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Sania, Dodig end runner-up at Australian Open
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MELBOURNE: Sania Mirza will have to wait for her seventh Grand Slam trophy as the Indian and her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig lost the Australian Open mixed doubles final 2-6, 4-6 to underdogs Abigail Spears and Juan Sebastian Cabal,…
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Australia’s Big Bash smashes records
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SYDNEY: Records have tumbled for the Twenty20 Big Bash League, with Cricket Australia saying Sunday the enormous crowds and viewership for the fast-paced format this season has surpassed expectations.
The Big Bash is in its sixth…
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Sindhu, Sameer triumph at Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold
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LUCKNOW: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and National champion Sameer Verma began the new season on a resounding note by winning the women's and men's singles crowns respectively at the USD 120,000 Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold…
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Bumrah stars as India win by 5 runs, level series 1-1
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NAGPUR: Young Jasprit Bumrah shone in the death like never before as his excellent final over ensured India sensationally edged out England by five runs in the second Twenty20 International to level the three-match series here…
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BCCI should grant affiliation to blind cricket: Naik
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New Delhi: Set to be conferred with the Padma Shri award, former Indian blind cricket team captain Shekhar Naik today urged the BCCI to grant affiliation to the Cricket Association for Blind in India.
"It is high time that the Indian…
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Kohli slips, Dhoni rises slightly in ICC ODI rankings
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Dubai: Indian captain Virat Kohli today slipped a rung to third in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen but his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni gained a spot to be 13th in the latest list issued here.
Rohit Sharma slipped three places…
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Bindra to head new TOP Committee to identify talent
New Delhi:- Beijing Olympics gold-medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra was today appointed chairman of the re-constituted Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Committee, which also has yesteryear sprint star PT Usha and badminton great Prakash Padukone…
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Wriddhiman is automatic choice as 1st keeper: Ganguly
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KOLKATA: Echoing national selection committee chairman MSK Prasad's words, former India captain Sourav Ganguly today said wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha is ahead of Parthiv Patel in race to play Test cricket. Saha struck a career-best…
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Indians record all-win day at China pro event
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NEW DELHI: Former Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Amandeep Singh notched up a knockout triumph while two of his compatriots also recorded victories to round off an impressive Indian performance at a professional boxing event in…
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Sania, Bopanna to clash for semis spot in mixed doubles
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MELBOURNE: Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna set up a mixed doubles quarterfinal clash against each other at the Australian Open after winning their respective matches, here today.
Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski…
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