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London, Aug 25: Sepp Blatter defended FIFA's battered reputation as the outgoing president insisted he is clean and there is no systemic corruption at world football's governing body. Blatter will officially step down in February amid two criminal investigations into the allegations of bribery and corruption at FIFA. Seven FIFA officials, including the now suspended vice president and executive

Mumbai, Aug 24: U Mumba overcame a fighting Bengaluru Bulls 36-30 in a thrilling summit clash to lift the second Star Sports Pro Kabaddi crown at a packed NSCI Stadium here tonight. Starting the game as slight favourites, the Mumbai outfit had to stretch every sinew to get the better of their rivals from Bengaluru who fought tooth and nail but fell short at the end. U Mumba came up with some

Cincinnati, Aug 23: India's Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis crashed out of the Western and Southern Open at Cincinnati on Saturday, losing 4-6, 6-0, 6-10 to unseeded sisters Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei. The top-seeded Indo-Swiss duo lost the $2.7 million US Open series event encounter in an hour and 14 minutes. In the opening set, the Chans clinched four

Beijing, Aug 23: Inderjeet Singh became the first Indian shot-putter to enter the final round of World Athletics Championships while Baljinder Singh produced his personal best to finish a creditable 12th in the men's 20km race walk on the second day of competitions here today. Inderjeet, the reigning Asian champion, began the qualifying round at the Bird's Nest Stadium with a below par 19.15m

Mumbai, Aug 23: National badminton coach P Gopichand on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the performance of the Indian players in the just-concluded World Championships in Jakarta. "This is the first time so many Indian players had qualified for the World Championships. All the players put up a good show. I am happy with the overall performance," said Gopichand at a function. The former All

Cincinnati, Aug 22: Top seeded women’s doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis advanced but the other Indians participating in the Cincinnati Masters didn’t enjoy such luck as Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna were knocked out from the men’s doubles event in the quarter-finals. The Indo-Swiss pair of Sania and Martina brushed aside the challenge of American wildcards Christina Mchale and CoCo

Mumbai, Aug 22: U Mumba drubbed Patna Pirates 35-18 in the semi-final of the Pro Kabaddi League at the NSCI Stadium on Sunday. The winners took a commanding 22-6 lead at half-time in the one-sided clash to set up a title clash with the Bengaluru Bulls. The formidable Mumbai outfit was too strong for its rivals, who had knocked out last year's champions Pink Panthers Jaipur from the play-offs, with

New Delhi, Aug 21: World No.1 shuttler Saina Nehwal on Thursday signed an exclusive management contract with leading management and marketing company IOS Sports and Entertainment for a period of two years. IOS is targeting around Rs.25 crore over two years, depending upon her performance in the 2016 Rio Olympics and her stability in the rankings. The announcement comes just after Saina won a

New Delhi, Aug 20: Set to be bestowed with the Arjuna award, ace India shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Thursday said that the prestigious honour in addition to some encouraging words by legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has made him hungrier to scale new heights. Srikanth, who created a number of records this season and also broke into the top-5, revealed that he was recently told by Tendulkar

New Delhi, Aug 20: Despite Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal's loss to Spain's Carolina Marin in the women's singles final of the recently-concluded World Badminton Championships in Jakarta on Sunday, the Indian displaced the Spaniard to regain the top spot in women's singles in the latest rankings of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) released on Thursday. The 25-year-old Nehwal rose a place to