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Singapore, Apr 11: Six summers ago, Saina Nehwal had stood at the podium here with the gold medal dangling around her neck and the Indian ace will hope to relive those moments by clinching the title once again when the Singapore Super Series begins here tomorrow. Saina has played only three times in the last five editions here at the Singapore Indoor Stadium but she could not go beyond the

Nashville, Apr 11: A former Vanderbilt University football player was found guilty on Friday of raping an unconscious female student in a dorm room three years ago. Cory Batey is one of four former Vanderbilt football players charged with aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery stemming from the June 2013 incident. It took jurors just over two hours to reach the verdict. This was the second

Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr 11: India's hockey team claimed a 3-1 victory over Canada to move to the third spot in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup here on Sunday. India, coming into the match with a 1-5 defeat against world champions Australia, caught a flying start with forward Nikkin Thimmiah scoring in the third minute. Keegan Pereira, however, made it 1-1 for Canada in the 23rd minute. Later drag-flicker

Barabati, Apr 10: Mohun Bagan's hopes of retaining the I-League title virtually went up in smokes after they were held to a 3-3 draw by DSK Shivajians in an enthralling I-League contest at the Vidyasagar Krirangan in Barasat. In a match that had several twists and turns, Mohun Bagan took a lead through Cornell Glenn (26th and 45+1st) but only to crumble under pressure as Derrick Pereira's side

Mumbai, Apr 8: IndusInd Bank on Thursday announced its support to the Indian para athletes, who qualify for this year's Rio Paralympics, through its Para Champions Programme -- IndusInd Umang -- designed for differently-abled sportspersons. Fifteen emerging and elite para athletes have been selected to receive support under the programme in the first year with two among them -- Amit Saroha and

New Delhi, Apr 8: After disappointing 2018 World Cup qualifiers campaign, India dropped dropped two places in the latest FIFA rankings, released on Thursday. With 142 points, Stephen Constantine's men are placed 162nd in the global ranking, which is being lead by Argentina. India are ranked 29th in Asia. In the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, India lost seven of the eight matches, ending their campaign

IPOH (Malaysia), Apr 7: Indian defence crumbled under the onslaught of a rampaging Australia as they were handed a 1-5 thrashing by the world champions in their second league fixture of the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Thursday. Australia, the eight-time winners of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, launched their campaign to reclaim the title they lost to New Zealand last year with a

Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr 7: Asian Games champions India came from a goal down to clinch an unimpressive 2-1 victory over hard-working Japan on the opening day of the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, here. Squandering a series of scoring chances created by defence-splitting crosses that sailed across the goalmouth, India managed to earn full points against the lowly-ranked rivals through

Mumbai, Apr 6: Expressing concerns over the proposed Premier Futsal league, announced yesterday with great fanfare here by former Portugal football star Luis Figo, world governing football body FIFA has shot off a letter to the All India Football Federation, it has been learnt. "FIFA's head of events, Jaime Yarza, has sent a letter to the AIFF expressing concerns over a non-affiliated group having

Barcelona, Apr 5: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi`s family have denied Spanish media reports that arose following the leak of the `Panama papers` that said he was involved in a tax evasion scheme. Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday after a leak of four decades of documents from a Panamanian law firm that specialised in