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Ho Chi Minh City, Nov 5: L Sarita Devi (64kg) and world championships silver-medallist Sonia Lather (57kg) advanced to the semifinals and assured themselves of medals at the Asian Women's Boxing Championships here on Sunday. Sarita, a former world champion eyeing her sixth medal at the Asian meet, defeated Maftunakhon Melieva of Uzbekistan, while Sonia edged past Kazakhstan's Nazym Ichshanova in

New Delhi, Nov 4: Olympic silver medallist shuttler PV Sindhu today accused an Indigo airline ground staff of misbehaving with her while travelling from Hyderabad to Mumbai, calling it a very bad experience. World number two Sindhu claimed that the staff behaved rudely with her and an airhostess intervened to advise him against doing so. "Ground staff (skipper) Mr Ajeetesh behaved very badly and

Rajkot, Nov 4: India are poised for their third T20 International series triumph in five years but would be wary of a strong fightback from the usually plucky New Zealand when the two sides clash in the second game of the three-match series here on Saturday. The comprehensive 53-run victory in the series opener at Delhi has put India firmly in the saddle for sweeping to a winning 2-0 lead at the

New Delhi, Nov 4: In a bizarre incident of security breach, a man drove his car onto the pitch during third day's play of Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Ranji Trophy round four match at the Airforce ground, Palam on Friday. According to reports, at around 4:40 pm local time, 20 minutes from close of play, a silver grey Wagon R suddenly drove onto the field of play with the visitors batting in their second

New Delhi, Nov 4: Indian women's hockey eves are one match away from emulating their male counterparts in the Asia Cup. On Friday, the Rani Rampal-led outfit defeated defending champions and hosts Japan 4-2 in the second semi-final of the 2017 Women's Asia Cup in Kakamgigahara, in the Gifu prefecture. Quick goals in the first quarter from Gurjit Kaur (7', 9') and Navjot Kaur (9') helped India take

Bengaluru, Nov 3: Tainted former India cricketer S Sreesanth today said he would approach the Supreme Court in a last ditch effort to lift the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI following allegations of spot-fixing during an IPL match in 2013. "That is the only option left with me, to approach the Supreme Court. At the end of the day, my life, except cricket is going really well. I will fight for

New Delhi, Nov 3: Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has written a heartfelt message for now-retired Ashish Nehra. Nehra played his final professional match on Wednesday and Team India made sure to give him the perfect farewell as they beat New Zealand by 53 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, which is also the left-arm seamer's home ground. "1

New Delhi, Nov 2: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday gave a clean chit to India skipper Virat Kohli who was seen using a walkie-talkie during the first T20 International against New Zealand here. Kohli was sitting in the dug-out and TV footage showed him talking on the walkie-talkie at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. "While walkie-talkie is used by support staff to communicate

Nov 2: Ashish Nehra is a man of few words. The left-arm pacer played his last international match on Wednesday as India beat New Zealand by 53 runs in the first Twenty20 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Wednesday night. However, the 38-year-old didn't leave without having a last say. Chief selector MSK Prasad had recently said that Nehra will not be considered for selection beyond the three

New Delhi, Nov 2: Legendary Kapil Dev was sceptical about Jasprit Bumrah's long-term survival in international cricket with such an awkward action, but the former captain today said he has been proven wrong by the pacer. Kapil termed Bumrah a "fabulous" bowler and said the Gujarat pacer has completely changed people's perception about bowlers with unorthodox action. "He (Bumrah) is fabulous. When