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New Delhi, Sep 12: Riding on her bronze medal finish at the Rio Olympic Games, Sakshi Malik entered the top-five in the latest UWW (United World Wrestling) rankings, rising to a career-best 4th position in women's 58kg category. Previously unranked, Sakshi, who became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an olympic medal, claimed the position in the latest list. Another Indian woman wrestler --

New Delhi, Sep 12: Rio Olympics medal winners P V Sindhu and Sakshi Malikreceived only 1.66 per cent, for their preparation for the international sporting event, of the Rs 36.85 crore spent by the government on the 117 Olympians who took part under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) launched last year, reported the Indian Express on Monday. Under TOPS, the government spent Rs 61.13 lakh on

New York, Sep 12: Stan Wawrinka became the oldest US Open men's champion in 46 years when he defeated world number one Novak Djokovic to claim a third Grand Slam title on Sunday. Wawrinka, the 31-year-old third seed, triumphed 6-7 (1/7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 after almost four hours of high intensity tennis. He even held his nerve when the final threatened to erupt into controversy afterDjokovic twice

New York, Sep 11: Angelique Kerber won the US Open on Saturday, marking her rise to world number one with a gritty victory over Karolina Pliskova for her second Grand Slam title of the year. Germany's Kerber, the second seed, rallied from a break down in the third set to beat the hard-hitting 10th-seeded Czech 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. She added the US Open crown to the Australian Open title she claimed in

Chennai, Sep 10: A few hours after Tamil Nadu-based Mariyappan Thangavelu scripted history at the ongoing Rio Paralympics, becoming the first Indian para-athlete to bag a gold medal in the men's high jump, several local political party leaders have congratulated Thangavelu. Chief minister J Jayalalithaa has announced Rs 2 crore for Thangavelu. "I was delighted to learn that you have won a gold

New Delhi: From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to India's lone individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra, congratulatory messages poured in from all corners for Rio Paralympic Games' T-42 high-jump gold-medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu and bronze winner Varun Bhati. "India is elated! Congratulations to Mariyappan Thangavelu on winning a gold & Varun Singh Bhati for the bronze at the

New Delhi, Sep 10: Mariyappan Thangavelu clinched gold medal and Varun Singh Bhati won bronze in men's high jump to open India’s medal tally at Rio Paralympics on Friday. Mariyappan Thangavelu won gold with a jump of 1.89 metre and Bhati won bronze with an attempt of 1.86m, which is also his personal best mark. Sam Grewe of United States won silver. Thangavelu is the first Indian high-jumper to

Bangkok (Thailand), Sep 10: Pankaj Advani became the first cueist from India to win a medal at the prestigious Sangsom 6 Red Snooker World Championship as he settled for a bronze after losing the semifinal to Chinese Ding Junhui, here on Friday. In the quarterfinals, the Indian received a walkover from Michael Holt who withdrew due to personal reasons. "Winning the first medal for India in this

New York, Sep 9: Angelique Kerber marked her elevation to the world number one ranking by reaching the US Open final with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Caroline Wozniacki. The 28-year-old left-hander, who won the Australian Open in January and was Wimbledon runner-up in July, is the first German woman to reach the final in New York since Steffi Graf in 1996. She will emulate Graf as US Open champion if

New York, Sep 9: The 10-seeded Pliskova from Czech Republic upset Williams by finishing the match 6-2, 7-6 (5). This defeat also ends Williams' 3-year reign as World No. 1. For the second year in a row, Serena Williams’ bid to make history ended with a shocking loss in the U.S. Open semifinals. A seventh title at Flushing Meadows, which would have been an Open-era record, will have to wait. So