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IPOH (Malaysia), Apr 7: Indian defence crumbled under the onslaught of a rampaging Australia as they were handed a 1-5 thrashing by the world champions in their second league fixture of the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Thursday. Australia, the eight-time winners of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, launched their campaign to reclaim the title they lost to New Zealand last year with a

Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr 7: Asian Games champions India came from a goal down to clinch an unimpressive 2-1 victory over hard-working Japan on the opening day of the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, here. Squandering a series of scoring chances created by defence-splitting crosses that sailed across the goalmouth, India managed to earn full points against the lowly-ranked rivals through

Mumbai, Apr 6: Expressing concerns over the proposed Premier Futsal league, announced yesterday with great fanfare here by former Portugal football star Luis Figo, world governing football body FIFA has shot off a letter to the All India Football Federation, it has been learnt. "FIFA's head of events, Jaime Yarza, has sent a letter to the AIFF expressing concerns over a non-affiliated group having

Barcelona, Apr 5: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi`s family have denied Spanish media reports that arose following the leak of the `Panama papers` that said he was involved in a tax evasion scheme. Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday after a leak of four decades of documents from a Panamanian law firm that specialised in

New Delhi, Apr 4: Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand pulled off an upset win over China's reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui to clinch the Indian Open super series title in New Delhi on Sunday. The world number five Ratchanok, 21, held her nerve in the women's singles final at the Siri Fort stadium, thrashing the world number two 21-17, 21-18 in straight games. In the men's singles final, second

Miami, Apr 2: World number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic will face Japan's Kei Nishikori in the ATP and WTA Miami Open final after straight-set triumphs Friday in which both were tested. Djokovic, an 11-time Grand Slam champion whose three titles this year include the Australian Open, downed Belgian 15th seed David Goffin 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. The 28-year-old Serbian will try to match the

New Delhi, Apr 2: Defending champion and ace shuttler Saina Nehwal entered the semi-final of India Open Super Series Badminton 2016 on Friday. Saina beat Sung Ji-hyun in a decider 19-21 21-14, 21-19 to book the last four place. Both players were reported to be completely exhausted after the close duel. Saina will be taking on World No. 2 LI Xuerui of China on Saturday.

New Delhi, Apr 1: Indian boxer Shiva Thapa ended his campaign with a silver medal after losing in the final of the Asian/Oceania Qualifying Tournament on Friday. Shiva had qualified for the upcoming Rio Olympics 2016 in the 56kg event on Thursday, after making it to the finals. But his dream for a gold medal was cut short by Thailand's Chatchai Butdee. The 22-year-old India boxer, who is a World

Qian'an (China), Mar 31: World Championships bronze-medallist Shiva Thapa (56kg) on Thursday became the first Indian boxer to make the cut for this year's Olympics by entering the Asian Qualifying Tournament's final but the celebrated M C Mary Kom (51kg) failed to book her Rio Games ticket after losing in the last-four stage here. Shiva, given the top seeding in his weight category, lived upto the

New Delhi, Mar 31: Defending champion Saina Nehwal entered the pre-quarterfinals but it turned out to be a disastrous day for the men with all of them, including reigning champion K Srikanth, failing to cross the opening hurdle at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super Series badminton here on Wednesday. World No. 10 Srikanth, who had defeated Tian Houwei during the Badminton Asia Team Championships