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February 27, 2019 6:22 PM

India lose to Uzbekistan 0-1 in Turkish Women's Cup football

India lost to Uzbekistan 0-1 in their opening match of the Turkish Women's Cup football in Alanya, Turkey on Wednesday. An early goal by Uzbekistan's Burhanova Malika in the 4th minute made the difference as India struggled for the equaliser in the remainder of the game.  The India...

February 27, 2019 5:53 PM

ISSF World Cup: Manu, Saurabh clinch 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team gold

In shooting, the duo of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker claimed a gold medal for India in 10-metre air pistol mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi on the last day of the competition on Wednesday.  They shot a total of 483.5 points to finish on top of the podium at the Dr Karni Singh...

February 27, 2019 1:39 PM

India's Saurav Ghosal made his way into the quarterfinal defeating Wales player Joel Makin in the PSA World squash championship  at Chicago,United States . This is the second time that Saurav has reached the last eight, the last being in 2013. Saurav  will face the third seed German Simon R...

February 26, 2019 8:26 PM

Sanath Jayasuriya banned from cricket for two years

Former Sri Lanka Cricket captain Sanath Jayasuriya has been banned from cricket for two years.  In a statement on Tuesday, ICC said Jayasuriya admitted to breaching two counts of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.  The charges include refusal to cooperate with an Anti Corruption Unit (ACU) investigation,...

February 26, 2019 8:19 PM

Boxing: Six Indians enter finals of Makran Cup

In Boxing, six Indians have entered the finals of the Makran Cup at Chabahar in Iran. Commonwealth Games silver-winning duo of Manish Kaushik and Satish Kumar led the Indian charge. Kaushik defeated Ashkan Reizai 4-1 to book a place in the final, while Satish got the better of Eeman Ramazan, 5-nil i...

February 26, 2019 5:57 PM

Hungary's Veronika Major wins gold medal at ISSF World Cup

In shooting, Hungary's Veronika Major on Tuesday won a gold medal at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in New Delhi. She bagged the medal in 10-metre air pistol event, with 245.1 points in the tournament at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.  Taipei's Chia Ying Wu won a silver medal, with...

February 26, 2019 11:17 AM

Prajnesh Gunneswaran rises to career-best 94th in Tenis

In Tennis, India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieved his career-best ranking, rising three places to 94th in the latest list. Ramkumar Ramanathan dropped nine spots to 137, while Yuki Bhambri further slipped to 171. Saketh Myneni is placed at 250th and following him is Sasi Kumar Mukund, who ha...

February 26, 2019 11:12 AM

Abhijeet Gupta lifts Cannes International Open trophy

In Chess, Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta lifted the Cannes International Open trophy yesterday. He took an easy draw with Pier Luigi Basso of Italy in the ninth and final round. Having been tied for the top spot in the previous edition, Abhijeet won the tournament with 7.5 points. It was a clear ...

February 25, 2019 5:10 PM

Indian women's team beat England by 7 wickets in 2nd ODI

Indian women's team defeated England by seven wickets in the second ODI at Mumbai today to take an unassailable 2-nil lead in the three-match series.  The Indian eves had bundled out England for just 161 in 43.3 overs after the visitors won the toss and opted to bat.  Pacers Jhulan Goswami ...

February 25, 2019 11:55 AM

1st T-20: Australia beat India by 3 wkts

In cricket, Australia beat India by three wickets in a last-ball thriller in the first Twenty-20 International at Visakhapatnam last night.  With 14 required off the last over, Umesh Yadav was hit for a boundary each by Australian Jhye Richardson and Pat Cummins, as they reached the target of 127 of...

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