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July 3, 2019 2:28 PM

Wimbledon: Dominic Thiem becomes third major men's seed to fall

In Tennis, French Open finalist Dominic Thiem has become the third top-10 Men's seed to suffer a first-round exit from the Wimbledon Championships in London. The fifth-seeded Austrian lost to American Sam Querrey 7-6, 6-7, 3-6, 0-6 yesterday. Sixth seed Alexander Zverev and seventh-placed S...

July 3, 2019 8:28 AM

US beat England 2-1 to enter final

In the FIFA Women's Football World Cup, defending champions US defeated England 2-1 at Lyon last night to enter the Final. Christen Press and Alex Morgan found the net for the US, while Ellen White scored England's only goal. This is US' third consecutive World Cup Final a...

July 1, 2019 5:07 PM

Indian pro boxer Vaibhav Yadav wins WBC Asia title

Indian pro boxer Vaibhav Yadav became the World Boxing Council (WBC) Asia silver welterweight champion after defeating Thailand's Fahpetch Singmanassak in the title bout held in Pattaya, Thailand.  Yadav, a cousin of Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Vikas Krishan who has also turned pro no...

July 1, 2019 7:29 AM

Veer wins U-19 Asian Squash title

In Squash, India won a gold today as Veer Chotrani beat compatriot Yash Fadte to win the Under-19 title at the Asian Junior Championship in Macau, China.   With this victory, Veer became the third Indian to win the Asian trophy after Ravi Dixit and Vela Senthilkumar.  It was a contest of fluctuating...

June 30, 2019 9:32 PM

Dennis van de Pol to conduct 7-day camp with Indian hockey goalkeepers

Famous hockey goalkeeping trainer Dennis van de Pol of the Netherlands will conduct a seven-day special camp for nine Indian custodians, including P R Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadaur Pathak from tomorrow. The camp will be held at the Sports Authority of India centre in Bengaluru and overseen by India&...

June 29, 2019 6:10 PM

US, England advance to semi-finals of FIFA Women's World Cup

The United States and England have advanced to the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup. They will clash in the semis on Tuesday. The United States defeated hosts France 2-1 in the quarters while England beat Norway 3-0 in the other quarterfinal clash.  Two more quarter-final matches a...

June 28, 2019 10:34 PM

ICC World Cup: BCCI officially unveils India's away jersey

India's away kit for ICC Cricket World Cup was unveiled by BCCI today.   Virat Kohli's men will be sporting the jersey for their big-ticket World Cup match against England in Birmingham on Sunday.  The match will begin at 3 p.m. IST.   As both England and India don blue colour jers...

June 28, 2019 9:14 PM

Pullela Gopichand bestowed honorary doctorate by IIT Kanpur

India's chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand was bestowed upon an honorary doctorate by IIT Kanpur on the occasion of their 52nd convocation today. He received the honour from former ISRO chairman and Chairman of the board of Governors of IIT Kanpur, Prof K Radhakrishnan. The pa...

June 28, 2019 7:32 AM

Mist and morning glories to beat the heat in Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 officials have unveiled measures to beat the heat during the Olympics scheduled in July next year. The measures include Mist sprays, cooling scarves and pots of morning glory flowers. Doctors have warned the Games could see deadly medical emergencies as athletes, volunteers and spectators...

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