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  Gymnast Pranati Nayak looks to emulate Dipa Karmakar in 2018 Commonwealth Games

  March 30, 2018 16:34 IST

  Pranati will look to make the finals and emulate Dipa, who won a historic bronze in Glasgow four years ago.

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  Wrestler Sushil Kumar's name missing from Commonwealth Games 2018 entry list

  March 30, 2018 21:41 IST

  The official list of entries for the men's freestyle 74kg wrestling category, uploaded on the CWG 2018 website does not mention the name of Sushil among other 15 wrestlers participating in the event.

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  ISSF Junior World Cup: Muskan Bhanwala wins 25m pistol gold as India pip China at top

  March 28, 2018 13:20 IST

  With a team gold won by Muskan, Manu Bhaker and Devanshi Rana, India upstaged China with 22 medals, including nine gold medals compared to China's eight.

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  PV Sindhu suffers injury scare ahead of Commonwealth Games 2018

  March 27, 2018 19:34 IST

  The 22-year-old Indian suffered a sprain in her right ankle while practising at the Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad under the watchful eyes of India chief coach Gopichand and assistant coach Mohd. Siyadutallah.

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  ISSF Junior World Cup: Manu Bhaker-Anmol Jain bag India's seventh gold in mixed 10m air pistol

  March 27, 2018 13:35 IST

  The Indian duo dominated the event from the very start and enter the final with the highest qualification score and a new junior qualification world record.

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  Yuki Bhambri pulls out of Davis Cup tie against China

  March 26, 2018 13:18 IST

  India will face China in the Asia/Oceania Group 1 second round at Tianjin, China on April 6-7.

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  Cueist Pankaj Advani retains Asian Billiards title

  March 25, 2018 0:00 IST

  With the Asian Billiards title, Advani remains the reigning Indian, Asian and world champion in billiards for 2017-18.

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  PV Sindhu to be India's flagbearer in Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

  March 24, 2018 18:32 IST

  Having won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics two years ago, PV Sindhu is one of the favourites to win the badminton women's singles title in Gold Coast.

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  Soumyajit Ghosh dropped from India's Commonwealth Games squad, placed under suspension

  March 23, 2018 19:52 IST

  S. Ghosh denied the allegations, saying that the accuser has been blackmailing him after their relationship ended and the allegations were a ploy to ruin his career.

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  With memories of brain fever, Kidambi Srikanth eyes maiden medal at CWG

  March 23, 2018 15:42 IST

  Srikanth is now the toast of the nation and aiming for a maiden medal at the Gold Coast multi-sport extravaganza after a sensational run last season.

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  BWF Rankings: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth static, HS Prannoy regains 12th spot

  March 22, 2018 20:50 IST

  After recovering from foot warts, Prannoy produced some sensational badminton to reach his maiden quarterfinals of the All England Championship that saw him jump four places and regain the world no. 12 spot in BWF rankings.

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  Soumyajit Gosh likely to be suspended, dropped from CWG 2018 squad after rape accusation

  March 22, 2018 16:53 IST

  Ghosh has been booked under the IPC sections for rape, criminal conspiracy, causing miscarriage without the woman's consent and cheating.

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  With improved defence, Sakshi Malik confident of CWG gold

  March 22, 2018 14:41 IST

  According to her coach Kuldeep Singh Malik, her leg defence has improved and that will help her hold and attack against the opponents in Australia.

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  Table Tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh accused of rape by 18-year-old, family deny allegations

  March 22, 2018 14:29 IST

  The 24-year old Table Tennis player who is an Arjun awardee, got the girl impregnated and forced her to undergo an abortion, however, the family has denied the allegations charged.

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  Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth conferred with Padma Shri award

  March 21, 2018 10:42 IST

  Srikanth received the award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati in New Delhi.

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  Pankaj Advani continues winning streak on second day of Asian Billiards Championship

  March 20, 2018 15:58 IST

  The Indian cueist was kept under pressure by his unseeded rival Pauk Sa and had to dig deep to close out the match with breaks of 98 and 80.

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  Sushil Kumar sets sights on Commonwealth Games with 'unfulfilled' Olympic dream in perspective

  March 20, 2018 15:38 IST

  Sushil Kumar, who is a two-time defending champion at the Commonwealth Games, has an Olympic bronze and silver to his credit.

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  Commonwealth Games: 12 years later, Sharath Kamal seeks another double gold in Australia

  March 19, 2018 16:24 IST

  In all probability, the upcoming Commonwealth Games from April 4 to 15 will be the last CWG appearance for 35-year-old Sharath Kamal.

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  Pankaj Advani makes winning start at Asian Billiards Championship

  March 19, 2018 16:14 IST

  Advani, who has won the world championship 19 times in his career, barely broke a sweat as he dumped Shin with the help of a 98 break and three consecutive centuries in the best-of-seven 100-up encounter.

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  Have a lot of things to learn from All England Championships: PV Sindhu

  March 18, 2018 15:24 IST

  In a nail-biting semifinal, fourth seed Sindhu went down fighting 21-19, 19-21, 18-21 to Yamaguchi after battling for an hour and 19 minutes late on Saturday.

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  All England Championships: PV Sindhu loses to Akane Yamaguchi in semifinals

  March 18, 2018 11:51 IST

  PV Sindhu lost to Akane Yamaguchi 21-19, 19-21, 18-21 to crash out of the USD 1000,000 All England Championship on Saturday.

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  HS Prannoy's campaign ends in agony at All England Championship

  March 17, 2018 13:50 IST

  In a nail-biting last eight match which swung too frequently, it was a miscued smash from the Indian that ended the gruelling contest 22-20 16-21 21-23.

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  All England Championships: Will give my 100 per cent, says PV Sindhu

  March 17, 2018 11:07 IST

  Sindhu achieved unprecedented success in the last couple of years but she also lost some heart-breaking losses in the finals of 2016 Rio Olympics, 2017 World Championship, 2017 Dubai Super Series Final and India Open this year.

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  All England Championship: PV Sindhu roars into semifinals after thrilling win over Nozomi Okuhara

  March 16, 2018 21:51 IST

  With this victory, Sindhu registered her fifth win over the World No. 6 Japanese, who robbed her of a World Championship gold at Glasgow after a 110-minute marathon battle which went down in history as one of the greatest.

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  Kidambi Srikanth calls umpiring 'ridiculous' after too many service faults

  March 16, 2018 11:53 IST

  World no 3 Srikanth lost 11-21 21-15 20-22 to the unseeded Chinese at the Arena Birmingham here in a 52-minute battle last night to crash out of the tournament.

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  HS Prannoy enters quarters, Kidambi Srikanth crashes out of All England Championships

  March 16, 2018 10:17 IST

  The unseeded Prannoy, who came into the tournament after recovering from foot warts, outwitted former world no 3 and 2014 world championship bronze medallist Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia .

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  Grandmaster Baskaran Adhiban wins title in Reykjavik Open

  March 16, 2018 0:31 IST

  Adhiban became only the second Indian after Abhijeet Gupta (in 2016) to win the prestigious Reykjavik Open.

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  All England Championship: PV Sindhu beats Nitchaon Jindapol, reaches quarterfinals

  March 15, 2018 21:10 IST

  The world No. 3 Indian recovered from a mid-way slump to overcome the Thai shuttler Nitchaon Jindapol 21-13, 13-21 and 21-18 in a match which lasted an hour and seven minutes.