1st Gold for India in 22 years Mirabai Chanu on Thursday became the first Indian in over two decades to claim a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championship in Anaheim, USA, exorcising the ghosts of her forgettable outing at the Rio Olympics. Chanu, who is employed with the Indian Railways, lifted 85kg in snatch and 109kg in clean and ...

The Community Football Club of India has been launched here with a view to play in the Youth I-League in the coming years. The new club, launched yesterday, “is an initiative to promote football across the country”, by creating a platform for the budding players across the city, state and nation, it was announced during the launch function held at ...

India dismissed Sri Lanka for 166 runs in 49.3 overs in their second innings just after lunch to wrap up the match well inside four days. Ravichandran Ashwin (4/63) picked up four wickets for India, while Ravindra Jadeja (2/28), Umesh Yadav (2/30) and Ishant Sharma (2/43) shared six wickets between them. Ashwin also became the fastest bowler to take 300 ...

It was gold rush for India at the AIBA World Women’s Youth Championships with the country’s pugilists grabbing four top positions after the first set of finals, here today. Nitu (48kg), Jyoti Gulia (51kg), Sakshi Choudhury (54kg) and Shashi Chopra (57kg) won gold medals in the first set of finals, which were halted for 45 minutes by a minor fire ...