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  PBL: Chennai Smashers' PV Sindhu excited to play at home

  December 21, 2017 23:43 IST

  Sindhu added that the Premier Badminton League is a great platform for the young Indian shuttlers to rub shoulders with some of the world's best.

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  Doubles pairing will be key in PBL: NE Warriors Ajay Jayaram

  December 21, 2017 21:54 IST

  Jayaram, who has reached the finals of the PBL consecutively in the past two years with two different teams, will surely look to make it a hat-trick of finals leading his new team to the last stage of the tournament and make their debut season a memo

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  Sushil Ghaley beats Gagan Narang to win men's 5m rifle prone gold

  December 21, 2017 21:33 IST

  Gagan Narang bagged the silver with a score of 246.6 while Rio Olympian Chain Singh won the bronze, logging 225.4.

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  Birmingham to host Commonwealth Games in 2022

  December 21, 2017 17:26 IST

  The 2022 Commonwealth Games were originally given to Durban in 2015, but they were taken off the South African city mainly because the country's government could not provide financial guarantees.

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  Fitness will be my priority next year, says Saina Nehwal

  December 20, 2017 18:28 IST

  Nehwal clinched the Malaysia Masters in January, before winning a bronze at the World Championship and Senior Nationals this season.

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  Saina Nehwal, Carolina Marin slam BWF for 'crammed' calendar

  December 20, 2017 17:32 IST

  BWF has made it compulsory for the world's top 15 players in the singles events and top 10 pairs in the doubles disciplines to play a minimum of 12 tournaments or face a penalty.

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  Vijender Singh 'physically and mentally' ready to defend titles against Ernest Amuzu

  December 20, 2017 17:19 IST

  In his last three title fights held in India, Vijender has won all three with two knockout wins and one unanimously.

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  Athletics enters post-Usain Bolt era, but nothing changes for India

  December 20, 2017 16:11 IST

  The world braced up to a post-Bolt era but for India there was no momentous change as the country's athletes did nothing for the global audience to take note of.

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  Confident of knockout win by Vijender Singh against Amuzu, says trainer Lee Beard

  December 19, 2017 15:03 IST

  The British boxing trainer said although Amuzu has a good record in pro boxing but the strategy to beat him has already been planned with the ace Indian boxer.

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  Another year, another set of titles; Pankaj Advani rules cue sports

  December 19, 2017 14:35 IST

  The 32-year-old has been juggling billiards and snooker quite efficiently for over a decade now, he once again lived up to the expectations in 2017 as well, taking his world title count to 18.

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  Mo Farah voted 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year

  December 18, 2017 12:32 IST

  Farah appeared to have better chances to win the prestigious award in previous years as well, having won the 5,000/10,000 double at the Olympics in 2012 and '16 and at the world championship in 2013 and '15.

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  Sushil Kumar, Sakshi Malik win gold at Commonwealth Wrestling

  December 17, 2017 21:36 IST

  The two-time Olympic medallist Sushil defeated New Zealand Akash Khullar's via a pinfall in the final of the 74kg freestyle category to clinch the coveted yellow metal.

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  Dubai Superseries Finals: PV Sindhu settles for silver, loses summit clash against Akane Yamaguchi

  December 17, 2017 21:21 IST

  In the prestigious season-ending tournament finale, Sindhu played her heart out before going down fighting 21-15, 12-21, 19-21 to Yamaguchi in an energy-sapping summit clash that lasted an hour and 31 minutes.

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  Highlights, Dubai Open Superseries: PV Sindhu settles for silver as Japan's Akane Yamaguchi clinches title

  December 17, 2017 18:51 IST

  The match witnessed some high end to end action but it was the Japanese shuttler who won 15-21, 21-12 and 21-19 to win the Dubai Open SS finals.

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  I'll knock Ernest Amuzu out in early rounds: Vijender Singh

  December 17, 2017 14:58 IST

  With an aim to make it 10-0 in the Pro boxing ring, Vijender is training hard and warned his rival to not take him lightly.

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  PV Sindhu defeats China's Chen Yufei to enter Dubai Superseries finals

  December 16, 2017 21:57 IST

  The Indian shuttler didn't break a sweat as she won the semi-finals in straight sets to storm into the finals.

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  Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are amazing together: Sania Mirza

  December 16, 2017 18:36 IST

  Known to both of them, Sania was one of the firsts to take to Twitter and congratulate Kohli and Anushka on December 12.

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  Dubai Open: PV Sindhu to take on Chen Yufei in semi-finals

  December 16, 2017 13:13 IST

  Sindhu will now look to end her season on high when she faces Yufei in their last-four clash as this will be their sixth meeting.

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  Shiva Keshavan's tale: Indian luger preps for 6th Olympic trip

  December 15, 2017 23:48 IST

  Keshavan made his Olympic debut as a 16-year-old at Nagano in 1998, when he placed 28th and he's been an Olympic regular since.

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  New president Narinder Batra, Rajeev Mehta take charge in IOA

  December 15, 2017 22:22 IST

  The elective Annual General Meeting yesterday also approved Goa as the venue for Asian Beach Games in 2020.

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  PV Sindhu trounces Akane Yamaguchi, Kidambi Srikanth loses again at Dubai Finals

  December 15, 2017 22:34 IST

  Sindhu defeated Yamaguchi 21-9, 21-13 in the last group stage fixture of the women's singles to place herself at the top of the Group A.

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  I will leave Vijender Singh beaten and broken: Ernest Amuzu

  December 15, 2017 16:30 IST

  Amuzu, who holds a good record of 25 fights with 23 wins (21 Knockouts) and two loss having played 122 rounds of professional boxing.

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  Dubai Super Series Finals: PV Sindhu enters semis, Kidambi Srikanth ousted

  December 15, 2017 11:26 IST

  Sindhu crushed Japanese Sayaka Sato 21-13, 21-12 in 36 minutes to secure her second straight victory, eliminating Sayaka at the Hamadan Sports Complex.

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  Sushil Kumar all set for Commonwealth Championship

  December 14, 2017 21:23 IST

  Sushil, the winner of four gold medals and a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Championship, will be competing at an international event for the first time in three years.

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  Kidambi Srikanth bows out of Dubai Super Series Final

  December 14, 2017 20:18 IST

  Srikanth, who suffered a defeat to World No 1 and defending champion Viktor Axelsen in his opening match yesterday, failed to improve his game and went down 18-21 18-21 against Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen in the USD 1 million event on Thursday.

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  All-Indian undercard for Vijender Singh's fight night on December 23

  December 14, 2017 19:04 IST

  The undefeated Indian ace - Vijender will take on Ghana's Ernest Amuzu in a double title fight in which his WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental Super Middleweight belts will be on the line.

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  PV Sindhu wins, Kidambi Srikanth sinks in Dubai Super Series Final opener

  December 13, 2017 21:42 IST

  Sindhu faces Japan's Sayaka Sato next, while Srikanth will take on Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen tomorrow.

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  Ernest Amuzu is a good boxer, but I will defeat him: Vijender Singh

  December 13, 2017 16:35 IST

  Vijender has fought nine bouts so far, winning all of them, and has collected the WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental Super Middleweight titles.