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Mumbai, May 11: Narsingh Yadav hates media interviews. The Mumbai-based wrestler would rather express himself on the mat, against formidable opponents. On the rare occasions he agrees to be interviewed, the answers are measured, and show his reluctance. However, all that has changed since he won a quota place for the Rio Olympics in the 74 kg category by winning a bronze medal at the World

Rio De Janeiro, May 10: The dining room for the athletes village at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics will be bigger than two football fields, and the kitchen being built in the same massive tent will be as large as one. The setting hints at quite a spread when the games open in just under three months. "We want to make sure when there is a medal or a record, part of that record also goes to our food

Pune, May 10: 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh on Sunday exhorted Indian youth to take inspiration from his story and win an Olympic medal in athletics in his lifetime. "I failed to win a medal in 1960 Rome Olympics and it hurts me till today. More than half a century has passed since then but no Indian has been able to win an Olympic medal in athletics," rued Milkha Singh here today. "It is my last

Busan, May 9: Leander Paes won his first Challenger doubles title in 16 years and his season's first partnering Sam Groth to beat twins Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana 4-6, 6-1, 10-7 in the final of the $100,000 Busan Open Challenger here on Sunday. The Indo-Australian pair won the match in 1 hour and nine minutes. This was Paes' first title with his new partner. His last Challenger trophy win was

Madrid, May 9: Novak Djokovic claimed a record 29th Masters title when he defeated Andy Murray 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Madrid Open for a second time. The world number one captured his fifth trophy of 2016 as he defeated defending champion Murray for the 12th time in their last last 13 matches to stand at an overwhelming 23-9 in their career head-to-head. Djokovic has defeated the world

Madrid, May 8: Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis lost went down in straight sets to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the women's doubles final of the Madrid Masters tennis tournament here today. The Indo-Swiss pair struggled to find their rhythm as they lost 4-6 4-6 to their fifth seeded French opponents. Today's loss meant that Sania and Hingis remained on four titles this season

London, May 8: Jamie Vardy scored a brace and missed a penalty as new Premier League champions Leicester City comfortably defeated Everton 3-1 on Saturday ahead of their trophy presentation ceremony. Vardy, banned for Leicester`s two previous games, struck in each half at a jubilant King Power Stadium, with Andy King also on target, and would have had a hat-trick had he not blazed a second-half

Bolton, May 7: Just one fight away from a shot at the WBO Asia title, Indian boxer Vijender Singh will face an experienced Andrzej Soldra of Poland in his sixth professional bout at the Macron Stadium in Bolton on May 13. The in-form super middleweight boxer, who took bronze at the 2008 Olympic Games, has made an explosive start to his professional career by blowing away his first five opponents

New Delhi, May 7: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and Swiss legend Martina Hingis made short work of Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva to make the final of Madrid Open on Friday. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss women's doubles team took little over 50 minutes to dismantle the American-Russian pair for a 6-2, 6-0 victory in Madrid clay court tournament. Today's win put the world's top doubles team a game

Mumbai, May 6: With two back-to-back bronze medals in world championships adorning her list of achievements, Rio-bound Indian shuttler PV Sindhu says she will consider it a bigger feat if she could climb the podium on debut during the Olympic Games in August. "It's much more than world championships. The ultimate goal for anyone is to get a medal in the Olympics where the conditions and