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May 7, 2016 7:42 AM

IPLT20: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Gujarat Lions by 5 wickets

In IPL T20, hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Gujarat Lions by five wickets last night. Shikhar Dhawan's 47 not out helped the Sunrisers chase the 127- runs target in 19 overs losing 5 wickets. Earlier, they produced a clinical bowling show restricting Gujarat Lions to a meagre 126 for 6 in st...

May 6, 2016 9:21 PM

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis enter Madrid Open final<br/>

Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have reached the doubles final of Madrid Open Tennis tournament. In a lop-sided semi-final in Madrid today, the Indo-Swiss duo recorded a crushing 6-2, 6-0 win over the unseeded American-Russian combine of Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva. Sania and Hingis wi...

May 6, 2016 8:02 PM

After Vinesh, another overweight wrestler disqualified

At Istanbul today, it was a disappointing day for India&apos;s Greco-Roman wrestlers at the second World Olympic Qualifying tournament. Gurpreet Singh (75 kg category) was disqualified for being overweight while his other team-mates failed to grab a berth for the Rio Games in their respective we...

May 6, 2016 7:33 PM

After Vinesh, another overweight wrestler disqualified

The Indian wrestling contingent has been left red-faced for a second time in the last 15 days. At the ongoing 2nd World Qualifying tournament at Istanbul, Turkey, Gurpreet Singh weighed 500gm more than what was stipulated to be eligible for the Greco-Roman 75kg category competition.He is the latest ...

May 6, 2016 7:03 PM

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis enter Madrid Open final<br/>

Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have reached the doubles final of Madrid Open Tennis tournament. In a lop-sided semi-final in Madrid today, the Indo-Swiss duo recorded a crushing 6-2, 6-0 win over the unseeded American-Russian combine of Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva. Sania and Hingis wi...

May 6, 2016 6:42 PM

India finish fourth in junior shooting World Cup

Indian shooters have ended their campaign at the International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, at a creditable fourth position.They finished with three gold, four silver and three bronze.Rituraj Singh was the most successful performer with two gold medals in both the ind...

May 6, 2016 7:59 AM

Seven Indian shuttlers qualify for Rio Olympics

Seven Indian shuttlers, including Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and K. Srikanth, have officially earned the qualification for the forthcoming Rio Olympics. The pairs of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, and Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy also made the cut after the latest BWF world rankings were released ...

May 6, 2016 7:49 AM

Rio Olympics 2016: New round of tickets on sale <br/><br/>

A new round of tickets has been put on sale for Olympic gymnastics, canoeing and rowing. An unspecified number of tickets in all price categories will be available on via the official Rio 2016 website. The Rio 2016 organizing committee has said it will put tickets on sale every Thursday for sessions...

May 6, 2016 7:49 AM

Haryana to enact Sports Council Act

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has said that State government would enact State Sports Council Act to accord statutory status to the Sports Council and further promote sports activities in the state.Mr Vij, who was addressing the media persons in Meet the Press programme organized at Chandigarh Pr...

May 6, 2016 7:48 AM

BWF rankings: Srikanth slips to World No. 12, Jwala-Ashwini rises to 14th

Olympic-bound men&apos;s singles shuttler K Srikanth of India slipped a place to be ranked World No. 12 in the latest Badminton World Federation, BWF, rankings issued .2010 Commonwealth Games champion duo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa, who made the cut for their second Olympics, rose one ru...

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