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Indian shooters made a clean sweep of gold medals in 10m Air Rifle event to continue their dominance at the 12th Asian Airgun Championships in Taoyuan, Taipei. India have won 12 out of 14 gold medals so far and their overall tally stand at 12 gold, four silver and two bronze medals. On the fifth day of the competition, Divyansh ...

Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh is often in the discussion about his future in cricket. This year, Yuvi, who played for Mumbai in IPL, said that when he feels that his time is over, he will retire himself. Yuvraj’s track record in IPL has been poor, but for his new franchise Mumbai Indians, he made a half-century and started the tournament ...

What mistake did the players make, asked Mahendra Singh Dhoni, opening up on a phase of life made “most difficult and depressing” by the 2013 IPL fixing scandal. The two-time World Cup winning captain broke his silence in a docudrama aptly titled ‘Roar of the Lion’, which focuses on the scandal that rocked Indian cricket and the ensuing fairy tale ...

India will host the U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020, International Football Federation (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino announced. “We are delighted to announce that India has been confirmed as the host of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020,” Infantino said after the FIFA Council meeting in Miami, USA on Friday. This will be the second FIFA tournament India ...

Actor Shraddha Kapoor has exited the biopic of ace badminton player Saina Nehwal and Parineeti Chopra has been announced as her replacement. The biopic, titled “Saina”, will be directed by Amol Gupte, who has helmed movies such as “Stanley Ka Dabba” and “Hawa Hawaai”. The film went on floors in September last year. Shraddha departed the project due to the ...

India’s Apurvi Chandela shattered the world record on her way to the gold medal in women’s 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi Saturday. The Indian shot an astonishing 252.9 to win the top prize on day one of the competitions at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. China’s Ruozhu Zhao bagged silver with 251.8, ...

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) and the BCCI have not prepared any note seeking a ban on Pakistan at the upcoming World Cup and even if such a move is made, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is bound to reject it. The Pulwama terror attack, that claimed the lives of over 40 CRPF personnel, has escalated the diplomatic tensions between ...

Italian third-tier side Pro Piacenza were on Monday excluded from Serie C after fielding a team of just seven players in a 20-0 defeat by league rivals Cuneo, governing body Lega Pro announced. Financially troubled Pro Piacenza, a side from northern Italy, have been unable to pay their players and staff, who have been on strike for several weeks. Before ...

West Indies’s explosive opener Chris Gayle announced his retirement from one-day international cricket on Sunday. The ICC World Cup 2019, which will be played in England from May 30, will be the last tournament of his career. This information was tweeted by the West Indies Cricket Board. 39-year-old Gayle started his ODI career in Canada against India in 1999 in ...

New Delhi will host the National Ranking Archery tournament from April 15 to 19, ahead of the first stage of the World Cup in Medellin, Colombia the same month. This was finalised during the newly-elected Archery Association of India’s first executive committee meeting here. AAI President BVP Rao also unveiled the annual calendar for the national and international events. The ...