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July 5, 2018 8:17 PM

India begin its Doubles campaign in Wimbledon Tennis C'ships

India began their Men's Doubles campaign on the 4th day of Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London today with a victory.  The Indo-New Zealand pair of Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak defeated duo of M.Jaziri and A.Albot 7-6, 6-7,6-3,6-2 in the Round of 64 to enter the quarter-final.  Divij Sh...

July 5, 2018 5:37 PM

West Indies on top after dismissing Bangladesh for 43

West Indies dismissed Bangladesh for a record low of 43 before lunch on the opening day of the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.  Bangladesh's highest scorer was Liton Das who stitched 25.  Four Bangladesh batsmen were out without any score while others scored less t...

July 5, 2018 5:36 PM

India to open title defence against Oman in ACT hockey

The Asian Hockey Federation today announced the schedule of the fifth men's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament to be held in Muscat, Oman from October 18 to 28.  Defending champions  India will begin its campaign against hosts Oman on the opening day.  India will take on arch-rivals P...

July 5, 2018 5:15 PM

Asian Games: Draws for Asiad football announced

The official draws of football for the upcoming Asian Games were announced today.  According to the draws, 24 teams will be competing in the men's event while the women's category will have 11 nations.  India is not part of it as the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chose not to cl...

July 5, 2018 5:10 PM

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy enter quarterfinals of Indonesia Open

In badminton, Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and HS Prannoy entered the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open in Jakarta today.  Sindhu celebrated her 23rd birthday with a 21-17, 21-14 victory over Japan's Aya Ohori.   HS Prannoy eked out a three-game victory over Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese...

July 5, 2018 8:51 AM

FIFA World Cup: Quarterfinal stage to commence from tomorrow

In FIFA World Cup, the quarterfinal stage will commence from tomorrow. In the first quarterfinal, France will take on Uruguay at Nizhny Novgorod at 7.30 pm. Brazil will meet Belgium in the second quarterfinal at 11.30 pm in Sochi. On Saturday, England will face Sweden at Samara, while hosts Russia w...

July 4, 2018 9:19 PM

Sports Authority of India set to be renamed as Sports India

More than 34 years after coming into existence, the Sports Authority of India is set to be renamed as Sports India. Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced this today after the sports body's governing body meeting in New Delhi.   The sports body, established in 1984, orga...

July 4, 2018 9:03 PM

Indonesia Open: Srikanth's title defence ends, Sindhu advances

Defending champion Kidambi Srikanth's campaign ended with a narrow opening-round loss but Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu eked out a thrilling win to progress to the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament in Jakarta today.   For...

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