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September 15, 2018 9:08 PM

Maldives lift SAFF cup, defeat India 2-1 in Dhaka

Maldives have lifted the 2018 South Asian Football Federation Cup.  In the final at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka today, they defeated defending champions India 2-1. At half-time, the winners led One-nil.  The win for Maldives comes 10 years after their first SAFF Cup title in 2008. Seven-time ch...

September 15, 2018 8:03 PM

IAAF accords gold label to Tata Mumbai Marathon

The Tata Mumbai Marathon, to be held on January 20, 2019, has been accorded the gold label by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).  The 16th edition of the race became the only gold label marathon in the country and joined the elite list of marathons in Asia. The race organ...

September 15, 2018 7:54 PM

Pinki Jangra advances to finals in Ahmet Comart Tournament

Former Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Pinki Jangra advanced to the finals in the Ahmet Comart Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. Five other Indian boxers have made it to the semifinals of the event.  Jangra (51kg) defeated former world champion Steluta Duta in the quarterfinals 5-0 before getting ...

September 15, 2018 6:37 PM

Indian women defeat Hong Kong 6-1 in AFC U-16 Women's Qualifiers

Indian women defeated Hong Kong 6-1 in the AFC Under-16 Women's Qualifiers football encounter at Ulan Bator in Mongolia today. Lynda Kom scored a hat-trick, while Captain Shilky Devi netted a brace. Sunita Munda accounted for the other goal. Indian women will next meet Pakistan Under-16 on ...

September 14, 2018 2:13 PM

Japan Open Badminton: K Srikanth crashes out of men's singles event

In Japan Open Badminton, India's Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of the men's singles event after losing to Dong Keun Lee of South Korea 19-21, 16-21, 18-21 in the quarterfinals on Friday.   With Srikanth's exit, the Indian shuttlers' campaign at the Japan Open came ...

September 14, 2018 1:58 PM

World Shooting: 16 year old Udhayveer Singh wins individual gold

Sixteen year old Udhayveer Singh has won an individual Gold Medal in Junior Men's 25 metre pistol event in the World Shooting Championships in South Korea.   In the event being held at Changwon, he also spearheaded India to the team Gold. Singh shot a score of 587 in the individual competit...

September 14, 2018 8:49 AM

Davis Cup: Ramkumar Ramanathan to open India's campaign against Serbia

Ramkumar Ramanathan will open India's campaign against fifth seed Serbia in the World Group Play-off tie, starting at Kraljevo, in Serbia today. He will face Laslo Djere in the first Singles.    Djere is ranked higher than Ramkumar at number 86 but he is yet to win a match in Davis Cup. On ...

September 12, 2018 7:37 PM

India beat China in World Women Team squash

India today ed a 3-0 win over host China in a Group C league match to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the knock out phase in the WSF Women's World Team championship being held at Dalian in China.  In the first round yesterday, India lost to the US squash team.    SRFI release in Ch...

September 12, 2018 5:52 PM

Virat Kohli finishes as world's best batsman in ICC ranking

In the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, India captain Virat Kohli has finished as the number-one ranked batsman in the world.    Kohli amassed 593 runs at an average of 59.3 in the just-completed series against England, which India lost by 1-4 margin.    The Indian captain had started th...

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