Sports

New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has sanctioned an amount of Rs 9 lakh to badminton star Saina Nehwal for hiring a full time physiotherapist till 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The sanctioned money is for a period of 15 months, starting this month.…
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Eastbourne: Top-seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis routed the pair of Karolina Pliskova and Michella Krajicek to sail into the quarterfinals of the WTA Aegon International, here. Sania and Hingis thrashed the unseeded Czech-Dutch pair…
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Mirpur: Stung by their first-ever series defeat against Bangladesh, undefire India will look to salvage some pride and prevent the hosts from registering a rare clean sweep when they go into the third and final cricket one-dayer here…
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 AGENCY MIRPUR: Under-fire India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a sarcastic tone said that if his removal from captaincy can help Indian cricket move in right direction then he is game for it. "I am always the one who is responsible for…
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AGENCY HARARE: The Indian team's tour to Zimbabwe next month has been rendered doubtful with BCCI saying that the limited-overs series could be postponed to next year if the ongoing issues between the board and broadcaster Ten Sports are…
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AGENCY Belgium: His side might have already booked their place in next year's Rio Olympics, but India Captain Sardar Singh asserted that they are not mere tourists here and have a lot to play for in the ongoing Hockey World League…
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n AGENCY NEW YORK: Their dreams of a maiden Grand Prix gold title ended up in smoke after Indian men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy suffered a straight-game loss in the finals of the US Open badminton tournament here. The…
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AGENCY Tokyo: In a positive development for the sport, the organising committee of 2020 Tokyo Olympics today shortlisted squash as one of the eight disciplines to present its case before a final recommendation is made to the International…
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AGENCY NEW DELHI: With the Micromax deal due for expiry with end of the current cricket season, the BCCI has invited new tender bids for the title sponsorship of domestic and international tournaments to be hosted in India till 2019. "The…
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Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw as black against Hikaru Nakamura of United States and remained in joint third position after the end of the fifth round of Norway Chess 2015, a part of the Grand Chess Tour.…
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