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Changzhou (China), Sep 6: India started their campaign at the seventh women’s Junior Asia Cup on a resounding note by humiliating DPR Korea by 13-0 on Saturday. Without wasting much time, India’s Preeti Dubey opened the scoring in the 11th minute before Jaspreet Kaur successfully converted a penalty corner in the 20th minute to take a 2-0 lead. India kept up the pressure and scored the third goal

New York, Sep 5: The Indians had a disappointing outing in the US Open with both Leander Paes and Sania Mirza losing their doubles matches with their respective partners here. Mixed doubles defending champions Sania and Bruno Soares lost 3-6, 3-6 to Czech Republic's Andrea Hlavackova-Lukasz Kubot in a first round contest lasting 65 minutes. Earlier in the day yesterday, Leander Paes and Fernando

New Delhi, Sep 4: Hurt at being misquoted about his stance on the National Sports Awards, ace cueist Pankaj Advani today said he never took a jibe at any sportsperson and his critical remarks on Sania Mirza getting the Khel Ratna were nothing but a figment of somebody's imagination. Advani was reported to have slammed the government for Sania getting the Khel Ratna even when deserving cueists were

Zurich, Sep 4: India have jumped a place to the 155th spot in the global football rankings released on Thursday. According to the rankings released by world football governing body FIFA, India fared marginally better as they moved up a place from their previous 156th position. India dropped 15 places to the 156th spot earlier in July following two consecutive defeats in the 2018 FIFA World Cup

New York, Sep 3: Indian tennis stars enjoyed a successful start in the US Open as veteran Leander Paes entered the mixed doubles second round while Rohan Bopanna also won his opening tie in the men’s doubles competition. Paes, alongwith Martina Hingis, eased past the local pair of Taylor Harry Fritz and C Lui 6—2, 6—2 in the first round encounter on Court 4. The fourth-seeded Indo-Swiss duo took

Bangkok, Sep 2: India's boxing administration might be in shambles but International Boxing Association (AIBA) president Dr Ching Kuo Wu says the country still counts among the best in Asia and efforts would be made to bring it back into the semi-professional World Series of Boxing (WSB). "We have got strong and traditional boxing nations in the continent, I would like to mention at least

New Delhi, Sep 2: Pankaj Advani and Ajay Maken on Tuesday have slammed the government for reducing the Rajiv Khel Ratna to a mere 'popular' award, getting "swayed" by the hype created around Sania Mirza's achievements and conferring it to her. Sania was conferred the award on August 29 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan despite a Karnataka High Court notice on the petition filed by Paralympian HN Girisha

New York, Sep 1: Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the US Open first round on Monday, losing 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to Slovakia`s Dominika Cibulkova and giving Serena Williams a helping hand in her Grand Slam history bid. Serbian seventh seed Ivanovic, a quarter-finalist in 2012, was in Williams`s half of the draw, a section which had already lost Maria Sharapova through injury even before the tournament started

Tokya, Aug 31: Celebrated Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu might face off in the second round of women's singles competition if they can cross the first hurdle of the US $275,000 Japan Open Super Series beginning next week. Silver medallist at the recent World Championship, Saina will take on World No 17 Thai Busanan Ongbumrungpan in the opening round, while two-time World Championship

Washington, Aug 31: Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova withdrew from the U.S. Open on Sunday due to a leg injury. “Unfortunately I will not be able to compete in this year's U.S. Open. I have done everything possible to be ready but it was just not enough time,” she said on social media. “To all my amazing fans, I will be back in the Asian swing in a few weeks and look forward to