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Mumbai, Oct 22: Following their first win of the Indian Super League (ISL) second season, Mumbai City FC assistant coach Oscar Bruzon on Wednesday heaped praise on forward Sunil Chhetri after the India national team skipper scored a brace to help team beat Delhi Dynamos FC 2-0 here. Chhetri opened the scoring in the 13th minute itself and scored his second goal of the night in the 74th minute to

Paris, Oct 21: Top Indian badminton players Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap crossed the opening hurdle to enter the second round of the $275,000 French Open Super Series at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris on Wednesday. Top seed Nehwal tamed World No. 14 Michelle Li of Canada 21-18, 21-13 in a 42-minute match, while eighth seed Kashyap saw off local player Thomas Rouxel 21-11, 22-20 in a men

London, Oct 20: After a knockout debut, star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will face Englishman Dean Gillen in his second professional bout and the part-time firefighter has promised to be a “dangerous opponent” in the bout scheduled for October 30. Vijender made an immediate impact in his professional debut this month when he destroyed Sonny Whiting in three rounds at the Manchester Arena. The 29

New Delhi, Oct 20: Yuki Bhambri cracked the coveted top-100 bracket by achieving a career-best rank of 99, a reflection of his consistent progress in the last few months. In his last three ATP Challenger tournaments, the 23-year-old has won one (the Shanghai Challenger), was a runner-up in Taiwan and ended as a semifinalist at the $125,000 Tashkent event last week. Yuki is the first Indian player

Jaipur, Oct 19: In a bid to arrest the freefall, the All India Football Federation has turned to Bhaichung Bhutia for advice. The AIFF, in a statement on Sunday, announced the former India captain has been appointed as the advisor at a time when there is mounting pressure on coach Stephen Constantine following a spate of poor results in the World Cup qualifers. Bhutia's appointment will act as a

New Delhi, Oct 18: Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu continued her sensational form in the 2015 Denmark Open by defeating two-time defending World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the first semi-final of women's singles in Odense on Saturday. Inside a poorly-lighted Odense Sports Park, twenty-year-old Indian shuttler won the match 21-15, 18-21, 21-17 in one hour 14 minutes to make her first ever

New Delhi, Oct 17: In a rare appearance together, India's top tennis stars led by world number one Sania Mirza, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will play an exhibition match in the capital on November 27 along with the legendary Martina Navratilova. The quartet will play in four cities in a four 'Test' series and conduct clinic for budding players before the matches. The other cities expected to

New Delhi, Oct 17: The AIFF Academy boys outplayed Little Angels Paradise Secondary School of Manipur 4-1 to clinch the Subroto Cup U-17 title at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Friday. The AIFF Academy cadets, who came into the final on the back of a 2-0 win against Indonesia, were off to a shaky start as the Manipuris took the lead in the sixth minute. Not to be deterred, the AIFF U-17 boys played

Gurgaon, Oct 16: Football legend Pele described the FIFA corruption scandal as a "shame", but made it clear that the reputation of the game was not tarnished since it was the result of wrongdoings of those involved in the world governing body and not due to any on-field issues. "Whatever happening in FIFA, it is a shame. But this is not due to football but due to some people involved in the FIFA

Paris, Oct 15: The Netherlands, finalists at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, failed to qualify for the 2016 Euro Championships on Tuesday, while Croatia and Turkey took the final automatic qualifying spots. The Dutch needed to beat the already-qualified Czech Republic in Amsterdam and hope Turkey lost at home to already-qualified Iceland in Konya to salvage third place in Group A and a spot in next month