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September 25, 2015 9:40 PM

FIFA confirm dates for Qatar World Cup

The controversial 2022 World Cup in Qatar will start on November 21 and finish on December 18. FIFA confirmed this today after their executive committee met in Zurich. FIFA had already announced in March that the final would be played on December 18 -- Qatar's national day -- and the start ...

September 25, 2015 9:40 PM

Manipur, Nagaland schools enter Subroto Cup semifinals

Chanambam Thambou Higher Secondary School, Manipur, has entered the junior girls (Under-17) semifinals in the 56th Subroto Cup football tournament. In the first quarter-final in New Delhi today, the Manipur School handed a 10-0 hammering to Telanaga Sports School from Secunderabad. In the second qua...

September 25, 2015 7:04 PM

India to host World Junior Circuit Table Tennis Finals at Indore

India will be hosting the World Junior Circuit Table Tennis Finals at Indore between January 22 and 25. This was confirmed by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in a communication to the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) yesterday. Incidentally, this will be the fifth internation...

September 25, 2015 6:09 PM

Sania, Hingis move into final of Guangzhou Open

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have stormed into the final of the Women's Doubles of the Guangzhou Open tennis tournament. In the semi-finals of the hard court event at Guangzhou today, the top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair beat the Israeli-Swedish combination of Julia Glushko and Rebecca Peterson...

September 25, 2015 6:04 PM

Tamil Nadu CM Jaya gives push to sports infrastructure

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today announced schemes aimed at giving a boost to sports infrastructure in the state. The schemes include a centre for high altitude training and a sports science academy. Jayalalithaa said in a suo moto statement in the state assembly that a High Altitude Tra...

September 24, 2015 8:18 PM

Sourav Ganguly appointed CAB president, Avishek Dalmiya to be Jt Secy

Former Indian Cricket captain Sourav Ganguly will be the next President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made the announcement in Kolkata this evening. The post fallen vacant following recent death of Jagmohan Dalmiya. Ganguly was the Joint-secretary...

September 24, 2015 11:28 AM

Davis Cup: India gets bye in 1st round, will face either Kiwis or Korea next

Being the top seeds, the Indian Davis Cup team today received a bye for the first round of the Asia/Oeceania Group I competition for next year. In the second round, to be held from July 15-17, India will host either New Zealand or Korea as they had beaten both the sides in away ties this year.India ...

September 22, 2015 7:56 PM

Indian-origin man jailed for match-fixing in Singapore

An Indian-origin man in Singapore, rated by prosecutors as a "criminal match-fixer extraordinaire" has been sentenced to four years in jail by a local court for conspiring to fix a football match during the Southeast Asian Games held in March this year. 55 year old Rajendran R Kuru...

September 21, 2015 7:46 PM

Indian wushu team wins 12 medals in Int'l tourney

The Indian wushu team fetched a rich haul of 1 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze medals at the 5th International Pars Wushu Cup in Tehran. L. Budhachandra Singh won a gold medal in the 56 kg category, beating Masod Ansari of Iran in the final. Mukesh Choudhry lost his final against Asian Games gold-medall...

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