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January 22, 2019 8:26 AM

Indonesia Masters badminton tournament to begin in Jakarta today

Indonesia Masters badminton tournament will begin today in Jakarta. Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, and Kidambi Srikanth will look to continue their impressive run when they start their campaign at the tournament, starting with the qualifiers today.  Sindhu will begin her campaign a...

January 21, 2019 5:43 PM

Tata Steel Chess: Viswanathan Anand beats Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand scored a crushing victory over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the eighth round to share the lead with Norway's Magnus Carlsen in the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, the Netherlands. Having outclassed Vladimir Kramnik of Russia ...

January 21, 2019 9:11 AM

Cosmas Lagat of Kenya and Worknesh Alemu of Ethiopia won the men's and women's crowns in the  Tata Mumbai Marathon in Mumbai today. Lagat, winner of the Sevilla Marathon in 2016, stormed his way home in the 42.195 kilometre race in 2 hours 9 minutes and 15 seconds. This was the sec...

January 21, 2019 8:59 AM

ODI series between New Zealand, India to begin in Napier on Jan 23

After their successful tour of Australia, the Indian cricket team today touched down in Auckland ahead of the blockbuster 5 match ODI and 3 match T20 series against New Zealand, starting next week. The Indian team will leave for Napier tomorrow morning where the first ODI will be played on Wednesday...

January 21, 2019 8:32 AM

Rafael Nadal reaches quarter-final of Australian Open

In tennis, it was a day of upsets in the Australian Open in Melbourne today. Defending champion Roger Federer was stunned by fiery Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas who ended his bid for a record seventh Australian Open.The Swiss master caved in under the energy and pressure of a man 17 years his junior to t...

January 21, 2019 6:44 AM

Ankita Raina wins ITF's tournament in Singapore

India's Ankita Raina has won the International Tennis Federation's 25,000-dollar Women's tournament in Singapore. In the Final yesterday, Ankita defeated top seed and world number 122 Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, 6-3, 6-2. She toppled four seeded players in the tourname...

January 20, 2019 8:50 PM

S Chikkarangappa finishes tied-24 at Singapore Open

Indian golfer S Chikkarangappa finished Tied-24th after a final round of 71 at the SMBC Singapore Open in Sentosa today. Chikka, who was in Top-10 midway through the second round, finished with rounds of 71, 66, 72 and 71 for a four-under 280.Arjun Atwal, the only other Indian to make the cut, shot ...

January 20, 2019 8:02 PM

G Akash share lead with 4 points after 4th round of 11th Chennai Open

International Master G Akash, a former national champion, shared the lead with four points after the fourth round of the 11th Chennai Open International Grand Master chess tournament in Chennai today.  In the fourth round, Akash defeated Grand Master Raset Ziatdinov of USA in a Ruy Lopez game that l...

January 20, 2019 3:18 PM

Khelo India Youth Games concludes in Pune today

The concluding ceremony of Khelo India Youth Games is underway at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune in the presence of Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. At the Games, hosts Maharashtra topped the medals tally with 85 Gold, while Haryana was second with 62 Gold and Delhi on third w...

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