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February 21, 2020 10:16 PM

Sakshi Malik wins silver, Vinesh Phogat gets bronze at Asian Wrestling C'ships

Indian women team registered its best-ever performance at the Asian Wrestling Championship returning with eight medals in New Delhi. Sakshi Malik claimed a silver today while Vinesh Phogat dominated her bronze medal play-off after losing to Mayu Mukaida. The Indian team had won only one gold medal b...

February 21, 2020 8:11 PM

India beat Australia in ICC Women T20 World Cup opener

In cricket, India defeated defending champions Australia by 17 runs in the ICC Women's T-20 World Cup opener at Sydney today.  Poonam Yadav's four for 19 derailed Australia's chase of 133 and they were all out for 115 just one ball short of 20 overs.   Put into bat, India ...

February 21, 2020 12:05 PM

Pragyan Ojha announces retirement from international, 1st-class cricket

Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha today announced retirement from international and first-class cricket with immediate effect. The 33-year-old last played for India in 2013 during Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test against the West Indies in Mumbai. In all, he played 24 Tests between 2009 ...

February 21, 2020 8:05 AM

Saina Nehwal progresses to Spain Masters quarterfinals

In Badminton, shuttler Saina Nehwal progressed to the quarterfinals of the Spain Masters after getting the better of Ukraine's Maria Ulitina in the second-round match. Nehwal defeated Ulitina 21-10, 21-19 in the clash last night. On the other hand, Sameer Verma progressed to the quarters of...

February 20, 2020 5:54 PM

P V Sindhu wins third successive ESPN's Female Sportsperson of the Year award

World champion shuttler P V Sindhu today won the ESPN's Female Sportsperson of the Year award for a third consecutive time while young shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bagged the honour in the male category.   Sprinter Dutee Chand became the first winner of the Courage award for being inspirationa...

February 20, 2020 5:40 PM

Delray Beach Open: Divij Sharan, Artem Sitak enter quarterfinals

India's number two doubles player Divij Sharan along with his Kiwi partner Artem Sitak have entered the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Tennis Open at Florida. They defeated the Swede-French pair of Andre Goransson and Ugo Humbert 5-7, 6-4, 10-7.   The Indo-Kiwi pair lost a close first se...

February 20, 2020 5:04 PM

Divya Kakran wins a gold medal at Asian Wrestling Championships

Divya Kakran today became only the second Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships defeating  junior world champion Naruha Matsuyuki in New Delhi today.  Divya won all four bouts in five-wrestler 68 kilogram category, as the competition was fought in the round-robin form...

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