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Guwahati, Feb 9: Star player Joshna Chinappa clinched the gold in women's individual squash after beating Maria Toorpaki Wazir of Pakistan in a tense and ill-tempered summit clash to make up for India's disappointment in the men's event on Monday. Top seed Chinappa, ranked 14th in the world, recovered from one set down to beat second seeded Wazir 10-12 11-7 11-9 11-7 at the brand new squash

Guwahati, Feb 8: Indian cyclists brushed aside competition for a third day on the trot to win both the gold medals on offer on Monday in the 12th South Asian Games here. The Indian teams won the women’s 40km time trial and men’s 70km time trial events to take their medal count to five gold, three silver and one bronze on the third and penultimate day of the cycling competitions here. In women’s

Santa Clara, Feb 8: A Super Bowl adorned with glitz and gold was dominated by black and blue. Sunday's game featured 12 sacks, six turnovers and only two offensive touchdowns as the Broncos defense squelched league MVP Cam Newton and led the way to a 24-10 win, the third Super Bowl title for the franchise. Denver's only offensive touchdown came on a four-yard drive with 3:08 remaining after

Mohali, Feb 7: Champion's Pro Kushti's inaugural match got off to a thrilling start with local favourite and international wrestler Sangram Singh beating American Robbie E 17-6. The bout held at Mohali international hockey stadium here last night ended in round five with Sangram knocking out his opponent. The event has been marketed as a blend of professional wrestling and traditional 'mallayuddh'

Guwahati, Feb 7: It was gold rush for India on the opening day of the South Asian Games with the country's wrestlers, swimmers and weightlifters showing their regional dominance by making a near clean sweep of top honours in Guwahati on Sunday. India clinched 14 gold, and five silver medals on a highly productive day to top the medals tally with an overall count of 19. Sri Lanka, despite having a

Guwahati, Feb 6: India established early dominance in the weightlifting competition by grabbing two gold medals on the first day of competitions in the 12th South Asian Games here today. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, silver medalist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, opened the medal account for India in weightlifting in women's 48kg weight category. She lifted a total of 169kg (79kg in snatch + 90kg in

Shillong, Feb 6: Returning from a prolonged layoff, defending champion Tarundeep Rai produced his best along with country's Olympic hope Deepika Kumari to top their respective qualification rounds as India reigned supreme in recurve archery competitions of the 12th South Asian Games here. India also topped in the compound section with Abhishek Verma and Purvasha Shende claiming the honours in men

Hua Hin (Thailand), Feb 5: After two consecutive losses the Indian team finally tasted success in Fed Cup as it outplayed Uzbekistan 3-0 in Pool A with Ankita Raina winning both her singles and doubles matches, here today. Prerna Bhambri provided a solid start with a 6-1 6-1 win over Sabina Sharipova in just 57 minutes as India took a 1-0 lead. Country's number one singles player, Ankita then

New Delhi, Feb 4: Despite clinching the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold men's title, India's K Srikanth remained static at World No. 9 while PV Sindhu dropped a place to be No. 12 in the latest BWF rankings released today. The women's singles' ranking list had Saina Nehwal holding on to her World No. 2. place despite skipping the Lucknow event, where she was the defending champion. Runners-up in men's

New Delhi, Feb 3: Under-fire India hockey captain Sardar Singh on Wednesday rubbished alleged sexual harassment charges leveled against him by a British hockey player of Indian origin, saying even though he knew her they never got engaged as claimed by the woman. The 21-year-old woman has filed a written complaint with Ludhiana police, claiming she has been engaged to Sardar for the past four