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London, Nov 23: Novak Djokovic put the finishing touch to a magnificent season by beating Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday for the fifth time in his career. The Serbian underlined his complete dominance of men's tennis with another immaculate display to become the first player in the year-ending tournament's 46-year history to triumph four times in a row. Federer

New Delhi, Nov 23: Indian colts thrashed arch-rivals Pakistan 6-2 in the final of the 2015 Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament in Kuantan, Malaysia on Sunday. Inspirational drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh scored a quartet, with the first goal coming as early as the 10th minute of the first quarter. In the half-time, India took a 3-1 lead, with Harmanpreet completed his hat-trick in the 30th minute

Hurghada, Nov 22: India's most successful cueist Pankaj Advani today added another feather in his cap by winning the IBSF World Snooker Championship after battling past his Chinese opponent Zhua Xintong in the final to take his world title count to 15. Advani, 30, once again mesmerised the green baize to prevail over the teenage sensation 8-6 in the best-of-15 final at Sunrise Crystal Bay resort

Barcelona, Nov 21: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi will not be at full fitness for Saturday's La Liga 'Clasico' at Real Madrid if he makes his return from injury but "the feelings are positive", coach Luis Enrique said on Friday. Messi has not played since injuring his knee at the end of September, during which time champions Barca have pulled three points clear of second-placed Real at the top

New Delhi, Nov 21: India's Aditi Chauhan on Thursday added another feather to her cap, as she won the Woman in Football Award at the third Asian Football Awards in London. In doing so, the Delhi girl handed herself the perfect birthday present, which she celebrated a day later on Friday. The 23-year-old's competition for the award included Tanvie Hans and Monica Sharma Fulham and London Bari LFC

London, Nov 20: India's Rohan Bopanna and Romanian Florin Mergea entered the semi-finals of the prestigious $7 million ATP World Tour Finals despite going down to Italian pairing of Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli in their men's doubles third match of the round robin encounter here on Thursday. The fifth seeds Fognini-Bolelli completed their campaign with a 6-1, 1-6, 10-5 victory in 61 minutes

Barcelona, Nov 18: FC Barcelona's star striker Neymar could be forced to leave the Spanish club due to his ongoing tax fraud case, according to the Brazilian's father Neymar da Silva Santos. A Brazilian court has frozen 31.3 million pounds ($47.6 million) worth of assets belonging to the Barcelona forward, his family and related businesses. The 23-year-old is alleged to have evaded 10.5 million

Hyderabad, Nov 18: Having won two Grand Slams and become world number one in women's doubles this year, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza does not really want to do anything different for the next season. "I hope I don't do anything differently... To be very honest, it has been an amazing year for me. To end the year at number one player in the world, also to be the number one team in the world, also

Kowloon (Hong Kong), Nov 17: The Indian badminton team received a major jolt ahead of the Hong Kong Open as Saina Nehwal decided to pull out of the USD 350,000 event after complaints of severe pain in her legs. Despite achieving the World No.1 spot this year, the Indian ace has only been able to clinch one Superseries title in 2015 -- the India Open in March. Though she won the India Grand Prix

New Delhi, Nov 17: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh on Monday met Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar and offered his support to any government initiative aimed at promoting sports in the state. Vijender, who turned professional earlier this year, is on his first trip to India after making the transition. The 30-year-old former Olympic and World Championships bronze-medallist won both the bouts he