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December 22, 2016 6:27 AM

Paes and four other Indian pairs to compete in Chennai Open

Four Indian pairs apart from veteran Leander Paes will compete in the doubles championship of the ATP Chennai Open. The organisers have awarded wild cards to four leading players from the country. The event will begin at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam on January 2. India's number o...

December 22, 2016 6:27 AM

AIBA grants full membership to Boxing Federation of India

AIBA unanimously granted full membership to the recently-formed Boxing Federation of India, BFI at a meeting on the sidelines of its 70th anniversary gala in Montreux, Switzerland. BFI President Ajay Singh, who is currently in Montreux to take part in the AIBA event, told this. With this, India&...

December 22, 2016 6:26 AM

Indian girls go down to Japan in U-18 Women's Asia Cup

India's junior women's team went down to Japan 2-4 via shoot-out in the semi-final match at the 4th Women's Under-18 Asia Cup. In the event being held in Bangkok, the two teams were locked at 1-1 after full time. India took the lead scoring in the 5th minute through Lalrem...

December 22, 2016 6:25 AM

India end 2016 as No.1 Test team after series sweep over England

India have ended the year as the Number one ranked Test side after posting a 4-nil win over England in the five-match series. The hosts won the final Test at Chennai by an innings and 75 runs. The series win helped India gain five points and they have moved to 120 points in the last Test team rankin...

December 22, 2016 6:25 AM

Ashwin, Jadeja occupy top two spots in ICC Test bowling chart

Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have made it a rare instance of two India bowlers topping the ICC Test rankings. This follows left-arm spinner Jadeja's maiden 10-wicket match haul against England in the Chennai Test which propelled him to the second position. Jadeja's perfo...

December 21, 2016 9:05 PM

Paes and four other Indian pairs to compete in Chennai Open

Four Indian pairs apart from veteran Leander Paes will compete in the doubles championship of the ATP Chennai Open. The organisers today awarded wild cards to four leading players from the country. The event will begin at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam on January 2. India's number ...

December 21, 2016 8:52 PM

Praful Patel re-elected unopposed as AIFF president for 3rd time

Praful Patel was today re-elected unopposed as the president of All India Football Federation for a four-year term. This will be his third successive term. The Annual General Meeting was held in New Delhi after the Delhi High Court yesterday vacated a stay on the elections. The electoral process was...

December 21, 2016 8:18 PM

Indian girls go down to Japan in U-18 Women's Asia Cup

India's junior women's team went down to Japan 2-4 via shoot-out in the semi-final match at the 4th Women's Under-18 Asia Cup in today. In the event being held in Bangkok, the two teams were locked at 1-1 after full time. India took the lead scoring in the 5th minute throu...

December 21, 2016 7:44 PM

Akhil, Jitender given go-ahead for pro-boxing career

Haryana Police have granted permission to Commonwealth Games gold-medallist boxer Akhil Kumar and his Asian bronze-medallist protege Jitender Kumar to turn professional. Both Akhil and Jitender are serving DSPs in the Haryana Police and had been waiting for permission to turn professional.They had m...

December 21, 2016 6:25 PM

Indian team for 2nd T-20 WC for visually challenged announced

A 17-member Indian team has been announced for the upcoming second World T20 for the visually challenged. The tournament will be held in the country from January 28, next year. Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) president Mahantesh GK said, there are 9 players named as reserves apart ...

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