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Guwahati, Feb 14: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu Thursday opened her campaign in the 83rd Senior National Badminton Championship with a straight game win over Nagpur's Malvika Bansod to enter the women's singles quarterfinals here. A former champion, Sindhu took time to get into the groove before claiming a 21-11 21-13 win over Malvika, who is a gold medallist at the South Asian U-21

Feb 13: Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan believes that the present national team has the firepower to break its World Cup jinx against India and register the country's maiden win over it's neighbours in the upcoming ICC World Cup in the UK. Pakistan have never defeated India in six matches in the World Cup so far. The two sides will meet again during the World Cup at Old Trafford on June 16. "The

Feb 13: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rejected Sharjeel Khan's appeal to allow him to play domestic cricket, before his ban for involvement in spot-fixing expires in August this year. A senior official of the PCB said that Sharjeel's application submitted by his lawyer had been discussed at the recent Board of Governors meeting in which the player had asked for permission to resume playing

UAE, Feb 12: New Zealand will kick off a three-match home series against Bangladesh in Napier on February 13, aiming to move up to third position in the ODI team rankings as the sides prepare for the World Cup 2019 in England and Wales. The Kiwi side will need to win 3-0 to overtake South Africa in the rankings but the Proteas too will have a shot at improving their position in the coming weeks as

Tokyo, Feb 12: Japanese swim queen Rikako Ikee, the poster girl for next year's Tokyo Olympics, has been diagnosed with leukaemia, the 18-year-old tweeted on Tuesday. In a shock announcement, Ikee said: "After feeling unwell I returned in haste from Australia and following tests I was diagnosed with leukaemia. I still can't believe it myself, I'm in a state of confusion." Ikee shot to fame at last

Feb 12: The India pair of Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana have made impressive gains among batters in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings despite their side’s 3-0 series loss to New Zealand, while Windies all-rounder Deandra Dottin has grabbed the top spot among all-rounders in the latest update carried out on Tuesday. Rodrigues’s 132 runs in the three-match series against New

New Delhi, Feb 12: India captain Virat Kohli is well ahead of his contemporaries and destined for greatness, former Sri Lankan batting stalwart Kumar Sangakkara has said. Run-machine Kohli capped a memorable 2018 by becoming the first to win the International Cricket Council's (ICC) cricketer, Test and one-day international (ODI) player of the year awards last month. Considered part of the elite

Feb 12: West Indies fast-bowler Shannon Gabriel was warned by on-field umpires for using abusive language following an interaction with England skipper Joe Root during the third day of the third Test in St Lucia, according to British media reports. According to Guardian, Gabriel's comments were not picked up by stump microphones but Root was heard telling the bowler, "There's nothing wrong with

New Delhi, Feb 12: Former India pacer Amit Bhandari, who is chairman of the DDCA senior selection committee, was on Monday assaulted by a group of unidentified men during the Delhi senior team's training at the St Stephen's ground. Bhandari sustained head and ear injuries and was taken to Sant Paramanand Hospital at Civil Lines by his colleague Sukhvinder Singh. The goons fled before the cops

New Delhi, Feb 11: With India doing well in a range of Olympic sports in recent years, sportspersons in disciplines other than cricket have also started to score lucrative endorsement deals. Olympic and World Championship silver medallist P.V. Sindhu is the latest non-cricketer to be associated with a mega sponsorship deal. The badminton star recently signed a four-year sports sponsorship deal for