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New Delhi, Aug 20: Five-time world boxing champion M.C. Mary Kom on Wednesday said it would be an uphill task to achieve a podium-finish at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year. Mary, who had bagged bronze in the flyweight (51kg) category at the 2012 London Olympics, said the competition at next year's edition will be tougher since the size of the draw is expected to be bigger.

New Delhi, Aug 18: Crediting U. Vimal Kumar for her silver medal-winning performance at the recently concluded World Badminton Championships, Saina Nehwal on Tuesday said the coach helped her resurrect her career after a string of injuries made her think of quitting the game last year. Saina was laid low by a toe fracture in 2013 and was forced to miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last year

Dubai, Aug 18: Aditi Chauhan has become the second Indian-born female footballer to play in England after making her debut for West Ham United Ladies on Sunday. The 22-year-old Delhi-born goalkeeper endured a baptism of fire in a 5-0 defeat away to Coventry United in West Ham’s Women’s Premier League Southern Division opener, having signed for The Hammers late in pre-season. The Indian press have

Barcelona, Aug 18: Athletico Bilbao claimed their first silverware in more than three decades when they wrapped up a 5-1 aggregate win over a 10-man Barcelona to win the Spanish Super Cup on Monday, causing ecstatic celebrations in the Basque city. Bilbao, who only field players of Basque origin, last secured a major trophy when they won Spain's traditional season opener in 1984 and Friday's 4-0

Kohler (Wisconsin), Aug 17: Anirban Lahiri scaled a new high for Indian golf by becoming the first from the country to finish inside the top-five of a Major, signing off a brilliant tied fifth in the prestigious PGA Championships here. Lahiri played a superb final round of 68, after first three rounds of 70-67-70, for a total of 13-under 275. In fact, at one stage, he rose to as high as tied third

Sao Paulo, Aug 17: Hundreds of thousands of protesters demanded Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff`s resignation Sunday, blaming her and the leftist Workers` Party for runaway corruption and looming recession in Latin America`s biggest country. Crowds singing the national anthem and chanting "Dilma out!" paraded through the capital Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, the country`s largest city Sao Paulo and

Jakarta, Aug 16: Saina Nehwal's quest to become the first Indian world champion in badminton ended in heartbreak as she lost in straight games to title holder Carolina Marin in the summit showdown of the mega-event here today. The world number two Indian went down 16-21 19-21 to her numero uno nemesis from Spain in a match which lasted 59 minutes. It was the second successive loss in a major final

Toronto, Aug 16: The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis suffered a straight games loss and were ousted from the women's doubles semifinals of the Canadian Open here. French-Slovenian fourth seeds Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik upset the top seeds 6-3, 6-2 in exactly an hour to take a 2-1 lead in career meetings over the reigning Wimbledon champions on Saturday

Jakarta, Aug 16: India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal scripted history by becoming the first Indian to enter the final of the badminton World Championships after defeating a stubborn Lindaweni Fanetri 21-17, 21-17 in a women's singles semi-final in Jakarta on Saturday. Olympic bronze medallist Saina, currently the World No.2, prevailed against the world No.29 Fanetri in a 55-minute encounter. In the

Jakarta, Aug 15: Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal came out with a sensational performance on Friday to enter her maiden women's singles semi-final at the World Championships and assure herself of at least a bronze medal. In a marathon match that lasted for an hour and 12 minutes at the 9,000-seater Istora Senayan, the second seeded Hyderabadi defeated former World Champion Wang Yihan of China 21