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Chris Gayle showed that he was not yet a spent force as he smashed his second fastest fifty in the IPL to help Kings XI Punjab defeat Chennai Super Kings by four runs in a thrilling game here on Sunday night. The 38-year-old Jamaican, who twice went unsold at the auction and was later picked up by the Punjab franchise for a base price of Rs 2 crore, played a trademark innings toying with the

Bengaluru, Apr 16: Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs in a high-scoring IPL encounter, here today. Batting first, Rajasthan scored 217 for 4 courtesy Sanju Samson's unbeaten 92 off 45 balls which included 10 sixes and two boundaries. Skipper Ajinkya Rahane scored 36 off 20 balls. Umesh Yadav was hit for 59 runs in his four overs. In reply, RCB could only post 198 for six

Gold Coast, Apr 15: A marauding Manika Batra created history by becoming the first Indian woman table tennis player to win a singles gold at the Commonwealth Games while Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan went down fighting in the men's doubles to settle for silver, here on Saturday. World No. 58 Batra's dream run in the quadrennial event continued as she blanked 50th-ranked Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0

New Delhi, Apr 15: The Indian campaign at the 2018 Commonwealth Games ended with another medal rush as shuttlers took centre stage on the final day in Gold Coast, Australia on Sunday. Day 11 started with Indian badminton queens PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal squaring off in the gold medal match while table tennis stars Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra again shining bright. In all, India won

Bengaluru, Apr 15: A keen contest is on the cards as Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals cross swords in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday. RCB are placed fifth and RR sixth on the points table with two points each from two matches. They both lost their respective openers against Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad. RCB notched up their first victory of the season

Gold Coast, Apr 15: Saina Nehwal's aggression and intensity quite literally wilted P V Sindhu as she picked up the women's singles Commonwealth Games gold medal with exhilarating triumph in the final here today. However, newly-crowned World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth let slip the early advantage to settle for a silver medal going down to Malaysian legend Lee Chong Wei in the men's singles summit clash

Gold Coast, Apr 14: Manika Batra on Saturday won a first ever women's singles table tennis gold for India at the Commonwealth Games, blanking Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0 in the final. Earlier, Batra showed that her crucial victory against world no. 4 Feng Tianwei in the team final was no fluke as the Indian edged out the Singaporean 4-3 in the women's singles semifinals. Besides guiding India to

Gold Coast, Apr 14: There was no stopping the gold rush in wrestling as two more were added to the tally by Vinesh Phogat (50kg) and Sumit (125kg) but Olympic bronze-medallist Sakshi Malik (62kg) had to be content with a third-place finish in the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. Adding another bronze to the count was Somveer, in the 86kg category. India signed off their wrestling campaign at the

Gold Coast, Apr 14: Neeraj Chopra today became the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, pulling off a season's best effort of 86.47m in the final here. The 20-year-old former junior world champion had made the final after achieving the qualifying mark in his very first throw yesterday and today again, he was leaps ahead of the field with his very first

New Delhi, Apr 14: India’s boxing contingent continued its fine run in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. After Mary Kom secured her maiden CWG gold medal to kickstart the day, two more medals were added in the form of gold medallist Gaurav Solanki, who triumphed in the final of men’s 52kg, and Manish Kaushik claiming silver in the 60kg category. Solanki's win brought India its 20th gold medal.