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Madrid, Sep 28: Real Madrid solved one of its problems during its trip to Germany in the Champions League: Cristiano Ronaldo made peace with coach Zinedine Zidane. Now it needs to find a way to start winning again. The 2-2 draw at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday was the third consecutive for Madrid in all competitions, raising questions about the team’s potential to repeat as Champions League

Ranchi, Sep 28: Karnataka's Saloni Dalal smashed the national record by more than two seconds to clinch the gold in 200m Breaststroke on the fourth day of the 70th Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championships on Tuesday. Saloni clocked 02:44.37 beating the existing record of 02:46.49. She also broke a 19-year old record, the best time in this event set by Sajani Shetty (02:46.39) of Karnataka in

New Delhi, Sep 27: Badminton player PV Sindhu, who won silver medal at the Rio Olympics, has bagged a Rs 50 crore endorsement deal for three years from various companies, according to a report in The Times of India. The report said the deals have been signed with Baseline Ventures, a sports marketing, entertainment and a brand licensing firm that is now managing Sindhu's brand profiling and

Panaji, Sep 27: Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Monday expressed unhappiness over the top football clubs of the country leaving the I-League and promised to speak to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to look into the matter. Talking on the sidelines of the unveiling of the BRICS U-17 football tournament logo here, Goel said, "I will speak to those from the federation and ask them to find a

New Delhi, Sep 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the performance of Indian athletes at the Rio Paralympics 2016 and shared their life struggles while saluting their indomitable spirit. "I will never forget the words of medal winner Deepa Malik, who while receiving her medal, said that she has defeated her disability. These words are very powerful. This time a total of 19 athletes

Pittsburgh (US), Sep 26: Arnold Palmer brought a country-club sport to the masses with a hard-charging style, charisma and a commoner's touch, At ease with both presidents and the golfing public, and on a first-name basis with both, "The King," died yesterday in Pittsburgh. He was 87. Alastair Johnson, CEO of Arnold Palmer Enterprises, confirmed that Palmer died last afternoon of complications

Madrid: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane insisted Cristiano Ronaldo has to learn to live with being substituted after sulking off the field visibly frustrated in the European champions' 2-2 draw at Las Palmas. Zidane replaced the three-time World Player of the Year with Madrid leading 2-1 18 minutes from time, but an unhappy Ronaldo watched from the bench as Sergio Araujo equalised to ensure Real

Tokyo, Sep 25: Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova strolled to a comfortable straight-set win over unseeded Chinese pair of Chen Liang and Zhaoxuan Yang to lift the Toray Pan Pacific Open title here on Saturday. The second seeded Indo-Czech combination had an easy outing against the Chinese duo as they needed just 51 minutes to down their rivals 6-1, 6-1 in the final of the women’s

Tokyo, Sep 23: India’s Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova defeated unseeded pair of Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Spain’s Maria Jose Martina Sanchez 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 to enter the finals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open, in Tokyo on Friday. The second seeds had won against Japan’s Miyu Kato and China’s Yifan Xu 6-2, 6-2 in their quarter-final encounter. They will next face the winners

New Delhi, Sep 23: Following the disappointment with India’s performance at the Rio Olympics 2016, The Indian think tank National Institution for Transforming India or NITI Aayog on Wednesday has announced an action plan named “Let's Play” with an aim to improve India’s medal prospects in the future so that the country wins at least 50 medals at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. The 20-point plan