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March 8, 2019 2:21 PM

Indian cricketers donate match fee to National Defence Fund

As a mark of respect for the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in the Pulwama terrorist attack, the Indian cricketers Friday sported special Army caps during the third ODI against Australia in Ranchi and donated their match fee to the National Defence Fund. Captain Virat Kohli came out for the tos...

March 8, 2019 12:36 PM

Boxing: Dinesh Dagar beats former Olympic medallist

Indian boxer Dinesh Dagar, 69kg upstaged former Olympic bronze-medallist Evaldas Petrauskas to enter the quarterfinals of the 38th International GeeBee Tournament in Helsinki, Finland. In the opening-round bouts held last evening, the 23-year-old Dagar, a silver-medallist from last year's I...

March 8, 2019 8:04 AM

Women's cricket: England beat India by 5 wickets in second T-20

In women's cricket, India lost the second T-20 international by 5 wickets to England at Guwahati today. With the win, England has taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the three-match series. Winning the toss and put India to bat, England restricted the hosts to a below-par score of 111 and ...

March 6, 2019 9:28 PM

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: Manpreet Singh named captain of Indian hockey team

Manpreet Singh was today named captain of the 18-member Indian hockey team to play in the upcoming 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. The prestigious tournament will be held in Ipoh, Malaysia from the 23rd of this month. Hockey India said Surender Kumar will be the Vice-Captain of the team.  The Indian squ...

March 6, 2019 8:22 AM

Yonex All England Championships 2019 to begin today

Badminton's greatest show, the Yonex All England Championships 2019, returns to Arena Birmingham from today.  A challenging draw stands in the way of India.  But top shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will fancy their chances of ending a nearly two-decade-old title jinx at the tournament....

March 6, 2019 8:21 AM

India defeat Australia by 8 runs in Nagpur ODI

In Cricket, Skipper Virat Kohli's 40th ODI ton and pacer Vijay Shankar heroics in the 50th over spell helped India to register an eight run victory against Australia in the second ODI at Nagpur last evening.  Sent to bat, the hosts bowled out for 250 in the 49th over, thanks to Kohli&ap...

March 4, 2019 9:14 PM

Jhulan, Shikha in top five in women's ODI rankings

For the first time in nine years, two India bowlers, Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey, joined the top five club in the latest ICC women's cricket rankings for ODI bowlers issued on Monday.  Stylish left-handed India opener Smriti Mandhana consolidated her position at the top with a career-b...

March 4, 2019 2:54 PM

England defeat India by 41 runs in T-20 match at Guwahati

England beat India by 41 runs in the first women's T20 International in Guwahati today. Chasing a target of 161 runs, India could make 119 for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Deepti Sharma 22 and Shikha Pandey 23 were the top scorers. For England Katherine Brunt and Linsey...

March 3, 2019 7:39 PM

Wrestler Bajrang Punia wins gold in Bulgaria

India's star wrestler Bajrang Punia has won a gold medal in 65 kilogram freestyle in Bulgaria. The tournament, Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov was held in Ruse. Punia dedicated the victory to Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, from whom Punia said he got inspiration. In a tweet, ...

March 3, 2019 2:27 PM

India beat Australia by six wickets

India defeated Australia by six wickets in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series here Saturday. India had restricted Australia to a modest 236 for seven after the visitors opted to bat. The hosts then returned to overhaul the target with 10 balls to spare, scoring 240-4 in 48.2 o...

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