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New Delhi, May 22: Under-fire Louis van Gaal got an Old Trafford life-line after helping Manchester United to a record equaling 12th FA Cup title in extra time against Crystal Palace on Saturday. The final at Wembley Stadium witnessed underdogs Palace taking lead at the 78th minute with substitute Jason Puncheon slamming a shot past David de Gea at the near post. But United equalised within three

Astana (Kazakhstan), May 21: Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom's hopes of a second successive Olympic appearance ended today after she went down in the second round of the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships here. Mary Kom (51kg), who was a bronze-medallist at the 2012 London Olympics, lost 0-2 to Germany's Azize Nimani in the second round of an event from where only the semifinalists

Taoyuan City, May 21: Promising sprinter Dutee Chand bagged her second gold by winning the women's 200m race in a clean sweep of medals by the Indians at the Taiwan Open Athletics Championships here today. Dutee clocked 23.52secs in the 200m sprint final to win the gold while compatriots Srabani Nanda and H M Jyothi picked up the silver and bronze in 23.55secs and 23.92secs respectively. The trio

Kunshan (China), May 20: Indian women's team settled for a bronze medal after suffering a 0-3 defeat at the hands of defending champions China in the semifinals of the Uber Cup badminton championship, here today. After top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu went down narrowly against their respective opponents in the two singles match, Jwala Gutta and N Sikki Reddy also bit the dust in the

New Delhi, May 20: 17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer on Thursday shocked the tennis world by announcing his withdrawal from the 2016 French Open. The Swiss maestro, in a Facebook post, said that he is "still not 100%" and was worried that he "might be taking an unnecessary risk by playing" at Roland Garros. Federer has played a record 65 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments. And for the first

New Delhi, May 19: Usually, dogs are called a man's best friend. But, the age old cliché doesn't apply in all conditions. That's what exactly happened in Bengaluru marathon, when an Ethiopian runner, Mule Wasihun, who was running in the World 10K marathon was at the receiving end. It was certainly not his day, as first Wasihun, who was leading the race, took a wrong turn to forego his lead. And by

New Delhi, May 19: Sushil Kumar's fight for an Olympic berth suffered another blow on Wednesday with the Wrestling Federation of India ( WFI ) strongly hinting that they would prefer Narsingh Yadav for the Rio by insisting on not having a trial given the quota winner's "consistent performances". Following the Delhi High Court directive, a special WFI committee, formed on the instruction of the

May 18: Maria Sharapova will attend an International Tennis Federation anti-doping hearing in London on Wednesday, British media reported, with the Russian facing a possible ban of up to four years for failing a drugs test at the Australian Open. The five-times grand slam champion stunned the world in March when she said she had returned a positive test for meldonium, a Latvian-made heart

May 18: Canton of Vaud: Up to 31 athletes from 12 countries could be banned from the Rio Olympics for doping after new tests on samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday. The 31 were caught in new tests on 454 Beijing samples using "the very latest scientific analysis methods," the International Olympic Committee said. The re-examination was

Kunshan (China), May 17: Former World No.1 shuttler Saina Nehwal helped Indian eves gather a second consecutive 5-0 win at the Uber Cup, this time thrashing Germany to close in on a quarter-final berth here on Tuesday. The win also made sure India stay in contention to qualify for the quarter-finals from Group D which also includes Japan and Australia. It was 2015 World Championship runner-up