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AGENCY Seoul: South Korean swimming star Park Tae-Hwan, who was barred from the Olympics for doping, will compete for the national team in Rio after the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) ruled in his favour. The multiple Olympic…
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AGENCY EL MONTE (USA): Fourth seed Ajay Jayaram and Anand Pawar set up up an all-Indian quarterfinal in the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton event here. Other Indians who made the quarterfinals were the men's doubles pairing of Manu Attri…
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AGENCY BASSETERRE (ST KITTS): India's new chief coach Anil Kumble will be keeping a keen eye on speedster Mohammed Shami's fitness along with the form of opener Shikhar Dhawan when the team begin its tour of West Indies with a two-day…
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AGENCY KOLKATA: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly turned 44 today and birthday wishes poured in from all quarters for one of the country's most celebrated cricketers. '#HappyBirthdayDada' trended on Twitter for the former batsman, who…
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AGENCY MUMBAI: India will make its maiden appearance in the under-17 Futsal World Cup, scheduled in Paraguay from July 11, after being invited by the sport's governing body as a wild card entrant. The five-a-side soccer sport, played on a…
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London: India's miserable campaign at the Wimbledon ended as defending mixed doubles champions Leander Paes and Martina Hingis were knocked out in the third round by scratch pair of Britain's Heather Watson and Finland's Henri Kontinen, who…
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AGENCY EL MONTE (US): Indian shuttlers had anothergood day at the US Open with six of them advancing to thesingles pre-quarterfinals of the USD 120,000 Grand Prix Goldbadminton tournament here. In men's singles, sixth seed B Sai Praneeth,…
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AGENCY LONDON: Six-time champion Serena Williams breezed into her ninth Wimbledon final, and a potential match-up with sister Venus, by demolishing un-seeded Russian Elena Vesnina in just 48 minutes on Thursday. The 34-year-old American,…
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AGENCY LONDON: Defending champions and top seeded pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis crashed out in the quarter-finals of the women's doubles event at the Wimbledon on Thursday. Fifth seeded pair of Timea Babos of Hungary and Yaroslava…
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AGENCY MANCHESTER: Confident of a seventh successive knockout win for Vijender Singh, his British trainer Lee Beard today said he has tweaked the Indian boxing stars technique slightly as part of preparations for the eagerly-anticipated WBO…
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