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New Delhi, Mar 17: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Tuesday announced a cash award of Rs.5 lakh each to World No.2 Saina Nehwal and Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap for their impressive performances at the international stage. Both Saina and Kashyap had won the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in Lucknow in January and Saina also became the first Indian woman to reach the All

New Delhi, Mar 17: Suresh Raina is all set to marry Priyanka Chaudhary in Lucknow on April 3, reported the sources, adding, it has gave a jolt to south siren Shruti Haasan who has been dating the cricketer since long. Earlier, it was being said that the star cricketer will get hitched post concluding India’s ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 campaign in Australia and New Zealand. It has been reported

Bengaluru, March 16: Less than a week after retaining the Ranji Trophy, Karnataka will be back in action in the five-day Irani Cup game against Rest of India beginning here on Tuesday, looking to round off the season with a grand double just as they did a year ago. Undoubtedly, Karnataka have been the best of the teams in the country with a fine blend of youth and experience with just about every

New Delhi, Mar 16: Putting up a dominating show, India scored in three of the four quarters to outplay Poland 3-1 in the final and clinch the FIH World Hockey League Round 2 at Major Dhyan Chan stadium, here today. Vandana Kataria (15th minute) had put India ahead by scoring a field goal in the dying minute of the opening quarter. The Polish girls struck back immediately at the start of the second

New Delhi, Mar 15: India defeated Thailand by 5-0 to storm into the finals of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women's Hockey World League Round 2, which took place at the Major Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. The match was held on March 14, 2015. India defeated Thailand by 6-0 in the pool stages and within 11 minutes from penalty stroke, India opened their account which was

New Delhi, Mar 15: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal rose to second place in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s singles rankings, despite losing in the final of All England Badminton Championship, released on March 11. Saina, who recently suffered a heartbreaking loss in the All England Saina, who recently suffered a heartbreaking loss in the All England The top-ranked Indian has a

New Delhi, Mar 14: His is a career studded with milestones and records, but retired batting legend Sachin Tendulkar today revealed that not getting a long stint as India's cricket captain was a disappointment he found tough to overcome given the number of challenges he endured. Tendulkar's two tenures as captain of India were not very successful and are considered the rare blips in what was

Bengaluru, Mar 14: A special occasion brought Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, who rarely attends any of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) functions, to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Friday (March 13). Himself a two-time Ranji Trophy champion, Chandrasekhar was there along with G Kasturirangan, Gundappa Viswanath, B Vijayakrishna, Sadanand Vishwanath, Raghuram Bhatt and other

Mumbai, Mar 13: Defending champions Karnataka clinched their eighth Ranji Trophy title as they thrashed their southern opponents Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs on the last day of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament final at the Wankhede stadium on Thursday. The R Vinay Kumar-led side always had the upper hand in the five-day encounter after bundling out Tamil Nadu for 134 in the first

New Delhi, Mar 13: Vandana Katariya scored four goals, including a hat-trick as India continued its impressive run and spanked lowly Singapore 10-0 to storm into the semifinal of the Hero FIH Women's World League Round 2 at New Delhi on Thursday. Vandana (17th minute, 48th, 56th, 57th) scored four field goals, while Poonam Rani (4th), Navjot Kaur (6th), Anupa Barla (19th), Deepika (32nd), Rani