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New Delhi, Jul 31: India’s badminton doubles specialist and newly-appointed coach Jwala Gutta is known for being feisty. Not one to take things lying down, the Arjuna Awardee ripped apart a Twitter troll who called her mother anti-Modi. Jwala’s mother Yelen is Chinese. The drama unfolded on Twitter out of nowhere. A man, who’s Twitter handle reads @Siddhuheart began by asking Jwala’s sister Insi

Kuala Lumpur, Jul 31: Indian women's football team are confident of a good show against hosts Malaysia in an international friendly which will also mark the debut of new coach Maymol Rocky. Indian senior team's first female coach Rocky is a strict disciplinarian. "We have introduced fines in this camp. Whenever someone commits any mistake, she is fined," said Maymol. "Imparting discipline within

New Delhi, Jul 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he had advised the Indian women's cricket team not to feel burdened by the World Cup final defeat since they had backing of the nation. Indian team ended runner-up at the prestigious ICC event after losing the final to England narrowly by nine runs. Their unexpected performance in the World Cup followed a host of felicitations after the team's

Galle, Jul 29: A vastly superior India today outclassed an injury-ravaged and out-of-sorts Sri Lanka by 304 runs in the opening Test to bury the ghosts of a humilating loss at the same venue, exactly two years ago. India lead the three-match series 1-0. This was India's biggest overseas win (in terms of runs) surpassing 279 run-victory against England at Leeds in 1986. For Sri Lanka, it was their

Galle, Jul 28: India lost first innings centurions Cheteshwar Pujara and Shikhar Dhawan cheaply before rain forced an early tea break, leaving India at 56 for two and 365 runs ahead of Sri Lanka on day three of the first Test here. Before the break, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 291 runs in their first innings after resuming the day at 154 for five. Besides Pujara (15), the other first innings

Hyderabad, Jul 28: Olympics badminton silver medallist P.V. Sindhu was on Thursday appointed a Deputy Collector by the Andhra Pradesh government. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu handed over the appointment letter to her at the state secretariat in the presence of her parents. Speaking on the occasion, the shuttler said she was happy to receive the appointment letter. She, however, said

New Delhi, Jul 27: Sports Minister Vijay Goel today felicitated the Indian women's cricket team for its spectacular performance in the ICC World Cup, saying this will inspire the country's youth to take up sports as a career option. India lost to hosts England by nine runs in the final of the mega-event at the Lord's after a campaign that forced the entire country to follow and support the women

Galle, Jul 26: Opener Shikhar Dhawan registered his highest Test score and shared a huge 253-run stand with Cheteshwar Pujara to guide India to commanding position at tea on the opening day of the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka, here today. Dhawan (190), who was dropped on 31, missed his maiden double century by just 10 runs as India comfortably piled up the runs in 55 overs. Dhawan played a

New Delhi, Jul 26: Ace tennis player Sania Mirza recently lauded the Indian Women's cricket team and its skipper Mithali Raj for their excellent performance in ICC Women's World Cup. Terming Mithali an 'incredible ambassador,' the 30-year-old said, "Mithali (Raj) has been performing amazingly for many years; she is an incredible ambassador for the game of cricket." Adding, "I really hope this

Galle, Jul 25: He has been asked this question a number of times and Virat Kohli today just put a full-stop to the queries regarding the appointment of Ravi Shastri post Anil Kumble's acrimonious departure. Asked about how the team is coping with all controversies surrounding the appointment of coach, Kohli said: "It (the coach issue) is something that we are not focussing on at all now. We (him