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Chennai, Apr 11: All T20 matches scheduled to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium will now be reportedly shifted to another venue outside Tamil Nadu. The move comes on the back of anti-IPL protests across the state and a day after two protesters hurled slippers on the field during a CSK vs KKR match. News agency quoted sources as saying that the matches will be moved out of the state but did

Brisbane, Apr 11: Ankur Mittal added to the Indian shooting contingent's medal rush by winning a bronze in the men's double trap event of the 21st Commonwealth Games here today. Mittal finished third on the podium after scoring 53 in the finals at the Belmont Shooting Centre. Mohammed Asab, the other Indian shooter in the six-man finals, finished in the fourth position, a climbdown from the bronze

Shreyasi Singh held her nerve and produced some excellent shooting to win the women's double trap gold medal in the 21st Commonwealth Games here today. Shreyasi shot 96 in the finals and beat Australia's Emma Cox 2 shots to 1 in the shoot-off at Belmont Shooting Centre. The other Indian contender in the field, Varsha Varman finished fourth with 86. The bronze medal went to Scotland's Linda Pearson

Kolkata, Apr 11: Hasin Jahan, the estranged wife of Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami has filed a case of domestic violence at Alipore court and demanded Rs 10 lakh maintenance fee per month for her and her daughter. Hearing the case filed under Domestic Violence Act 2005, the third judicial magistrate of the Alipore court asked Shami and others against whom the complaint was filed, to be present

Gold Coast, Apr 11: India's top paddlers, including the duo of Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, comfortably progressed to the round of 16 doubles table tennis competition of the 21st Commonwealth Games here today. Sharath and Sathiyan thrashed Kiribati duo Tauramoa Miita and Nooa Takooa 3-0. The Indian pair had no problems against their inexperienced opponents, convincing clinching the

A profligate Indian hockey team huffed and puffed into the Commonwealth Games semi-finals after beating lower-ranked Malaysia 2-1 in a draining Pool B encounter here today. Drag Flick specialist Harmanpreet Singh (3rd minute and 44th minute) scored twice from penalty corners to steer India to the win. Faizal Saari (16th minute) pulled off the lone goal for Malaysia. India earned as many as nine

Gold Coast, Apr 9: The legendary but on the wane Lee Chong Wei was one of the casualties as a rampaging Indian mixed badminton team claimed its maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal, thrashing three-time defending champions Malaysia in the final here on Monday. The pair of Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa claimed the mixed doubles match against Peng Soon Chan and Liu Yong Goh 21-14, 15-21, 21

Indian shooting ace Jitu Rai claimed the gold medal in men's 10m air pistol event by creating a new games record while compatriot Om Prakash Mitharval bagged a bronze at the 21st Commonwealth Games here today. World Championship silver medallist Rai shot 235.1 to comfortably finish top of the podium. Mitharval, who had established a new qualification record with 584, eventually finished with the

Mumbai Apr 8: Dwayne Bravo batted like a champion as Chennai Super Kings made a dream comeback to the Indian Premier League with a thrilling one-wicket victory with one ball to spare against defending champions Mumbai Indians, here on Saturday. Needing seven off the last over, an injured Kedar Jadhav (24 n.o), unable to run due to a hamstring problem, played three dot balls before playing lap shot

Gold Coast, Apr 8: The Indian women’s hockey team rallied from a goal down to script a stunning 2-1 triumph over Olympic champions England in its third Pool A match of the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Sunday. India, aiming to do better than the fifth-place finish at the last two CWG editions, are now second on the points table behind England and look set to qualify for the semifinals