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Margao, Dec 21: Forced to shift base to another venue due to floods in their home city, Chhenaiyin FC were today crowned the Indian Super League champions after they beat FC Goa 3-2 in a drama-filled summit clash in which three goals were scored in the last four minutes here today. In a befitting grand finale of the ISL second season which saw 186 goals scored in 60 matches as compared to 121 last

Panaji, Dec 21: In a late development, Chennaiyin FC's marquee player Elano Blumer was arrested and subsequently released on bail, for allegedly assaulting FC Goa co-owner Dattaraj Salgaocar after the Indian Super League (ISL) final. Elano, who was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), 504 (intentional insult with intent to cause breach

Manchester, Dec 20: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh continued his remarkably dominant run in the professional circuit, notching up a third successive knockout triumph by thrashing Bulgaria's Samet Hyuseinov in less than two rounds here today. Barely 35 seconds into the second round of what was to be his maiden six-round contest, Vijender cornered Hyuseinov with a flurry of combination punches to

Noida, Dec 19: Having lost two of their three matches played so far, Bengaluru Yodhas will face an acid test when they clash with Punjab Royals in their Pro Wrestling League match here tomorrow. To stay in the reckoning for a semifinal spot, Yodhas would need to beat the Punjab team. Bengaluru would rely heavily on the likes of World Championship bronze medallists -- Pavlo Oliynik and Yulia

Surat, Dec 19: Indian men claimed the team championship beating England 3-1 while the women squad had to satisfy themselves with the silver medal after losing to Singapore 1-3 in the final of the 20th Avadh Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Surat. The Indian men have done it only second time in 20 editions of the championships, having won gold in 2004 in Malaysia under Sharath Kamal, who

Manchester, Dec 18: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh, who competes in his first six rounds contest this Saturday night at the Manchester Arena, says he won't need the extra rounds to finish off experienced Hungarian Samet Hyuseinov in his third professional bout. The fast rising middleweight star from Bhiwani, in Haryana, has steamed through his first two professional opponents since turning pro

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 17: India's Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap dropped a place each to be ninth and 15th, respectively, in the world badminton rankings released on Thursday. Srikanth performed poorly at the World Superseries Finals in Dubai last week, losing all the group stage games, while 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG) champion Kashyap dropped as south Korea's Lee Hyun Il jumped three

Dec 16: The head of German sportswear giant Adidas hinted for the first time on Wednesday at the possibility of cutting links with FIFA in the wake of the corruption allegations dogging the bidding process for the 2006 World Cup. "If FIFA succeeds in reforming itself -- and in my view they`re making good progress here -- then we will continue," Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer told the

Margao, Dec 16: A scintillating offensive display enabled a buoyant FC Goa to a 3-1 aggregate victory over Delhi Dynamos in a two-legged semi-final and enter the title round of the Indian Super League (ISL) in Margaon on Tuesday. Spanish midfielder Joffre Mateu scored in the 11th minute, followed by Brazilian forward Rafael Coelho on 27 minutes that helped Goa lead 2-0 at half-time in the second

New Delhi, Dec 15: Samet Hyuseinov has promised to send Vijender Singh back to India "beaten and broken" come 19 December but the Indian boxing star merely breaks into laughter at the very mention of the threat, saying he would respond in kind inside the ring. Speaking to media from Manchester, Vijender (75kg) said he has increased his sparring sessions ahead of his third bout and is focussing on