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New Delhi:- Limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead a full strength Indian cricket squad for the two-match Twenty20 series against West Indies to be played in USA on August 27 and 28. The 14-member Indian team will witness the…
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AGENCY Rio de Janeiro: Indian boxer Shiva Thapa (56kg) bowed out of the Olympic Games after being out-punched by fourth-seeded Cuban Robeisy Ramirez in the opening round here today. The 22-year-old, competing in his second Olympics, lost…
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AGENCY RIO DE JANEIRO: Miffed with Indian sports minister Vijay Goel's entourage, Rio Olympic organisers have threatened to cancel his accreditation if unaccredited people accompanying him do not end their "aggressive and rude" behaviour.…
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AGENCY Rio de Janeiro: For a discipline that has given Indian athletes only the Olympian's tag, the country's track and field participants will begin their campaign in the Rio Olympics on Friday with little hope to break the 116-year-old…
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India wasted as many as five penalty corners seconds from the final hooter to go down 1-2 against reigning silver medallist Netherlands and slump to their second defeat in the men's hockey competition of Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on…
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 AGENCY GROS ISLET: India suffered a late batting collapse, allowing the West Indies to sneak back into the contest after Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha struck fighting centuries on day two of the third Test here today. India lost…
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After five days of fruitless labour, hopes of India turning a corner and marching towards a medal on day six of the Olympics were dashed when women archers Deepika Kumari and Laishram Bombayla Devi bowed out after being found wanting in…
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 AGENCY RIO DE JANEIRO: Setbacks continued to haunt India in their quest to break open the medal chest in the Olympic Games with shuttler P V Sindhu and World No. 5, Saina Nehwal being the bright spots in yet another disappointing day on…
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Agency RIO DE JANEIRO: Former Asian Games gold medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) gave a perfect start to India's boxing campaign in the Olympics as he outwitted American greenhorn Charles Conwell to enter the pre-quarterfinals here. The…
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Experienced woman archer Laishram Bombayla Devi advanced to the pre-quarterfinals with couple of wins on what otherwise was another dismal day for India at the Olympic Games that saw medal hope Jitu Rai crashing out of the 50m pistol…
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