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July 25, 2015 10:30 AM

India's Ajay Jayaram bows out of Russia Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament

India's Ajay Jayaram has bowed out of the Russia Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament at Vladivostok. In the semi-final today, third placed Jayaram lost to top seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia, 17-21, 7-21.In Mixed Doubles, the pair of Akshay Dewalkar and Prajakta Sawant also made an exit a...

July 25, 2015 9:20 AM

Indian Women's Hockey team thrashed New Zealand 6-1 at Netherlands

An upbeat Indian Women's Hockey team thrashed New Zealand 6-1 to secure its first win in the ongoing Volvo Invitational U-21 Hockey Tournament at Breda, Netherlands Friday night. It was a commendable performance from captain Rani who scored a hat trick. At half time, India led 3-0. The seco...

July 25, 2015 9:20 AM

Fifa admits corruption scandal putting off new World Cup sponsors

Fifa has admitted the corruption scandal is putting off new World Cup sponsors and plans to hold a summit with existing backers in August. Secretary-General Jerome Valcke said, the current situation does not help to finalise any new agreements. Earlier, key sponsor Visa lambasted Fifa for a lack of ...

July 25, 2015 8:43 AM

Govt. constitutes All India Council of Sports as an advisory body

Government has constituted All India Council of Sports as an advisory body to deliberate on matters relating to the promotion and development of sports in the country. The government will duly consider the advice rendered by the Council, an official release of Sports Ministry said, and it will not b...

July 24, 2015 8:32 PM

BCCI officials to sign 'no conflict of interest' undertaking

In its bid to clean the image of the Cricket , the BCCI has notified all the Board members to sign an undertaking declaring that they do not have 'conflict of interest' while holding functionary posts in their respective cricket associations. PTI reports that a couple of state asso...

July 24, 2015 8:31 PM

Paul van Ass set to be formally axed as India hockey coach

India's hockey coach Paul van Ass' brief tenure is all set to end as Hockey India special committee today recommended his removal from the position. A nine-member committee was formed to decide on his future. It is now for Hockey India to make a formal announcement . Van Ass had cl...

July 24, 2015 8:31 PM

Oman qualify for next year's World T-20 in India

Oman's fairytale rise as a cricket nation continued as they qualified for next year's World Twenty-20 in India. A five-wicket win over Namibia at the ICC qualifying event in Malahide near Dublin yesterday saw the Gulf minnows reach their first major international tournament. Victor...

July 24, 2015 2:23 PM

Bangladesh vs South Africa, First Test : Rain disrupts 4th day play

Rain washed out the fourth day's play in the first Test between Bangladesh and South Africa today. Match officials at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong called off play at 1:25pm. South Africa, who made 248 in the first innings, bowled out Bangladesh for 326 and reached 61-0 in...

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