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New Delhi, May 17: Left with no other option, two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar moved the Delhi High Court with a plea to direct the Wrestling Federation of India to conduct a selection trial to decide who will represent India in men's 74kg freestyle category at the Rio Games. Sources claimed the HC could hear the matter tomorrow. "We had no option but to take the matter to the court as

Patiala, May 16: Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today ruled out intervention in the Sushil Kumar-Narsingh Yadav selection battle for the Rio Olympics, saying that the matter is for the Wrestling Federation of India to decide. The WFI had sought the Ministry's intervention to resolve the raging furore over whether to give the Olympic ticket to Narsingh, who clinched the quota berth, or hold

New Delhi, May 16: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis produced a spirited fight back as they survived a late onslaught to win their first ever clay-court title in Rome at Italian Open on Sunday. After losing the second set by a wicker,the Indo-Romanian pair rebounded strongly to secure a 6-1, 6-7(5), 10-3 win over recently united Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova

Taipei (Chinese Taipei), May 15: Indian women's squash team ended their successful Asian Team squash Championship with a silver medal as they lost to Malaysia by 0-2 margin in the final, here today. India's performance was better than their bronze-medal finish in the earlier edition of the championship. Just like the league stage, India again lost to the eventual champions in the summit clash

May 14: Confident of beating the best of today even at 52, world record-holding long jumper Mike Powell has announced that he would try to qualify for this year's 2016 Rio Olympic Games. "The state of the long jump is pathetic, I have watched these people jump at the World Championships last year and I know I can beat them. No other sport has fallen behind the way Long Jump has," he said ahead of

Bolton, May 14: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh's rampaging winning streak remained intact as he carved out a sixth successive knockout victory by battering Poland's Andrzej Soldra on Friday. Fighting the first eight-round contest of his fledgling pro career, Vijender completed yet another dominating win barely a minute into the third round. The 30-year-old Indian will next be seen in action on

New Delhi, May 13: Ace Indian pugilist Narsingh Yadav has said that he deserves to go to Rio Olympics ahead of two-time medallist Sushil Kumar since he is better than him in the 74kg category. Speaking to The Times of India, Narsingh Said said that while he has plenty of respect for the legendary wrestler, Sushil wasn't the right candidate for the 74kg category. “Sushil Kumar is a great wrestler

New Delhi, May 13: Oscar winning music composer AR Rahman today agreed to be the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian Olympic contingent, joining cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, ace shooter Abhinav Bindra and Bollywood star Salman Khan. Tendulkar, Salman and Olympic gold medallist Bindra had earlier accepted the role offered by the Indian Olympic Association. The IOA said that it has also received an

New Delhi, May 12: Former India women's football team captain Sona Chaudhary, who has made serious allegations against the sport's administrators in her recently launched book, said the female players were treated badly during her playing days. Chaudhary, who claims to have played for India between 1994 and 1998, has made the allegations in her book titled 'Game in Game'. The book is written in

New Delhi, May 11: In a shocking revelation, former Indian football skipper Sona Chaudhary has revealed several cases of sexual and mental harassment by the officials against the women footballers in the past. The revelations have been made in her recently launched book 'Game in Game' In her book, Sona had claimed that the coach, secretary forced the players to compromise at different levels. Sona