India extended their medal tally to three during the World Para Athletics Championships 2017 with discus-thrower Karamjyoti Dalal claiming a Bronze medal. In the Women’s F55 category, Dalal, at the last moment, managed a throw of 19.02m, just overtaking Baharain’s Alomari Roba, who managed 19.01m.
» Read moreFormer Australian tennis professional Peter Doohan, whose most famous victory was over Boris Becker at Wimbledon in 1987, has died aged 56, Tennis Australia said in a statement on Saturday. Doohan was diagnosed nine weeks ago with a particularly aggressive form of motor neurone disease, known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
» Read moreIndian shuttlers P Kashyap, Sameer Verma and H S Prannoy advanced to the quarterfinals of the men’s singles’ competition at the $120,000 US Open Grand Prix Gold. Kashyap crossed the second round after his opponent Hungary’s Gergely Krausz retired midway in the second game with the scoreline reading 21-18 17-6 in favour of the Indian. The Commonwealth Games champion then […]
» Read moreSri Lanka sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said he is willing to order a probe on the 2011 World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka following concerns raised by former captain-turned-minister Arjuna Ranatunga. “Let anyone make a written complain I am ready to order an investigation,” Jayasekera told reporters on Wednesday. Ranatunga, who was present at the Wankhede Stadium as […]
» Read moreCricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday offered worship at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala. He arrived here with his wife Anjali, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad and former cricketer V Chamundeswara Nath last night by a special flight from Hyderabad, temple sources said. After worship, Tendulkar was honoured with a sacred silk cloth, holy water and laddu prasadams, […]
» Read moreIndia spinner Ravichandran Ashwin slipped a place to take the third position in the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers. Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath has climbed to second position after grabbing his eighth 10-wicket match haul and helping win the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Colombo by four wickets.
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