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Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr 11: Young striker Nikkin Thimmaiah scored a hat-trick as India produced their best performance of the tournament to stun world champions and title holders Australia 4-2 and secure a place in the third and fourth place play-off at the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament. Already out of title race, India played without pressure and at last came up with a complete performance that

Gurgaon, Apr 11: While India's money-spinning cricket league lavishes million-dollar deals on players for just a few weeks of competition, the national ice hockey team has had to go begging on social media to fund their trip to Kuwait for an international tournament. Players often have to buy their own equipment and look for their own sources to fund trips abroad, a situation which prompted the

Kolkata, Apr 10: India's Test captain Virat Kohli on Friday lashed out at critics, who blamed his girlfriend Anushkha Sharma for the team's exit from ICC Cricket World Cup, stating that they "should be ashamed of themselves" as "no one has won more matches" than him in the last five years. Kohli, opened up for the first time since the World Cup exit, after which his filmstar girlfriend took a lot

Sydney, Apr 10: Former Australian captain Richie Benaud, known as the "voice of cricket" to fans around the world, has died aged 84, Channel Nine announced on Friday. Benaud, one of Australia's most influential cricketers and much loved commentators, died overnight in his sleep. He had been fighting skin cancer and suffered serious injury in a car accident in late 2013. "A sad day for Australia,"

Kolkata, Apr 10: Out-of-favour India offspinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday opened a new cricket academy here with an aim of diverting youngsters to cricket from the clutches of substance abuse and usage. It is the offie's fifth academy in the country. One of them is in the Punjab. "For me one of the prime reasons to start an academy in Punjab was to de-addict youngsters. The idea is to divert

Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr 9: Already out of the summit clash, a misfiring India had to toil hard to get the better of a lowly Canada 5-3 and register their first win in the ongoing 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, here today. Rupinder Pal Singh (13th minute) and V R Raghunath (32nd) scored through penalty corners before Ramanadeep Singh (46th, 47th) scored two field goals, while Satbir

New Delhi, Apr 9: After reaching a career-high of World No. 1 in women's singles, Saina Nehwal dropped to No. 2 in the revised Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings on Thursday as reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui re-took the top spot. The Hyderabadi had become the first Indian woman to reach No. 1 last Thursday after finishing runner-up to reigning World Champion Carolina Marin at All

Singapore, Apr 9: Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap and young H S Prannoy registered contrasting wins in the men's singles to enter the second round of the Singapore Open Super Series badminton tournament, here on Wednesday. Kashyap, who won the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in January this year, brushed aside Korea's Lee Hyun Il 21-11 21-13 to set up a match with fourth seed Son Wan Ho of

Haryana, Apr 8: Government apathy has forced a state level gold medalist boxer to work as a domestic help to earn her livelihood in Haryana. Rishu Mittal, who hails from Kaithal district, won a gold medal in 2014 in a state level boxing tournament. But the death of her parents forced her to discontinue her practice for a while. Mittal, a tenth standard student, begins her day by going to a local

New Delhi, Apr 7: Rajeev Shukla was today re-appointed chairman of the powerful IPL Governing Council, ending a month-long suspense over the selection of the top post of the cash-rich league. Former Union minister and Congress leader Shukla was the IPL chairman till 2013 when he resigned from the post in the aftermath of the IPL 'spot-fixing' scandal. After intense speculation over who will take