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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 ...

Inspired efforts of  skipper Virat Kohli and pacer Bhuwaneswar Kumar brought life into a game that was headed to  a dull draw. Virat Kohli posted his 18th Test century and then declared India’s innings closed Monday, setting Sri Lanka a target of 231 runs for victory from 47 overs in a late push for a result in the rain-affected series-opener. ...

Roger Federer admits earning the year-end world number one ranking is no longer a realistic ambition despite his remarkable renaissance this year. Federer is already certain to finish behind Rafael Nadal in the final rankings of 2017, but the world number two appears poised to push his old rival for top spot next year. If Federer wins this week’s ATP ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU India won the Asia Cup by defeating china and secured place in hockey World Cup scheduled next year following a nerve-wracking win over China in the final here today. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has congratulated the Indian Women’s hockey team on winning Asia Cup 2017. The team broke a 13-year-old jinx when skipper Rani scored ...

The celebrated M C Mary Kom was Saturday assured of her sixth medal at the Asian women’s Boxing Championships after she advanced to the semifinals of the continental showpiece event here. Mary Kom defeated Chinese Taipei’s Meng-Chieh Pin in a split verdict in the quarterfinals to make the last four stage of the light flyweight (48kg) category. The 34-year-old, who ...

Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma struck sparkling centuries as India notched up a thrilling six-run win against New Zealand to capture the three-match ODI series 2-1, at the Green Park on Sunday. After posting a challenging 337/6, India restricted the Black Caps to 331/7 in 50 overs, thus ensuring back-to-back series wins against the rivals on home soil ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) affiliated to Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and World Blind Cricket (WBC) today announced the Mumbai leg of the 24th National Cricket Tournament which will be organised by Cricket Association for the Blind of Maharashtra (CABM). The zonal tournaments that started early this month will end next week in Mumbai, as ...

“India is a football country now,” FIFA president Giani Infantino declared after arriving here to chair the FIFA Council meeting on Friday and attend the U-17 World Cup final. Asked about the successful organistion of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the 47-year-old clad in a dark suit said: “Thank you very much all the Indians. That’s most important. It’s a ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has caught up with Lionel Messi to become a five-time winner of FIFA’s best player award. The Real Madrid forward was crowned player of the year on yesterday at the FIFA Best ceremony at the London Palladium theater attended by runner-up Messi and third-placed Neymar. A second successive honor for Ronaldo was expected after a season in which ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In a bid to mark the state foundation state, state government is going to organise a ‘Khel Mahakumbh’ at four different levels including Nyay panchayat, Block, District and State from November 9. Talking to the media person State sports Director Prashant Arya said that its objective is to search the sports talents from across the State and to ...