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Lausanne, Jul 20: The International Olympic Committee barred Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko from the Rio Games and withdrew backing for international events in Russia over a state-run doping programme, but delayed ruling on a complete ban on the country until after a key court case on Thursday. With the Rio Games due to start on August 5, the IOC executive committee held emergency talks

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Indian Olympic contingent was given a warm send-off, but it was Bollywood actor and IOA’s Goodwill Ambassador Salman Khan who turned out to be the cynosure of all eyes, instead of the 20-odd Rio-bound athletes present on the occasion. A record contingent of 121 athletes, including 54 women, will represent India at the upcoming sporting extravaganza in the Brazilian city

New Delhi, Jul 18: Vijender Singh has had to unlearn a few tactics from his amateur days in his unbeaten journey to the WBO Asia Pacific title, reveals the Indian boxing star's renowned British trainer Lee Beard who "makes it hard for him in the gym to make him more spiteful and angry in the ring". Speaking to agency, Beard, who has worked with the likes of Floyd Mayweather Sr besides being the

Mumbai, Jul 18: Dipika Pallikal dethroned defending champion Joshna Chinappa to regain the women’s title in the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship here on Sunday. The men’s crown was captured by title holder and top seed Saurav Ghosal, who created history by winning it for the 11th time, defeating fourth seed Harinderpal Singh Sandhu in five hard-fought games at the Otters Club. Ghosal beat

New Delhi, Jul 17: Undefeated pro-boxer Vijender Singh on Sunday dedicated his WBO Asia Pacific super middleweight title win to India. Vijender defeated Australian Kerry Hope in his first 10 round bout in front of a packed Thyagraj Sports Complex crowd in New Delhi. Three judges ruled 98-92, 98-92 and 100-90 for an unanimous decision in favour of the Indian boxer. He also dedicate the win to

New Delhi, Jul 16: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh scaled a new high in his ever-soaring professional career as he clinched the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title with a dominating win over former WBC European champion Kerry Hope here tonight. The 30-year-old Indian took all 10 rounds to systematically dismantle the 34-year-old Welsh-born Australian and record his seventh straight win in

Chandigarh, Jul 16: Veteran Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna outclassed the Korean pair of Seong Chan Hong and Hong Chung in straight sets to guide India to the Davis World Group Play-offs as the hosts took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Asia/Oceania Group I tie, here today. The Indian pair dished out a dominations performance to trounce the visitors 6-3 6-4–6-4 in just one hour and 41 minutes at

New Delhi, Jul 16: Bolstered by Australian Open triumph, India ace shuttler Saina Nehwal says she is now working on her half smashes under the watchful eyes of coach Vimal Kumar to get closer to the goal of winning a gold medal at next month’s Rio Olympics. “The victory in Australia came at just the right time. I was really looking forward for some change and nothing boosts confidence like winning

Jul 15: Sania Mirza has the tenacity to be calm on the court and over the years has built up her personality to shut people up when a stray question comes her way. And after wording her career in her autobiography titled ‘Ace Against Odds’, she put words on mainstream media to hit back at TV journalist Rajdeep Sardesai for a sexist question. On air with Sardesai, Mirza was questioned about

New Delhi, July 14: Sports Minister Vijay Goel today said that giant screens will be put up all around Delhi for people to watch the Indian athletes perform in the Rio Olympics beginning August 5. "We want to take sports to every doorstep and keeping that philosophy in mind, we have decided to install big screens all around the city during the Olympics. The screens will be put up in areas like