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Gwangju/South Korea, Jul 9: Indian shot-putter Inderjeet Singh on Wednesday created history by winning the country's first World University Games, known as the Universiade, gold medal in athletics. "I would like to thank the almighty, my family and my coach Pritam Singh for their support. I am looking forward to the World Athletics Championship in China next month where I hope to better my

London, Jul 8: Serena Williams fired a warning to Maria Sharapova ahead of their Wimbledon semifinal clash as the world number one admitted she saves her best performances for clashes with her fiercest rival. Williams and Sharapova meet on Thursday in the latest instalment of a bitter rivalry that took root on Centre Court in 2004 and still festers more than a decade later. Sharapova caused one of

Dubai, Jul 7: Registering a series win against Sri Lanka after a historic run-chase, Pakistan today leapfrogged India and New Zealand to be placed third in the ICC Test rankings. The Misbah-ul-Haq-led rode on Younis Khan's unbeaten 171 to script a seven-wicket win, chasing 378 at Pallekele today. The 2-1 triupmh in the three-match series also got the visitors necessary points to be placed behind

Jul 7: Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been stripped of the welterweight world title he won after beating Filipino Manny Pacquiao this year for failing to comply with rules, the World Boxing Organization said on Monday. Mayweather, who improved to 48-0 by beating Pacquiao in May, missed a deadline by which he had to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee from the fight and vacate the junior middleweight title he

London, Jul 7: Continuing their dominating run, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis stormed into the women’s doubles quarterfinals at Wimbledon Championships, on Monday. Top seeds Sania and Swiss legend Martina downed 16th seeded Spanish team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4 6-3 in just 66 minutes. Sania and Hingis broke their rivals twice in the opening set and three times in

Jul 6: Carli Lloyd led from the front as the United States won the Women's World Cup for a third time with a crushing 5-2 victory over Japan on Sunday, the striker scoring the tournament's fastest ever hat-trick, including a spectacular long-range goal. The American captain struck three times inside 16 minutes as the U.S. stormed into an unexpected and unsurmountable 4-0 lead over their shell

London, Jul 5: It was double delight for Indian fans at the Wimbledon on Saturday as Leander Paes moved into the pre-quarterfinals with partner Daniel Nestor and Sania Mirza also entered Round 3 in the mixed doubles event in London. Paes and Nestor had to dig deep into their reserves to prevail over Yen-Hsun Lu and Teymuraz Gabashvili in a marathon men’s doubles second-round match. The 11th seeded

Santiago, Jul 5: Chile wrecked Lionel Messi's dream of a first international title with a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Argentina to end their 99-year wait for a Copa America crown on Saturday. Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez struck the winning spot-kick for Chile, as the hosts clinched a 4-1 shoot-out victory when the game ended goalless after extra time. Sanchez chipped the decisive

Antwerp (Belgium), Jul 3: India suffered a 0-4 defeat as their defence succumbed under the pressure mounted by an aggressive Belgium side in the semifinal of the FIH Hockey World League Semifinals at the KHC Dragons Stadium here today. Livewire striker Florent van Aubel scored three goals for Belgium, whose organised game cut out the chances of India's breakaway counters posing a serious threat to

Antwerp (Belgium), Jul 3: Rani Rampal played a key role in Indian eves' win over Italy in a play-off match of the Hockey World League Semifinals here to keep their Rio Olympic dreams alive, but the ace striker feels they could have paid a heavy price for their impatience on Thursday. India defeated lower-ranked Italy 5-4 in the shoot-out after both the teams were level at 1-1 at the end of