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Paris, Jun 26: Gareth Bale was the creator of the only goal an own-goal to put Wales into the European Championship quarterfinals with a 1-0 win over Northern Ireland on Saturday. Bale’s cross was aimed at teammate Hal Robson-Kanu but it was inadvertently tipped into the net by Northern Ireland defender Gareth McAuley in the 75th minute. It was a quiet first half for Bale, the tournament’s co

New Delhi, Jun 25: Nearly a year after fighting her way back into her international career by winning a landmark 'gender' case, gutsy Indian woman sprinter Dutee Chand today qualified for Rio Olympics 100m dash, shattering her own national record in the process at the 26th G Kosanov Memorial Meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 20-year-old Dutee clocked 11.30 seconds in the women's 100m heats in the

Bengaluru, June 24: Vani Kapoor returned a card of 4 under 67 to further cement her position atop the leader board at the end of the second day in the 9th leg of the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour at the Clover Greens Golf Course here today. In the process, she opened up a huge 9 shot lead over Gauri Monga going into the final round tomorrow. Gauri too climbed up the leader board to second

New Delhi, Jun 23: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has threatened to drop Bollywood actor Salman Khan as goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent for the Rio Olympics if public apology for his irresponsible rape comment doesn’t come soon. Salman was quoted saying that “when I used to walk when I used to walk out of the ring after the shoot, I used to feel like a raped woman. I couldn’t

New Delhi, Jun 23: Her last hope for an Olympic berth might be over after the denial of a wildcard, but star Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom today said she would not hang up her gloves just yet. The 33-year-old five-time world champion could not make the cut for Rio via the two qualifiers and last-ditch attempts by the Indian Olympic Association and the ad-hoc committee administering boxing in

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 22: Hurt by allegations of corruption levelled against her by state Sports Minister E P Jayarajan, India's lone athletics World Championship medal winner Anju Bobby George today resigned as President of the Kerala Sports Council. Announcing her decision to quit, the celebrated long-jumper said it was not proper to continue in the post after "allegations" and

Baku (Azerbaijan), Jun 22: Former Asian Games gold-medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) became the third Indian boxer to enter the quarters of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament here and be just one win away from booking a berth in the Rio Games this August. Seeded second in his draw, Vikas out-witted Georgia's Kvachatadze Zaal 3-0 late last night to advance to the last-eight stage where he will

New York, Jun 21: Maria Sharapova`s attorney John Haggerty hit out at World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) head Craig Reedie for comments he made about the Russian tennis star`s earnings. Speaking at a WADA symposium in London on Monday, Reedie complained that his organisation`s yearly budget of $30 million (26.5 million euros) was potentially less than Sharapova`s annual earnings. But that brought a

Haute-Garonne, Jun 21: Gareth Bale kept up his goal-a-game Euro 2016 campaign Monday to guide Wales to a 3-0 win over Russia and push them ahead of rivals England in their group. England could only manage a frustrating goalless draw against Slovakia and dropped to second place in Group B. Aaron Ramsey and Neil Taylor also scored in Wales` easy win in Toulouse against a limp Russian side whose

London, Jun 20: Andy Murray warned Novak Djokovic he has the champagne on ice as the Queen's Club history-maker plots to end the world number one's reign as Wimbledon champion. Murray completed the perfect warm-up for Wimbledon when the world number two defeated Milos Raonic 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to retain the Queen's title and lift the trophy for a record fifth time. With Wimbledon