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July 19, 2019 6:50 PM

Sanjivani Yadav handed two-year suspension for doping violation

India's long-distance runner Sanjivani Yadav has been handed a two-year suspension by the IAAF's Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a doping violation. The 23-year-old won the 10,000m bronze at the 2019 Asian Championships and 5000m bronze in the 2017 edition. In the order issued o...

July 19, 2019 6:48 PM

Prashanth,Vardhan advance into doubles semis in Netherlands

Third seeded Indian pair of N Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Vishnu Vardhan advanced into doubles semi-final at the Dutch Open ATP Challenger in Amersfoort (Netherlands). They defeated Netherlands pair of Gijs Brouwer and Jelle Sels  6-7 , 6-3, 10-2 in a quarterfinal encounter.

July 19, 2019 6:48 PM

Meghana Jakkampudi enters women's and mixed doubles semis at Russian Open

India's Meghana Jakkampudi progressed  to the semifinals of the mixed and the women's doubles at the Russian Open BWF Tour Super 100 tournament, at  Vladivostok (Russia) today. Meghana paired up with Dhruv Kapila to beat Russian combination of Maksim Makalov and Ekaterina Riazantce...

July 19, 2019 1:46 PM

ICC suspends Zimbabwe Cricket with immediate effect

The International Cricket Council, ICC has suspended Zimbabwe Cricket with immediate effect over violation of global body's constitution which doesn't allow any government intervention.  The current elected members of Zimbabwe Board were suspended by government agency Sports and Re...

July 19, 2019 11:14 AM

Sachin Tendulkar inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame alongside South African pace legend Allan Donald.  Joining Tendulkar and Donald in the Hall of Fame was two-time World Cup-winning Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick. At ...

July 19, 2019 8:37 AM

India squad selection meeting for West Indies tour postponed

The national selection panel's meeting to pick squads for the West Indies Cricket tour has been postponed to Sunday amid intense focus on skipper Virat Kohli's availability and veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni's future.   The meeting was earlier scheduled for today but was pos...

July 19, 2019 8:02 AM

Sarabjot Singh wins India's ninth gold in ISSF Junior World Cup

In Shooting, extending India's domination at the ISSF Junior World Cup, Sarabjot Singh shot a 239.6 to bag the men's 10 metres air pistol gold.  This is India's ninth yellow metal at the event in Suhl, Germany.  Sarabjit's effort meant that India swept both the me...

July 18, 2019 4:18 PM

Ramkumar Ramanathan exits from ATP Hall of Fame Open

In Tennis, Ramkumar Ramanathan made a second round exit from the ATP Hall of Fame Open at Newport, US today following a straight set defeat against Ugo Humbert. Ramkumar, who was a runner-up last year but played as a Qualifier this year, lost 6-7, 0-6 to the French fourth seed and world number 48. M...

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