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  BWF World Tour Final: PV Sindhu beats He Bingjiao for consolation win

  December 13, 2019 17:56 IST

  Sindhu, whose title defence lay in tatters after her second successive loss on Thursday, scripted an incredible turnaround after being 9-18 down in the opening game to eventually outwit Bingjiao 21-19 21-19 in minutes and finish third in the group.

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  BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu virtually out with loss to Chen Yufei

  December 12, 2019 20:23 IST

  China's Chen Yufei defeated PV Sindhu in a three-set thriller as the Indian's campaign at the BWF World Tour Finals is all but over.

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  Focus on fitness and recovery ahead of Olympics: Rani Rampal

  December 12, 2019 13:47 IST

  After a three-week break for Christmas and New Year, the core group will return to camp on January 5 to prepare for the New Zealand Tour.

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  BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu loses first Group A game to Akane Yamaguchi

  December 11, 2019 23:44 IST

  PV Sindhu lost to Akane Yamaguchi 21-18, 18-21, 8-21 in her first game of the Group A game of the BWF World Tour Finals.

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  Kiren Rijiju expects best-ever haul in Tokyo 2020, but sets sights on 2028 Olympics

  December 11, 2019 15:10 IST

  Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju believes that the blame will lie with stakeholders and policymaking if India doesn't put its best foot forward by 2028 Olympics.

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  Chess wizard Viswanathan Anand turns 50

  December 11, 2019 13:55 IST

  The Chennai-born chess ace is celebrating the day with his family.

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  Sportsperson should have been ideal choice for NADA brand ambassador: Jwala on Shetty's appointment

  December 11, 2019 13:18 IST

  Suniel Shetty was on Tuesday unveiled as the brand ambassador of NADA with the country's anti-doping body hoping that his celebrity status will help its efforts to clean up sports in the country from the menace.

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  Hockey India suspends 11 players after violence in Nehru Cup final

  December 10, 2019 22:27 IST

  11 team players and two officials have been suspended for their roles in the violence at the Nehru Cup final.

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  India end 13th South Asian Games on top spot with record medal haul

  December 10, 2019 21:39 IST

  India collected 174 gold, 93 silver and 45 bronze after ten days of competitions in the 13th edition to surpass the 309 (189 gold, 90 silver and 30 bronze) it had won in the previous edition in Guwahati and Shillong in 2016.

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  NADA begins Athlete Biological Passport programme, first target Olympic-bound athletes

  December 10, 2019 16:29 IST

  ABP is the monitoring of selected biological parameters over time that may indirectly reveal effects of doping on the body.

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  WADA ban on Russia may not impact FIDE chief, chess tournaments

  December 10, 2019 13:27 IST

  Further, he also hoped Russian chess players will also not be impacted from participating in the global events like Chess Olympiad and others.

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  India closes in on 300-medal mark on penultimate day, set to top SAG tally for 13th time on trot

  December 09, 2019 22:58 IST

  The Indian athletes also won 12 silver and 3 bronze to end Day 8 with 294 medals (159 gold, 91 silver and 44 gold) to further widen the gap with second-placed Nepal who have collected 195 medals (49 gold, 54 silver and 92 bronze).

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  WADA imposes 4-year ban on Russia using its flag, anthem, team names from Olympics, sports events

  December 09, 2019 16:22 IST

  World Anti-Doping Agency imposes 4-year ban on Russia using its flag, anthem, team names from Olympics, sports events.

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  Anthony Joshua set to defend heavyweight titles at Tottenham stadium

  December 09, 2019 8:15 IST

  Joshua reclaimed his WBA, WBO and IBF titles early Sunday with a unanimous points decision over Andy Ruiz Jr. in Saudi Arabia, having lost to the Mexican-American in New York in June for the first defeat of his career.

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  Indian eves win 3-Nations hockey tournament despite loss to Australia in final game

  December 08, 2019 12:13 IST

  India had seven points from four matches, ahead of hosts Australia on goal difference, with New Zealand finishing third with only three points from their four matches.

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  'Simplicity is genius': Anthony Joshua boxes smart to reclaim titles

  December 08, 2019 11:37 IST

  In the first heavyweight title fight to be held in the Middle East, Joshua toyed with an out-of-shape Andy Ruiz Jr. over 12 unspectacular rounds to win a unanimous points decision, reclaim the WBA, WBO and IBF belts, and avenge a stunning upset by his Mexican-American opponent six months ago.

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  South Asian Games: India breaches double hundred in medal count, century mark in gold

  December 07, 2019 21:33 IST

  India are comfortably at the top of the medal tally at the South Asian Games with 110 gold medals.

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  Satnam Singh, India's first player to be drafted in NBA team, fails dope test: Report

  December 07, 2019 17:34 IST

  23-year-old Satnam Singh has failed a dope test and is provisionally suspended by NADA.

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  India beat New Zealand 4-1 in 3-Nations women's junior hockey tournament

  December 07, 2019 15:00 IST

  India came from a goal down to defeat their opponents after New Zealand's Olivia Shannon (4th minute) had scored for her side.

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  India men's skipper Manpreet Singh nominated for FIH Player of the Year

  December 06, 2019 23:51 IST

  Manpreet Singh has been nominated for the FIH Player of the Year award after playing a crucial role in India's qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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  South Asian Games: Siril, Ashmita bag gold as India claim 10 medals in badminton

  December 06, 2019 19:42 IST

  India bagged 10 medals in badminton at the 13th South Asian Games in Nepal.

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  Lara says Woods' achievements and willpower make him "best ever golfer"

  December 06, 2019 16:07 IST

  Brian Lara heaped praise on Tiger Woods' 'willpower', and also revealed how he started playing golf.

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  Harbhajan Singh, Saina Nehwal praise police after Hyderabad rape accused killed

  December 06, 2019 13:27 IST

  More than a week after the brutal incident took place in Hyderabad, police shot dead all the four accused in an alleged 'encounter' near Shadnagar town of Telangana's Ranga Reddy district in the wee hours of Friday.

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  Car of Arjuna awardee stolen from Delhi's Rohini

  December 05, 2019 19:18 IST

  Arjuna awardee- Abhishek Verma won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon in the men's compound archery team event, along with Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar.

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  Want to get into top-4, win Olympic medal as a unit: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

  December 03, 2019 19:14 IST

  Sathiyan beat the higher-ranked Simon Gauzy of France and Jonathan Groth at the World Cup in Chengdu, China. 

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  Indian men's TT team achieves highest-ever ranking

  December 03, 2019 18:42 IST

  Sathiyan Gnanasekaran's exploits at the World Table Tennis Cup has helped them better that.

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  Mehuli Ghosh shoots 10m air rifle gold in SAG as India sweeps all medals

  December 03, 2019 17:27 IST

  Mehuli's effort will, however, not be considered as a world record, as the South Asian Games' results are not recognised by the international body (ISSF) for the purpose of records.

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  Sourabh achieves career-high 29th spot, becomes 6th Indian inside top 30 in BWF ranking

  December 03, 2019 17:24 IST

  Sourabh Verma had a decent season in which he claimed two BWF Super 100 titles at Hyderabad and Vietnam and also won the Slovenia International series in May.