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Kuala Lumpur, Nov 13: The Indian boxer who refused to accept her Asian Games bronze medal in protest against the result can expect a heavy punishment, the head of the sport’s governing body International Boxing Association (AIBA) said on Wednesday. L Sarita Devi lost in the semifinals of the women’s lightweight competition at Incheon, South Korea, in September, and tried to give her medal to her

Nov 11: Indian captain Virat Kohli had someone special in the stands when he hit his half-century in the match against Sri Lanka at Rajiv Gandhi stadium on Sunday 9 November night – Bollywood actress and rumoured girlfriend Anushka Sharma. Anushka Sharma was seen cheering Virat Kohli when he scored a run off De Silva to complete his 50 and also became the quickest batsman to score 6,000 runs in

Nov 10: Clinical India notched up another resounding win to humble a hapless Sri Lankan side by six wickets and clinch the five-match series in the third One-Day International at Hyderabad on Sunday. If the bowlers, led by Umesh Yadav (4-53) and Axar Patel (3-40), set up the win by restricting the visitors to 242 all out on a good batting track, then the Shikhar Dhawan (91 off 79 balls) inspired

London, Nov 9: Sachin Tendulkar may have written off England's chances of winning next year's World Cup but that hasn't stopped the India great urging his compatriots to broaden their horizons with a spell in English county cricket. England have never won the World Cup in nearly 40 years of trying and, having lost five out of their last six one-day international series, few expect them to end that

New Delhi, Nov 8: Olympic bronze medallist boxer M C Mary Kom on Friday came out in support of the controversial pregnancy tests conducted by Sports Authority of India on World Championships-bound women pugilists, saying that it was good for the safety of the players. She said that conducting the tests was not a new development as she herself had undergone the same. "I myself has undergone these

New Delhi, Nov 8: "I've learnt from Anand but I think I showed him in a way that although he has taught me many things in the past, now it's probably my turn to teach him." These were Magnus Carlsen's exact words after defeating Vishwanathan Anand in the FIDE World Chess Championship Match that was held in Chennai last year. The final scoreline read Carlsen-6.5: Anand-3.5. Carlsen won 3 games and

Mumbai, Nov 7: International Test debuts can be intimidating and Sachin Tendulkar could not have imagined a tougher one when he padded up against pace legends Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis in 1989 - the experience leaving him so scarred that he doubted his ability to continue at the highest level. In his just-released autobiography 'Playing It My Way', Tendulkar reveals how it was baptism by fire

Ahmedabad, Nov 7: Ambati Rayudu slammed his maiden hundred as India produced yet another comprehensive batting performance to beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the second One Day International, here tonight. India now lead five-match series 2-0. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 274 for eight in stipulated 50 overs with skipper Angelo Mathews scoring 92. In reply, India never looked in any sort of

Mumbai, Nov 5: It was at an airport where medical student Anjali Mehta saw the wonder boy of Indian cricket and was floored by the “cute looks” of Sachin Tendulkar. She ran after him screaming “Sachin, Sachin”, much to the embarrassment of the 17-year-old Tendulkar. She even forgot about her mother whom she had gone to pick with a friend. This story of love-at-first-sight was revealed by Anjali

Dubai, Nov 5: Dashing Indian batsman Virat Kohli was Wednesday nominated for the ICC One-Day International (ODI) Cricketer of the year while India captain Mithali Raj was nominated for two awards -- the ICC Women's ODI as well as T20I Cricketer of the Year. However, no other Indian was selected for any of the other major award categories of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Kohli will be