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  Indian legend Anju Bobby George wins Woman of Year Award from World Athletics

  December 02, 2021 14:05 IST

  Olympic champions Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica and Karsten Warholm of Norway were named the World Athletes of the Year at the awards night

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  BWF World Tour Finals: Srikanth loses 2nd group match; Ashwini-Sikki out of title contention

  December 02, 2021 12:46 IST

  The women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy suffered their second successive loss in the event, going down fighting 19-21 20-22 to Bulgaria's Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva

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  BWF World Tour Finals: Satwik-Chirag pair pulls out due to injury

  December 02, 2021 11:17 IST

  Satwik's recurring knee pain aggravated and the duo decided to pull out keeping in mind the upcoming BWF World Championships.

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  Asian Team Squash: Indian men beat Pakistan, maintain unbeaten record

  December 01, 2021 21:36 IST

  Saurav Ghosal, the top Indian player, clinched the crucial win, as he came back after losing the first two games against Tayyab Aslam in a 56-minute thriller.  

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  PKL 2021-22: Schedule for PKL season 8 announced, U Mumba to face Bengaluru Bulls in opening clash

  December 01, 2021 18:41 IST

  The triple-headers will be only-Saturday affairs throughout the whole duration of the league, starting at 7:30 pm, 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm respectively.

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  Premier Handball League announces Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh as second franchise

  December 01, 2021 16:32 IST

  The league, which will be held next year, had earlier announced Garvit Gujarat as its first franchise

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  World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu beats Line Christophersen in straight sets in Group A contest

  December 01, 2021 19:07 IST

  Sindhu looked in great control as she opened up a 5-2 lead and though Line made it 7-6, the Indian quickly reeled off 10 straight points to march to 16-8 and seal the opening game comfortably.

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  Sindhu vs Christophersen BWF World Tour Finals Women's singles Highlights: Sindhu wins 21-14, 21-16

  December 01, 2021 15:35 IST

  India's top shuttler PV Sindhu prevailed Denmark's Line Christophersen in straight sets 21-14, 21-16 in the BWF World Tour Finals 2021 Women's Singles group A match in Bali.

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  Saina pulls out of World Championships, expects to resume training mid-December

  December 01, 2021 13:27 IST

  Former World No.1 Saina Nehwal will miss the World Championships for the first time in her international career due to multiple injuries that have derailed her season.

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  BWF World Tour Finals: Srikanth makes winning start, Ashwini-Sikki pair loses

  December 01, 2021 11:01 IST

  Srikanth beat France's Toma Junior Popov 21-14, 21-16 in 42 minutes in his opening match of group B.

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  Asian Squash Team Championship: India men, women teams off to winning starts

  November 30, 2021 18:46 IST

  The top-seeded Indian men's team won its first two matches in the 20th Asian Squash Championship; defeating Iraq and Philippines.

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  BWF World Tour Finals 2021: Sindhu leads India's campaign in Bali; focus on Lakshya, Satwik-Chirag

  November 30, 2021 11:20 IST

  It will be the best ever representation for India at the year-end tournament with as many as seven of them qualifying for the USD 1,50,000 event.

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  Billiards and Snooker Nationals: Pankaj Advani survives; Amee, Ishika sail into second round

  November 29, 2021 21:27 IST

  Pankaj produced a late flourish against his Karnataka rival and went on to carve out a tense 27-28, 39-00, 42-28, 45-00, 00-45, 08-35, and 66-00 win to advance to the second round.

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  Satwik-Chirag pairing qualifies for BWF World Tour Finals

  November 29, 2021 13:18 IST

  Satwik and Chirag had finished at the semifinals of the Indonesia Open last week but made the cut after Japanese pairing of Akira Koga and Taichi Saito also lost in the last four at the Super 1000 tournament.  

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  Indonesia Open 2021: Axelson crowned, local top seeded pair

  November 28, 2021 21:48 IST

  The second-seeded Dens spent 59 minutes on the court to top the unseeded black horse in three games, 21-13, 9-21, 21-13, consolidating his confidence ahead of the BWF World Tour Finals kicking off in three days.

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  World Table Tennis Championship: Manika Batra fails to create history for India

  November 28, 2021 12:00 IST

  Batra had another opportunity to create history but she faltered yet again, losing the women's doubles quarterfinals with her partner Archana Kamath in straight games.

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  World TT C'ships: India in quarters of women's doubles, mixed doubles

  November 27, 2021 15:01 IST

  Manika and Archana Kamath defeated Hungary's Dora Madarasz and Georgina Pota 11-4 11-9 6-11 11-7 in the women's doubles round of 16 here on Friday. 

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  Indonesia Open 2021: PV Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag lose in semifinals

  November 27, 2021 17:39 IST

  Third seed Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, lost 21-15 9-21 14-21 to world no 8 and second-seeded Ratchanok in 54 minutes for her third semifinal finish on the trot.

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  World TT C'ships: Sathiyan-Manika, Sharath-Archana progress to round of 16 in mixed doubles

  November 26, 2021 20:12 IST

  G Sathiyan lost 3-4 (9-11, 11-7, 15-13, 3-11, 11-4, 9-11, 7-11) to the 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Quadri Aruna of Nigeria in the men's singles. With Sathiyan's loss, India's singles campaign at the tournament came to an end.

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  Former Brazil Olympic boss sentenced to jail for corruption

  November 26, 2021 16:17 IST

  Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, was found guilty of corruption, criminal organisation, money laundering and tax evasion.

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  Ghosal, Chinappa to spearhead Indian teams at Asian and world squash championships

  November 26, 2021 15:30 IST

  The 20th Asian Team Championship -- both men and women -- is slated in Kuala Lumpur from November 30 to December 4 while the Worlds event will take place in the same city from December 7.

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  Indonesia Open 2021: Sindhu sweats it out to reach semifinals

  November 26, 2021 19:12 IST

  The reigning world champion had to toil hard to get the better of Yujin 14-21, 21-19, 21-14 in the quarterfinal that lasted an hour and six minutes.

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  Sindhu, Praneeth enter quarters, Srikanth loses in Indonesia Open

  November 25, 2021 20:49 IST

  Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu hardly broke a sweat to win the second round clash 21-12 21-18 against world No. 26 Germany's Yvonne Li in 37 minutes at the USD 850,000 event.

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  Lakshya set to become youngest Indian to qualify for World Tour Finals

  November 25, 2021 19:26 IST

  The 20-year-old from Almora has enjoyed an impressive run on the BWF world tour and is currently ranked fifth in the World Tour rankings.  

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  Indonesia Open 2021: Sindhu beats Yvonne Li to sail into quarterfinals

  November 25, 2021 15:53 IST

  The reigning world champion hardly broke a sweat to win the second round clash 21-12, 21-18 against the World No.26 in 37 minutes

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  Sathiyan enters round of 32 at World TT Championships

  November 26, 2021 12:39 IST

  The world number 37 from India defeated his 179th-ranked opponent Russia's Vladimir Sidorenko 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6 in the round of 64.

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  World Table Tennis Championships Finals: Manika, Sharath out of singles events, Sathiyan enters 2nd

  November 24, 2021 22:01 IST

  Sharath Kamal bowed out of the men's singles competition in the first round while Ayhika Mukherjee advanced to the women's singles second round. 

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  Indonesia Open 2021: PV Sindhu, Srikanth, Praneeth advance to second round

  November 24, 2021 18:42 IST

  India's double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu showed great determination to outwit her opponent in the women's singles opening round, while B Sai Praneeth and Kidmabi Srikanth also advanced to the men's singles second round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event.