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New Delhi, Mar 7: Yogeshwar Dutt will spearhead a 17-member wrestling team for the Asian Olympic Qualification tournament, to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from March 18 to 20. The team, consisting of five men's freestyle wrestlers, six Greco-Roman and six female wrestlers, is likely to reach Astana on March 15. In men's freestyle, all eyes will be on Yogeshwar to book an Olympic berth for India

New Delhi, Mar 6: Patna Pirates beat U Mumba in the final to emerge as the winners of the third edition of the Pro Kabaddi in New Delhi on Saturday. Patna beat Mumbai 31-28 to lift the golden trophy amidst spectacular scenes of celebration. Patna’s Rohit Kumar was awarded the best raider prize and Mumbai’s Mohit Chillar was adjudged the best defender of the match. Mumbai’s Rishank Devadiga emerged

New York, Mar 5: Bud Collins, a veteran television commentator and newspaper columnist known for his flamboyant trousers and tennis expertise, has died at age 86, his long-time newspaper the Boston Globe announced today. Collins, who died at his home in the Boston suburb of Brookline, made one of his final public appearances last September, when the media center at the US Open was named in his

Bangkok , Mar 4: A fit-again Indian shooter Jitu Rai edged past a strong field, including former Olympic champion Pang Wei, to clinch the 50m pistol gold at the ISSF World Cup here on Friday. Jitu, who had been nursing a palm injury for some months, beat China's former World and Olympic Champion Wei to second place shooting 191.3 to Pang's 186.5. Wang Zhiwei, also of China and an Olympic Bronze

Los Angeles, Mar 3: Venus Williams will end her 15-year boycott of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells next week, following in the footsteps of sister Serena who returned to the event last year. The 35-year-old former world number one has not played the prestigious Californian event since 2001, when she and Serena were booed by sections of the crowd. Her father Richard Williams has long alleged

New Delhi, Mar 3: There is a perception that Indian cricketers are the highest paid sportspersons across the eight domestic leagues in the country. But this notion has been dispelled by a Research Services Agency, Super Insight, which in its document titled 'Indian Sports Salaries Report 2016', has claimed that tennis legends Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal alone earn double than Indian ODI skipper

London, Mar 2: Male boxers will not wear protective headgear at Rio 2016 after the International Olympic Committee ratified the rule change by the sport's governing body. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) adopted the change for amateur fighters three years ago but ruled that female fighters will continue to wear headgear, Xinhua reported. Boxers have worn headgear in every Olympics since

Dehradun, Mar 1: International wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, popularly known as ‘The Great Khali’, who was admitted in a Dehradun hospital four days back after sustaining ‘serious’ injuries, bounced back on Sunday night to win the high-voltage wrestling match in which he trounced three foreign wrestlers – Brody Steel, Mike Knox and Apollo Leon. As part of ‘The Great Khali Returns Series’ in

Bengaluru, Mar 1: World number 2 Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal wants to be injury-free in the run-up to the Rio Olympics. "Last time, I was very fortunate to get bronze medal. So, hopefully, this time, if I play, I hope to get at least one medal for the country. I hope to be injury-free to participate in Rio Olympics," Saina, who is recovering from a foot injury. She added, "I will be a proud

Mulheim an der Ruhr (Germany), Feb 29: With Saina Nehwal missing another event due to fitness issues, P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will spearhead the Indian challenge at the $120,000 German Grand Prix Gold starting with the qualifiers in Mulheim an der Ruhr on Tuesday. World No 2 Saina, who had injured her ankle last year, is yet to play an international tournament this year as she is trying to