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New Delhi, Oct 17: In a rare appearance together, India's top tennis stars led by world number one Sania Mirza, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will play an exhibition match in the capital on November 27 along with the legendary Martina Navratilova. The quartet will play in four cities in a four 'Test' series and conduct clinic for budding players before the matches. The other cities expected to

New Delhi, Oct 17: The AIFF Academy boys outplayed Little Angels Paradise Secondary School of Manipur 4-1 to clinch the Subroto Cup U-17 title at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Friday. The AIFF Academy cadets, who came into the final on the back of a 2-0 win against Indonesia, were off to a shaky start as the Manipuris took the lead in the sixth minute. Not to be deterred, the AIFF U-17 boys played

Gurgaon, Oct 16: Football legend Pele described the FIFA corruption scandal as a "shame", but made it clear that the reputation of the game was not tarnished since it was the result of wrongdoings of those involved in the world governing body and not due to any on-field issues. "Whatever happening in FIFA, it is a shame. But this is not due to football but due to some people involved in the FIFA

Paris, Oct 15: The Netherlands, finalists at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, failed to qualify for the 2016 Euro Championships on Tuesday, while Croatia and Turkey took the final automatic qualifying spots. The Dutch needed to beat the already-qualified Czech Republic in Amsterdam and hope Turkey lost at home to already-qualified Iceland in Konya to salvage third place in Group A and a spot in next month

Odense, Oct 15: Leading Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and P.V. Sindhu entered the second round but Parupalli Kashyap crashed out in the first round of the $650,000 Denmark Open Superseries Premier here on Wednesday. World Championships 2015 bronze medallist Saina fought hard for a 23-21, 14-21, 21-18 win against world No.17 Busanan Ongbumrungphan of Thailand. World No.1 Saina

New Delhi, Oct 14: Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal returned to top form after two forgettable tournaments as she notched one of the best wins of her career, outplaying fourth-seeded Alison Waters of England in five games to enter the quarterfinals of the US Open squash in Philadelphia. The Indian posted a 9-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-1, 11-6 victory over her English rival. Pallikal began well and

Muscat, Oct 14: Indian football team's abject humiliation continued as they slumped to their fifth consecutive defeat, losing 0-3 to Oman in an away game here on Tuesday. For the hosts, Ahmed Kano Mubarak scored in the 55th minute while Abdul Aziz Al Muqbali scored in the 67th and 85th minute to round off the tally. Oman had won the first leg encounter in Bengaluru 2-1. India thus stay at the

Hyderabad, Oct 12: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza arrived in her hometown Hyderabad in the wee hours of Monday after winning the China Open 2015 with her doubles partner Martina Hingis. The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair bounced back brilliantly from their first-set defeat to claim a 6-7 (9-11), 6-1, 10-8 win over the Taiwanese pair of Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan in the summit clash that lasted

New Delhi, Oct 11: The Indian men’s hockey team eked out a 1-1 draw against the New Zealand Black Sticks in the final hockey Test to pocket the four-match series 2-1 in Christchurch on Sunday. After a goalless opening two quarters, Nick Ross broke the deadlock for New Zealand in the 41st minute. But the hosts’ joy was shortlived as India equalised two minutes later through a field goal from SV

Manchester, Oct 11: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh made a smashing professional debut by knocking out Britain's Sonny Whiting here today, ruthlessly demolishing the man, who promised to put him through hell at the Manchester Arena. Vijender won the contest with a few seconds left in the third of the four-round bout via Technical Knockout, pushing Whiting literally on to the ropes and smacking