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May 28, 2016 8:15 AM

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis Reach Third Round of French Open

Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis defeated Japanese pair of Nao Hibino and Eri Hozumi in straight sets to reach the third round of the women's doubles event at French Open Tennis in Paris last night. The Indo-Swiss pair got the better of the Japanese pair 6-2, 6-0 in a lop-sided matc...

May 27, 2016 8:50 PM

23 London 2012 Olympic athletes fail retrospective drug tests <br/>

Olympic chiefs have announced 23 competitors at the London 2012 Games have failed retrospective doping tests. Those athletes are from five different sports and six different countries. The International Olympic Committee re-tested 454 selected doping samples from the 2008 Games in Beijing and a furt...

May 27, 2016 8:28 PM

IPL: SRH win toss, opt to bowl against GL in second qualifier

In IPL second Qualifier match in Delhi, Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and elected to bowl against Gujarat Lions.In the round robin league phase of the tournament, Sunrisers had won both their matches against Gujarat Lions. The winner of today&apos;s game will face Royal Challengers Banga...

May 27, 2016 8:25 PM

Narsingh better bet than Sushil for Rio Olympics: WFI to HC

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) today told Delhi High Court that Wrestler Narsingh Yadav is a better bet than Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in the 74 kilogram freestyle category at the 2016 Rio Olympics. WFI said Sushil consistently avoided to face Narsingh during the last two years in selectio...

May 27, 2016 7:22 PM

French Open: Paes, Bopanna in men's doubles third round

India&apos;s Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna have sailed into the men&apos;s doubles third round with their respective partners at the French Open Tennis. In the tournament being held at Roland Garros in Paris, sixth seeded Indo-Romanian combination of Bopanna and Florian Mergea defeated the ...

May 27, 2016 5:33 PM

Sonia settles for silver after losing World C'ship final

Indian boxer Sonia Lather has settled for a silver medal at the AIBA Women&apos;s World Championships in 57 kg category. In a hard-fought summit clash at Astana, Kazakhstan, today, Sonia lost 1-2, to top seed Alessia Mesiano of Italy. 24-year old Sonia&apos;s Silver ensured that India did no...

May 27, 2016 11:46 AM

Chess: GM Abhijeet shocked by unheralded Chinese in Asian opener

In the Asian Continental Chess Championship in Tashkent, Indian Grand Master and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta faced defeat at the hands of unheralded Fang Yan of China in the first round. However, highest rated Indian Grandmaster in the fray, B Adhiban easily toppled the defence of Sh...

May 27, 2016 7:34 AM

Para athlete Saroha wins gold in record breaking performance

Indian para athlete Amit Kumar Saroha from Haryana won the gold medal in men&apos;s club throw (F-51) at the recently concluded 2016 French Open Athletics Championship in Paris. The event was held on May 23rd and 24th. Arjuna Awardee Amit&apos;s effort of 26.58 meter broke the Asian record w...

May 27, 2016 7:26 AM

Sonia Lather storms into final of World Boxing C'ships

Sonia Lather advanced to final of AIBA Women&apos;s World Boxing Championship at Astana in Kazakhstan yesterday. The lone Indian left in the fray, 24-year-old Sonia, defeated Khojabekova 3-0 in the 57 kilogram category to set up a clash with Italian Alessia Mesiano. Sonia who is a 2012 Asian Cha...

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