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Six-time champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) on Saturday settled for a bronze medal in the World Women’s Boxing Championships after losing to Turkey’s Busenaz Cakiroglu in an intense semifinal bout inRussia. Mary Kom, seeded third, lost 1-4 to second seed Cakiroglu, who is the reigning European Championships and European Games gold-medallist. The Indian contingent sought a review of the ...

Sports Mahakumbh will be held in the first week of next month in which more than two lakh players will participate in 16 sports competitions. On Friday, Sports and Youth Welfare Secretary Brijesh Kumar Sant took a meeting of the state level organizing committee and gave necessary instructions to the officials regarding its preparation. Taking a meeting of the State ...

After a winning start in the American professional circuit, Indian boxing star Vijender Singh will next be seen in action in Dubai on November 22 against a yet-to-be-finalised opponent. The unbeaten Vijender (11-0, 8 KOs) will look to extend his unbeaten record on a card promoted by Round 10 Boxing and MTK Global, in association with Top Rank — the ...

India defeated South Africa by 203 runs in the first Test match played in Visakhapatnam to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series. Rohit Sharma played an important role in this victory, who scored 176 runs in the first innings and 127 runs in the second innings. Rohit Sharma was adjudged ‘Man of the Match’ for his twin ...

World champion P V Sindhu slipped a place to the sixth spot after a poor run in the last two weeks but former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap continued his good run, breaking into the top 25 in the latest BWF ranking on Tuesday. Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, who made early exits at the China Open and Korea Open, dropped ...

Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal crashed out of the China Open Super 1000 tournament after suffering a first round defeat to Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan in the women’s singles on Wednesday. The London Olympic bronze medallist lost 10-21 17-21 at the hands of the World No. 19 Ongbamrungphan in a match that lasted for 45 minutes. It was the former world ...

India captain Virat Kohli has managed to hold on to his second position behind Australia’s Steve Smith in the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen released on Monday. Kohli, with 903 rating points, is 34 points behind Smith (937). Besides former Australia captain Smith, compatriot Pat Cummins has also retained his one position in the ICC Test bowlers’ rankings. Both Smith ...

Olympic silver medalist P.V. Sindhu made history by defeating Nozomi Okuhara in the final of BWF Badminton World Championship-2019 in Switzerland on Sunday. Sindhu won the gold medal in the final of Badminton World Championship 2019. Sindhu became the first Indian player to win a gold medal at the World Championship.Before Sindhu no Indian player male or female had won ...

Cristiano Ronaldo admitted on Wednesday his long-time rivalry with Lionel Messi has made him “a better player” and that he enjoys a “healthy” rivalry with the Argentine great. However, Portuguese star Ronaldo, whose influence at Real Madrid mirrored that of Messi at Barcelona before he left for Juventus, admitted that the pair have never socialised together. “I really admire the ...

National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four year, Arjuna Award is given for consistently outstanding performance for four years, Dronacharya Award for coaches is given for ...