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AGENCY BASSETERRE: Indian bowlers, with the exception of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, were far from impressive as they struggled for wickets on the third and final day of the second tour match against the West Indies Board President's…
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AGENCY RIO DE JANEIRO: The head of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics says the world's top four male golfers have withdrawn from the games because there is no money to be won - not because of the Zika virus. "They tried to blame Zika, but the…
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AGENCY PARIS: The Olympic movement faces division in a critical week ahead of the Rio Games with a report Monday to set out whether Russia manipulated doping samples, followed quickly by a sports tribunal verdict on 68 Russian athletes…
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AGENCY New Delhi: Elated and exhausted in equal measure after being crowned the WBO Asia Pacific champion, Indian boxing star Vijender Singh says he will savour the triumph for a while before looking at the possibility of a showdown with…
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New Delhi:- Indian boxing's administrative logjam is likely to end only after next month's Olympics with the stakeholders pushing back the much-awaited elections for the Boxing Federation of India to September, a move that has been cleared…
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AGENCY New Delhi: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh scaled a new high in his ever-soaring professional career as he clinched the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title with a dominating win over former WBC European champion Kerry Hope…
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STATE TIMES NEWS KALAKOTE: To promote rural sports among the youth, the Rashtriya Rifles Battalion conducted a Dangal Competition at Sports Stadium, Kalakote in Rajouri District, which concluded on Saturday. "A total of 22 youth…
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AGENCY BENGALURU: Sports Authority of India (SAI) Director General Injeti Srinivas on Saturday made it clear that no Rio Olympics-bound hockey player was issued notice by the National Anti-Doping Agency for 'whereabouts' filing failure as…
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AGENCY CHANDIGARH: Veteran Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna outclassed the Korean pair of Seong Chan Hong and Hong Chung in straight sets to guide India to the Davis World Group Play-offs as the hosts took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the…
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New Delhi:- He is inarguably the greatest tennis player of all time but what makes Roger Federer, a reverred sportsperson, a legend is his "warmth and care" for colleagues, which even touched Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza's life on a couple…
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