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May 14, 2019 11:06 AM

CEAT Awards: Virat Kohli bags International batsman and cricketer of the year

India captain Virat Kohli bagged the International Cricketer and Batsman of the Year award during the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2019.  The ceremony held in Mumbai yesterday in presence of a galaxy of past and present cricketers.  Pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who made a mark for India a...

May 13, 2019 9:37 PM

Tennis: Novak Djokovic wins Madrid Open title

Top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-3, 6-4  yesterday to win his third Madrid Open title.  The world number one was able to improve on his epic 7-6, 7-6 semifinal win over Dominic Thiem of Austria for a more straightforward victory over Tsitsipas, who is still searc...

May 13, 2019 8:58 PM

Mary Kom to make her competitive debut in India Open boxing tournament

London Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom will make her competitive debut at home in 51kg in the second edition of the India Open boxing tournament, to be held in Guwahati from 20th to 24th of this month. With Olympic qualification round the corner, India Open will witness 35 men and 37 women boxers ...

May 13, 2019 8:07 AM

Mumbai beat Chennai by one run to win record 4th IPL title

Mumbai Indians became IPL champions for the fourth time after defeating Chennai Super Kings by one run in a thrilling final in Hyderabad last night.  Last ball dismissal of Shardul Thakur by paceman Lasith Malinga registered final win for Mumbai over Chennai. Chasing a victory target of 150 set by M...

May 12, 2019 9:02 PM

Indian racer Jehan Daruvala wins inaugural round of FIA Formula 3 Championship

Young Indian racer Jehan Daruvala, driving for Prema Racing, won the inaugural round of the FIA Formula 3 Championship, one of the support events to Formula One in Barcelona today. The all-new FIA F3 Championship was created by merging the erstwhile GP3 Championship and FIA F3 European Championship,...

May 10, 2019 5:35 PM

Rani Rampal to lead Women's Hockey team for three-match series against Korea

Hockey India announced on Friday that striker Rani Rampal will lead an 18-member Indian women's hockey team for the three-match series against hosts Korea, starting on May 20. Goalkeeper Savita will be deputy to Rani. The matches will help the Indian team in preparing for the FIH Women&...

May 10, 2019 1:29 PM

Hockey: India register 3-0 win over Australia A

Indian men's hockey team registered a comfortable 3-0 win against Australia A in Perth today.  Young striker Sumit Kumar Jr struck a brace after comeback-man Rupinder Pal Singh opened the scoring.  Drag-flicker Rupinder, competing after nearly eight-month injury layoff, scored in the sixth ...

May 10, 2019 7:35 AM

Ankita Raina progresses to singles quarterfinals in Luan

In Tennis, India's top singles player Ankita Raina progressed to the quarterfinals of the ITF women's event in Luan, China with a straight sets win over Yue Yuan today. The 26-year-old ranked 175, beat her Chinese rival 6-2, 6-3 in the second round of the tournament. Ankita next fa...

May 9, 2019 8:20 PM

Indian archers misfire in World Cup Stage II

Indian archers drew a blank in the individual and team events of both recurve and compound sections as they failed to enter the medal rounds of the ongoing World Cup Stage II, in Shanghai today.   The Indian men's recurve team of Jagdish Choudhary, Chaman Singh and Sukhchain Singh lost to t...

May 9, 2019 6:03 PM

Changwon Shotgun World Cup: Ganemat Sekhon best-placed Indian at 7th

India's Ganemat Sekhon today returned the joint third-best score in the Women's Skeet event at this year's third International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun Stage 2 in Changwon, Korea.  The shooter from Chandigarh shot a credible 72 out of 75 on qualif...

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