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June 7, 2019 9:17 PM

Indian archers bag four berths for Tokyo Paralympics

Indian archers secured two quota places each in the recurve and compound sections for next year's Tokyo Paralympics after dishing out superb performances at the World Para Championships in the Netherlands today.   Punjabi University's Harvinder Singh and Uttar Pradesh's Vi...

June 7, 2019 7:58 PM

Former CEC Gopalaswami named BCCI's electoral officer for AGM

Former Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami has been appointed as an electoral officer for the BCCI's Annual General Meeting. The Committee of Administrators (CoA) had last month announced that the long-awaited elections of the BCCI will be held on 22nd October.  The CoA, which was ap...

June 7, 2019 5:51 PM

Cricket World Cup: Indian team's practice session called off due to rain

The Indian Cricket team's practice session was today called off due to rain, leaving the Virat Kohli-led side with only one day to train ahead of Sunday's big-ticket World Cup showdown with Australia in London.   India travelled to London from Southampton yesterday, a day after bea...

June 7, 2019 5:44 PM

Anand loses to Mamedyarov, slips to bottom of points table

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand slipped to the bottom of the points table after going down to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the second round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger, Norway. Anand, who lost to world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Armageddon game...

June 7, 2019 11:27 AM

FIH Hockey Series Finals: Japan defeat Mexico by goal margin of 3-1

In the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men's Hockey Series Finals match played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar today, Japan defeated Mexico by a goal margin of 3 - 1. Russia will meet Uzbekistan at 5.00 p.m. at the same venue and India will take on Poland at 7.00 p.m.

June 7, 2019 8:16 AM

Indian challenge ends at Australian Open World Tour

In badminton, Indian challenge ended at Australian Open World Tour Super 300 tournament yesterday as P V Sindhu, Sameer Verma, B Sai Praneeth and P Kashyap lost their second round singles matches. Sindhu suffered a 19-21, 18-21 loss to Thailand's Nitchaon Jindapol. Sixth-seeded Sameer Verma...

June 6, 2019 9:20 PM

FIH Series 2019: India routs Russia 10- 0 in their opening match

Eight-time champions, India routs Russia 10- 0 in their opening match of the International Federation of Hockey men's series Finals which began in Bhubaneswar today. Harmanpreet Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored braces as six others got on the scoresheet. Earlier, USA stunned higher-ranked S...

June 6, 2019 9:09 PM

USA stun South Africa 2-0, Poland beat Uzbekistan in FIH series finals

International Federation of Hockey men's series Finals began in Bhubaneswar today. USA stunned higher-ranked South Africa 2-0 in the opening match of FIH Hockey Series Finals while Poland thrashed Uzbekistan 4-0. While the result of the Pool B match between the USA and South Africa came as ...

June 6, 2019 8:45 PM

Viswanathan Anand loses to Magnus Carlsen in Armageddon

Viswanathan Anand suffered defeat against world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Armageddon game at the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament. It turned out to be a difficult day as Anand survived an inferior middle game and then a subsequent endgame against Carlsen for a long time, but then fell ...

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