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Sports: Jaismine defeats Simranjit, enters Women’s National Boxing finals

October 27, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Haryana boxer Jaismine Lambodia beat Olympian Simranjit Kaur of Punjab by 3-2 in the semi-finals of the 60-kg category in the Fifth Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship 2021 to enter the finals on Tuesday. Their grueling match began on an equal footing as they both dominated the ring early on. Simranjit took the […]

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Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur meets CEO of FIFA Youri Djorkaeff

October 26, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur met the CEO of FIFA Youri Djorkaeff on Monday in New Delhi. During the meet, they discussed how football could be encouraged at the grassroots level and expanded with more tournaments and events. Shri Thakur said that there is a growing interest in Sports […]

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Pooja Rani Enters the Quarterfinals of the Women’s National Boxing Championship 2021

October 25, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: Haryana boxer Pooja Rani beat Parvathi P of Kerala in the pre-quarterfinals round in the 81kg category of the 5th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship at St Joseph’s International School, Haryana, on Sunday. The Asian Champion displayed aggressive punches that knocked out Parvathi P. in round 1 and led to the referee stopping the […]

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Tennis: Paula Badosa ousts Victoria Azarenka, wins Indian Wells title

October 18, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Spanish tennis player Paula Badosa ousted Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (2) in a 3-set final to win the Indian Wells Women’s Singles title at the BNP Paribas Open 2021 in California on Monday. Badosa won her first breakpoint and led the opening set before Azarenka equaled scores at 4-4 and […]

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Tennis: Victoria Azarenka defeats Jelena Ostapenko, waltz into the Indian Wells finals

October 16, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka entered the finals by defeating former French Open Champion Jelena Ostapenko by 2-1 in the Women’s Singles semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California, on Saturday. While Ostapenko dominated the opening set by 2-0, Azarenka committed unforced errors. Ostapenko used groundstrokes […]

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Cricket: Rahul Dravid to take over as Team India’s Head coach

October 16, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: In a massive development, legendary Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid has been appointed as the next head coach of the Indian cricket team. Dravid will assume charge of his coaching duties with the home series against New Zealand, which starts three days after the T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, Shastri’s second stint with Team India ends […]

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Tennis: Grigor Dimitrov defeats Hubert Hurkacz by 2-1 at the Indian Wells

October 15, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov defeated his Polish counterpart Hubert Hurkacz 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2) in 2 straight sets in the Men’s Singles quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells, California, on Friday. The tight match had Hurkacz dominating the opening set as Dimitrov struggled to keep pace. Hurkacz opened the […]

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Tennis: Grigor Dimitrov beat Daniil Medvedev 2-1 at the Indian Wells 2021

October 14, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Bulgarian player Grigor Dimitrov defeated top-seed Russian player Daniil Medvedev by 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in 2 straight sets at the Men’s Singles of the BNP Paribas Open 2021 at the Indian Wells, California, on Thursday. The 3-set match opened with Medvedev leading with 4 serve points as the Bulgarian defended his serves and […]

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Indian Team for the T20 World Cup

October 13, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 13: The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday announced a change in the India squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup replacing spinner Axar Patel with pace all-rounder Shardul Thakur in the 15-man squad. A BCCI release said the All-India Senior Selection Committee made the decision to include Shardul […]

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Tennis: Alexander Zverev defeats Andy Murray 2-0 at Indian Wells 2021

October 13, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: German tennis player Alexander Zverev defeated the last of the Big 4, Andy Murray of Britain, by 2-0 during the third round match of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California, on Wednesday. The historic match began as Murray took the 2-0 lead against the struggling German. The British […]