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2016 Badminton Asian Tourney: Saina Storms into Semis Sindhu Srikanth Make Early Exit

 April 30, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s Saina Nehwal scored a classy win over old foe Wang Shixian on Friday to enter the semifinal of the 2016 Dong Feng Citroen Badminton Asia Championships at China. On Thursday, Saina’s compatriot PV Sindhu made crucial errors at crunch time to lose against Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying while earlier in the competition, Kidambi Srikanth’s […]

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Gurpreet Singh becomes the first Indian ever to captain a European team

 April 26, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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Gurpreet Singh Sandhu created history today as he become the first Indian footballer to captain an European side. Gurpreet who plays as a goalkeeper for Norwegian Tippeligaen club Stabæk, Captained the team to a victory in the yesterday match. Gurpreet who was the first ever Indian to play a competitive match for the first team of […]

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Salman Khan Named goodwill ambassador for India’s Olympic contingent

 April 25, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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Salman Khan has been roped in by IOA as the Goodwill ambassador for the India’s Olympic contingent for the  Rio 2016 Olympic games.The announcement was made in the presence of Olympic medallists and Rio star athletes such as boxer MC Mary Kom, hockey captain Sardar Singh, and shooter Apurvi Chandela, among others. Speaking on the […]

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Friday Sees Free Fall for Every Indian Shuttler in 2016 China Grand Prix Gold Tournament

 April 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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None of the Indian badminton stars could survive in Changzhou’s China Masters tournament on Friday. They couldn’t progress beyond the quarterfinals and all of them lost in straight games against their more accomplished opponents. It is not super-series tournament, where the field tends to be stronger but the Indians still couldn’t make their mark. Some […]

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China Open

Indian shutters Keep Indian Hopes Alive at 2016 China Open

 April 22, 2016   R K Gupta

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With Kidambi Srikanth suffering another first-round defeat and Saina Nehwal skipping the China Grand Prix Gold tournament, India’s chances depend solely on quarterfinal performances of PV Sindhu in women’s singles, HS Prannoy in men’s singles and Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa in women’s doubles. Besides Sriknath, India’s other opening round casualties were Parupalli Kashyap, Sameer Verma and […]

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D/N Test

India to play D/N Test with New Zealand later this year.

 April 22, 2016   kridangan

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India is all set to play it’s first ever D/N test match later this year against New Zealand,if everything goes according to the plan. The first ever International D/N test match was played between Australia and New Zealand in November last year at Adelaide Last year. Speaking to the media BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur  said […]

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ISL and I-League

Does the merger of ISL and I-League bode well for the country?

 April 21, 2016   Abhishek Das

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The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is all set to revamp the country’s footballing structure, by merging both I-league and Indian Super League (ISL) by 2018. However, the governing body is not terming the association a merger as it is looking to change several nuances within its administrative hierarchy as well. AIFF General Secretary Kushal […]

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Dipa Karmakar Makes India Proud Takes the Road to Rio as Qualified Artistic Gymnast

 April 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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An article appeared on these pages in August 2015 about Indian woman gymnast Dipa Karmakar, when she won a bronze medal at Hiroshima’s 2015 Artistic Asian Gymnastic Championship. Dipa had finished third in women’s vault and brought glory to India. Now she has done even better. On April 18, 2016, the 22-year old Tripura girl […]

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2016 Azlan Shah Cup Hockey: India Thrash Malaysia to Set Up Final Clash with Australia

 April 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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When India lost their fifth round-robin league game against New Zealand on Wednesday, they needlessly slid into hot waters before their last game against hosts Malaysia. With Malaysia recording a 1-0 win over Pakistan, the match between India and Malaysia on Friday became a do-or-die battle. Nothing less than an outright win for India was […]

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IPL 2016 - Team Watch

IPL 2016 – Team Watch Part 3

 April 11, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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So we are Back with the 3rd part of our IPL 2016 – Team watch. You can read the previous one along with all the latest news & analysis form the VIVO IPL 2016 here. 1.) Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) – The two time champions have been one of the strongest teams in the IPL in […]

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