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Feb 20: Ferrari showed off what they hope will be a Mercedes-beating car on Friday with the target of fighting for the Formula One championship right to the end of the season. While world champions Mercedes had their 2016 car running for the first time at a grey Silverstone circuit for a private filming day, Ferrari revealed their red and white SF16-H car in an online presentation. Team principal

New Delhi, Feb 19: Amid rising speculation on who is going to partner Sania Mirza at the Rio Olympics, contender Rohan Bopanna says his sole focus now is to maintain his top-10 ranking till the French Open in June. While veteran Leander Paes has already said that he is the ideal painter for Sania, Bopanna said a lot of scenarios can play out before the Rio Games in August. "I will play all the big

London, Feb 19: Force India surprised fans on Thursday by announcing Mexican teenager Alfonso Celis Jr, who has half a day's experience of Formula One, will be first to test the team's new car next week instead of a regular race driver. The 19-year-old, who was appointed development driver in November, will be at the wheel of the new VJM09 car on two of the four days of the first pre-season test

New Delhi, Feb 18: Unstoppable so far, star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will now gun for his maiden title in the professional circuit when he fights for the WBO Asia belt come June in front of home fans in the national capital. The middleweight boxer, who earned worldwide fame by becoming India’s first Olympic and World Championships medallist at the amateur level, has exhibited rampaging form

Bengaluru, Feb 18: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza on Wednesday said it is too early to take a call on who she would partner in mixed doubles at the Rio Olympic Games. The confident Sania though believed the best possible team should be fielded in the multi-sport extravaganza. "Who knows who is going to be healthy and who won't be healthy. The most important thing people should know is that the best

Guwahati/Shillong, Feb 17: For the 12th successive time, none could match up to India's regional might but the host country's record-breaking medal haul of 308 can hardly hide the fact that the standard of competition in the South Asian Games has failed to rise significantly. This was the best performance by any country in the Games' 32-year history but what is worrying for the relevance of the

Buenos Aires, Feb 17: An amateur footballer enraged by getting a red card in Argentina fetched a gun and fatally shot the referee on the pitch, police said Tuesday. Cesar Flores, 48, was refereeing a match between local youth teams in the central city of Cordoba when he sent off the player for a foul. The youth took a revolver from among his belongings, went back on the pitch and shot Flores

New Delhi, Feb 16: Known for his performances on the 'akhada', ace Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt on Monday took everyone by surprise as he posted a patriotic poem on Twitter ??? ????? ?? ??? ???? ?? ???? ??? ?? ????? ??? ??? ??? ?? ??? ????? ?? ???? ?? ??? ??????? ??? ??? ????? ??? ??? ??? pic.twitter.com/hMqKNdjxkE — Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) February 13, 2016 The Olympic medalist took to

Guwahati , Feb 16: The boxers hardly broke a sweat to scoop all the seven gold medals up for grabs, while shooters ended their campaign with an outstanding tally of 25 gold medals to ensure that India's reign at the top remained unhindered at the 12th South Asian Games, on Monday. On the penultimate day of competitions, the Indian contingent continued to be perched at the top with 299 medals (181

Shillong, Feb 13: Excited to compete on home turf for the first time after her ban ended, Indian boxer L sarita Devi (60kg) on Friday said the South Asian Games are nothing short of a new start for her. Sarita, who served a one-year ban for her infamous emotional outburst after a controversial semifinal loss in the 2014 Asian Games, returned to the competitive arena during a training-cum