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July 15, 2019 7:36 AM

Djokovic beats Federer to win fifth Wimbledon title

In Tennis, Serbian Novak Djokovic won his fifth Wimbledon title after defeating Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 4-6, 13-12 in a match that lasted for more than four hours. The match had to be decided in the fifth set, as both Federer and Djokovic won two sets each in the longest ever f...

July 14, 2019 8:24 AM

Intercontinental Cup 2019: India lose 2-5 to North Korea

The Indian football team was defeated by North Korea in their Intercontinental Cup match in Ahmedabad. The Koreans thrashed India 5-2 yesterday.  Jong Il Gwan scored two goals while Sim Hyon Jin, Ri Un Chol and Ri Jin scored one goal each for North Korea. Lallianzuala Chhangte and captain Sunil Chhe...

July 14, 2019 8:23 AM

Unstoppable Vijender Singh wins 11th pro bout

Boxer Vijender Singh remained an unstoppable force, clinching a Technical Knockout over Mike Snider on his debut in the US professional circuit at Newark in US. The 33-year-old from Haryana prevailed in four rounds for his 11th consecutive victory in the circuit.   The triumph came in the second min...

July 13, 2019 8:38 PM

Pardeep Singh creates new Commonwealth record in clean & jerk category

Pardeep Singh created a new Commonwealth record in the clean and jerk category on the way to a gold medal as Indian weightlifters continued their impressive run on the last day of the Commonwealth Championships in Apia (Samoa) today.  Pardeep, who is competing in the 109 kg category, smashed the rec...

July 13, 2019 8:04 PM

India wins three gold medals in Yasar Dogu Ranking series

India has secured three Gold Medals in the Yasar Dogu Ranking series wrestling tournament being held in Turkey. Rahul Awaare in 61 Kg, Seema Bisla in 50 Kg and Manju Kumari in 59 Kg categories clinched the yellow metal. Utkarsh Kale secured a Bronze in 61 Kg category. Commonwealth and Asian Gold med...

July 12, 2019 5:46 PM

Deepika Kumari fourth in qualifications of Tokyo Olympic test event

In Archery, former world number one Deepika Kumari finished fourth in the women's recurve qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympic Games test event today. Deepika shot 668 out of a possible 720 points at the 72-arrow 70-metre round to qualify for the knock-out round while Atanu Das was ranked ...

July 12, 2019 5:44 PM

Cricket: India A beat West Indies A by 65 runs

In Cricket, Shreyas Iyer made a match-defining 77 before the bowlers, led by left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed, guided India-A to a 65-run win over West Indies-A in the low-scoring first unofficial ODI at Antigua.   India-A were in a spot of bother at 22 for 3 after opting to bat before Iyer and Hanuma V...

July 12, 2019 1:28 PM

Prannoy, Sourabh to face each other in US Open quarterfinals

In the US Open badminton tournament, HS Prannoy and Sourabh Verma set up an all-Indian clash against each other in the men's singles quarterfinals.  Prannoy, seeded second, fought for exactly an hour to quell the challenge of Korean Kwang Hee Heo 21-16, 18-21, 21-16 in the second round last...

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