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US Open 2021: Novak Djokovic beats Tallon Griekspoor to reach Round 3

September 3, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic beat Dutch player Tallon Griekspoor to win his second-round in the U.S. Open 2021 tennis match at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York, on Friday. The match began with a serve by Djokovic, who led the first set with 6-2. Though Griekspoor tried diverting the game to a deuce in […]

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Tokyo Paralympics: Praveen Kumar wins silver in T64 Men’s High Jump

September 3, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Indian athlete Praveen Kumar won a silver medal in class T64 of the Men’s High Jump finals in the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on Friday. The 18-year-old Paralympic debutant set a new Asian record with his 2.07m jump and finished after Great Britain’s Jonathan Broom-Edwards set the season’s best of 2.10m to win […]

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US Open 2021: Simona beats Kristina, reaches Round 3

September 2, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Romanian tennis player Simona Halep won her second-round match against Slovakia’s Kristina Kucova in the US Open 2021 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Wednesday, advancing into Round 3. The USTA’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Court witnessed an intense playoff between Halep and Kucova in the Women’s Singles second […]

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Tokyo Paralympics: Dhillon beats Siripong in 1st match of badminton

September 2, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: India’s Tarun Dhillon won his 1st match against Thailand’s Siripong Teamarrom in SL4 Men’s Singles Group B Badminton event during the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on Thursday. Dhillon began the match on a strong note, winning the first set by 21-7 in just 10 minutes, which left the Thai player baffled. The World […]

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Tokyo Paralympics 2020: India wins 2 medals in high jump

September 1, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Indian athletes Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar won silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the men’s high jump event under the T42 category at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on Tuesday. The 2016 Rio Paralympic gold medalist started with a high jump of 1.83m and crossed 1.86m in his third attempt to bag […]

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US Open 2021: Djokovic wins his 1st round match against Rune

September 1, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The World No.1 tennis player, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, won his first U.S. Open 2021 match against Denmark’s Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Wednesday. The match began with Djokovic in the lead with 6-1, followed by 6-7 (5), 6-2, and 6-1 against Rune. This victory leads Djokovic […]

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Tokyo Paralympics: Shooter Singhraj Adhana bags bronze medal

August 31, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Indian athlete Singhraj Adhana won a bronze medal in the P1 class of Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 category during the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday. He shot a total of 216.8m and finished third at the Paralympics. Earlier, Adhana had qualified for the 8-man final medal round after making it among the […]

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Dusty number plates on vehicles can be fined Rs.2,000

August 30, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Dusty and unclean registration plates or those hiding numbers on vehicles can be fined Rs. 2,000, according to an order issued by Delhi’s Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Muktesh Chander on Saturday last. Such number plates will be viewed as defective. Other vehicle documents will also be examined and fined in case of […]

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Tokyo Paralympics: India wins 2 silvers and a bronze too on Monday

August 30, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Indian athlete Devendra Jhajharia bagged a silver medal and Sundar Singh Gurjar won a bronze in the F46 category of the Men’s Javelin throw event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on Monday. Besides, 24-year-old athlete Yogesh Kathuniya also bagged a silver medal in the F56 category of Men’s discus throw, with the best […]

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Modi Bless Para Athletes, Promises to Increase “Khelo India Centres” from 360 to 1000

August 17, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 17: In a bid to encourage sports and sportspersons in the country, the prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inter-acted with some top para athletes on the eve of their departure for Tokyo to participate in the Paralympics. “You are all winners and role models,” Modi told the para athletes, who are […]