Tag: sports
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Karan, Divansh enter quarters of Sub Junior Boys’ Boxing Nationals
33 teams and 326 boxers have participated in this seven-day tournament that will pick out the best of India's rising boys pugilists with the grand finale taking place on 8 July.
July 5, 2019 -
Kalinga literary festival to recall Gandhi’s ‘idea of India’
Among other highlights will be the story-telling session "Dastan-E-Mantoiyat" by Syed Shadab Hussain and Meera Rizvi and the screening of Oscar-nominated director Ashvin Kumar's "No Fathers In Kashmir".
July 2, 2019 -
Wimbledon 2019: 15-year-old schoolgirl knocks out Venus Williams
World's 313th ranked American player Cori defeated her inspiration Venus 6-4, 6-4 who is 24 years elder to her and entered the next round of Wimbledon.
July 2, 2019 -
Sports Journalists Day: Celebrating sports as vehicle for global peace
Sports Journalists Day is celebrated to encourage the members of the sports media fraternity to strive for further excellence in their profession.
July 2, 2019 -
Including women’s cricket in Commonwealth Games is fantastic: Kallis
Prior to this, cricket was included in the Commonwealth Games just once, in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 when 16 men's teams competed in the 50-over format.
July 1, 2019 -
Universe Boss Gayle plans retirement after home series against India in August
The 39-year-old had last month stated that he would call it quits after the ongoing World Cup
June 26, 2019 -
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019: Netherlands, Italy through to quarter-finals
Wednesday is a rest day before the first quarter-final on Thursday pitches England against Norway in Le Havre
June 26, 2019 -
Nadal says Wimbledon seeding system disrespects world rankings
Nadal is yet to play an official match on grass this year while Federer warmed up for Wimbledon last week by winning his 10th title at the grass-court tournament in Halle
June 25, 2019 -
Indian fan supporting ‘neighbour’ Pakistan wins hearts
Pakistan now have five points from six games and they need to win their remaining three fixtures against New Zealand (Wednesday), Afghanistan (Saturday) and Bangladesh (July 5)
June 24, 2019 -
Bankrupt Becker to auction trophies, personal souvenirs to pay off debt
One of the trophies incorporate an imitation of a Challenge Cup, which was granted to Becker post his Wimbledon wins, and the three-quarter measure replica of the Renshaw Cup
June 24, 2019 -
Pak PM’s aide confuses Imran Khan, Tendulkar
The goof-up from Haque comes just days after Imran Khan had attributed Rabindranath Tagore's quote to Khalil Gibran, for which he got massively trolled on Twitter.
June 23, 2019 -
Hamilton clinches pole position at French Grand Prix
Hamilton leads the championship on 162 points, 29 more than his teammate Bottas who is in second place, while Vettel is third, 62 points behind the standings leader.
June 23, 2019 -
World Cup in ASEAN’s sights in ’15 years’: Thai Foreign Minister
Southeast Asia is home to tens of millions of passionate fans but it lacks high-level national teams, as well as the facilities to put on the massive event.
June 22, 2019 -
Italy begin Euro 2020 campaign, beat Finland 2-0
The Italians doubled their lead eight minutes later when Ciro Immobile slid a through ball to Kean, who beat keeper Lukas Hradecky to become the first player born this century to score for Italy.
March 24, 2019 -
UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers: Germany held to 1-1 draw by Serbia
Serbia's Jovic had the chance to double the lead three minutes later but Lukas Klostermann blocked the shot at the last second inside the box.
March 21, 2019 -
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: India all geared for Malaysian challenge
The Indian team will play their second game against Korea on March 24, while they play their nemesis and Asian Games Silver medallist Malaysia on March 26.
March 18, 2019 -
Delhi govt grants Rs 77 crore for sports facility, hostels for boys and girls
The project will include a seven-storey and a five-storey hostel for boys and girls, respectively.
March 9, 2019