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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

Guwahati, Feb 12: Indian long-distance runner Kavita Raut booked her spot for the Rio Olympics in women’s marathon after winning the event in the 12th South Asian Games, a perfect end to the country’s memorable athletics campaign in the event on Friday. The 30-year-old Raut easily clinched the marathon gold in 2 hours 38 minutes and 38 seconds to become the fourth Indian women to have qualified

St. Petersburg (Russia), Feb 12 : Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis extended their winning streak to 37 games with a straight sets victory in the opening round of the women's doubles event at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Thursday. The top-seeded pair continued their rampaging form as they claimed a 7-5, 7-5 win over the Russian-Latvian team of Evgeniya

New Delhi, feb 11: Miffed with gender inequality, ace Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal, asked on Thursday, why women in the country can’t get equal respect and prize money? Pallikal, who has been fighting gender inequality in India for the past four years said “I have no clue as to why they are not changing it when everything in our country is changing. Women in the country are doing really