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PV Sindhu’s gallant effort to become India’s first ever World Champion ended in a heart- wrenching defeat against Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in an epic final, here today. In the longest match of the tournament, which tested the physical and mental strength of both the players, Sindhu lost 19-21 22-20 20-22 after battling hard for one hour and 49 minutes. Their ...

Losing 7 wickets for 22 runs and still requiring another 100 odd runs it looked all but over for the men in blue and finally Sri Lanka could sniff a victory in the ongoing series against India, but MS Dhoni and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar scripted an unlikely comeback to take India home with 3 wickets remaining. M.S. Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar ...

Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s singles competition after defeating Korea’s Kim Hyo Min in the second round of the World Championship here today. Sindhu, who twice won bronze medals at the 2013 and 2014 editions, notched up a 21-16 21-14 win over Kim in a 49-minute match, to extend her head-to-head record ...

The FIFA U-17 World Cup, to be hosted by India, will kick off in the 50 next days with the first two matches slated on October 6 in Delhi and Mumbai. The tournament will be played at six venues — Goa, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Navi Mumbai and New Delhi. In the tournament’s maiden match, Colombia and Ghana will lock horns ...

Gurjant Singh and Mandeep Singh scored a goal apiece as a resolute Indian men’s hockey team overcome world No. 4 Netherlands 2-1 in an exciting encounter in Amsterdam. Led by Manpreet Singh, the team last night featured nine players from the junior team, but still beat an experienced Netherlands squad through goals from Gurjant (4th minute) and Mandeep (51). India, ...

Rafael Nada’s quest to reclaim the Number 1 spot was halted by home hope Dennis Shapovalov in a 3 set thriller at the Rogers Cup. 10 time French Open champion who was seeded number 1 in the absence of Andy Murray and could have overtaken the Scot for the top spot by reaching the semis was shocked by the 18 ...

Vijender Singh’s undefeated streak in Pro boxing remained intact with a win over Chinese Zulpikar Maimaitiali in Mumbai. Infront of a hugely supportive home crowd the 31 year old bronze medalist was adjudged the victor with a 96-9, 95-94 95-94 scoreline at the end of a grueling 10 round match. Vijender dedicates title to Indo-China peace; ready to return Zulpikar’s ...

Indian eves finish agonizingly short of lifting the trophy at Lords Anya Shrubsole’s six-wicket haul helped England beat India by 9 runs in the final of the Women’s World Cup at Lord’s on Sunday. With this win, hosts England won their fourth ICC Women’s World Cup title. India, led by Mithali Raj, had reached the final for the second time ...

Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title and became the tournament’s oldest champion today with a straight-sets victory over injury-hit Marin Cilic who dramatically broke down in tears midway through the final. Federer claimed his 19th Grand Slam title 6-3 6-1 6-4 and at 35 is Wimbledon’s oldest men’s winner of the modern era, succeeding Arthur Ashe, who was ...

The BCCI today named Ravi Shastri as the new chief coach of the Indian cricket team with former fast bowling great Zaheer Khan being appointed the bowling coach for a period of two years. “On Cricket Advisory Committee’s recommendation, we have decided to appoint Ravi Shastri as the chief coach while Zaheer Khan will be appointed bowling coach for a ...