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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

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