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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana won their matches on Monday in the North Zone Blind Cricket Tournament held for the first time in Uttarakhand. Seven out of eight teams of the blind cricketers are participating in the tournament. In the first match Delhi beat Punjab with the help of terrific batting line. Delhi scored 461 runs in 40 overs ...

New Zealand batsmen showed clinical efficiency in a tricky chase to spoil Virat Kohli’s milestone match with a comfortable six-wicket victory over India in the opening One day International, here tonight. For the ‘Black Caps’, young gun Tom Latham (103 no) and senior pro Ross Taylor (95) batted with lot of purpose, chasing down a target of 281 in 49 ...

The BSF Half Marathon-2017 – in the memory of martyrs was flagged-off by the Minister of State for Youth Affairs (I/C) & Sports and Information and Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore here today. The marathon received overwhelming response of residents of Delhi and participants who registered to run for the cause. Total 4865 participants registered for the run. In addition, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Mussoorie International School hosted its 30th Annual Sports Meet today with variety of impressive sports, exercise and drill display by MIStars. A noted painter and an alumni of the school Neetika Chopra was chief guest of the meet. The Day started with a guard of honor for the Chief Guest and flag hoisting in presence of the ...

Eyes firmly set on retaining the numero uno status in the continent, favourites India face a tricky campaign-opener against Japan in the men’s Asia Cup hockey tournament starting here on Wednesday. The Asia Cup will be the beginning of new phase in Indian hockey as it would be newly-appointed coach Sjoerd Marijne’s first test post the sacking of Roelant Oltmans. ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to approve plans for its long-awaited World Test Championship at a meeting in New Zealand this week, it was reported today. The sport’s governing body has argued for years that a Test championship is needed to boost the five-day format’s popularity as crowds and television viewers flock to the big- hitting Twenty20 version ...

Formidable Germany have their task cut out when they take on Costa Rica in their campaign-opener of the FIFA U-17 World Cup here tomorrow. Germany have made 10 appearances in the tournament but have not won the title so far and are now looking to win this time. They landed early here to adjust themselves to the conditions and have ...

Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj will come out with her autobiography next year which will provide a candid and revealing look into her personal and sporting life. Penguin Random House India today announced that it has acquired the rights to publish the memoir. Raj says she’s excited to share her story and hopes that people come to like ...

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi scored twice in a 3-0 win over Las Palmas on Sunday in a Liga match played without fans following clashes between police and voters in Catalonia over a banned independence referendum. In the late game, Real Madrid earned their first home league victory of the season by beating Espanyol 2-0 with a goal in each half by ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Riding on some tremendous bowling by the spinners and outstanding batting by Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane, India won the fifth and last one day by defeating Australia by seven wicket. With this victory India clinched 4-1 series and also regained No-1 ranking. Chasing 243 run to win, Rohit and rahane scored 124 run for the first ...