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Lucknow, Jan 5: World No 2 Saina Nehwal notched up a comfortable straight-game victory in their Trump match over P C Thulashi in women's singles to guide Awadhe Warriors to a convincing victory over Delhi Aces in their Premier Badminton League (PBL) match in Lucknow on Monday. Olympic bronze medallist Saina, B Sai Praneeth and doubles pair of Bodin Issara and Cai Yun won their respective matches

New Delhi, Jan 4: Captain Sunil Chhetri played a pivotal role as India beat Afghanistan 2-1 in extra-time to win the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup for the seventh time on Sunday at Thiruvananthapuram. Chhetri scored the winner in the 101th minute as the score remained 1-1 in regulation time. Zubayr Amiri scored the first goal of the match in the 69th minute, but India's semi-final

Mumbai, Jan 3: Hosts Mumbai Rockets took full advantage of the injury-forced absence of Saina Nehwal to inflict a 2-1 defeat on Awadhe Warriors in the opening Premier Badminton League (PBL) clash on Saturday. Even before the disappointment of the late pull-out from the tie by Saina, which she announced by citing a foot injury sustained a few weeks ago, could sink in fully, the Warriors had lost

Lucknow, Jan 3: Arunima Sinha, the amputee mountaineer who set a record by climbing the Mount Everest, has added another feather in her cap by conquering Mount Aconcagua in Argentina. Arunima, in a statement, said she started her mission on the morning of December 12 and hoisted the Indian tricolour on December 25. Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside Asia, at 6,960.8 metres, and by extension

New Delhi, Jan 2: Legendary Indian footballer Oinam Bembem Devi has announced that she will retire from the game after the upcoming AIFF 21st senior women's national tournament. Reflecting on her magnificent journey, the 35-year-old midfielder said in Facebook post, "I have been lucky enough to have had a wonderful career representing my country for 20 years and the State team for 24 years. The

New Delhi, Jan 2: India's chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand feels that Saina Nehwal's bronze medal at London Olympics is the biggest moment in Indian badminton to date. "For me personally, the medal we won in London was one of the biggest moments for Indian badminton,” Gopichand told DNA. But former Indian shuttler is quite hopeful to better the record this time around at Rio

Mumbai, Jan 1: The revamped Premier Badminton League (PBL), commencing here tomorrow with hosts Mumbai Rockets taking on the Saina Nehwal-spearheaded Awadhe Warriors, is to experiment with a new concept - Trump match - that's expected to keep the interest till the end of a tie. The League, revived after a gap of two years following a successful inaugural Indian Badminton League in 2013, has

Chennai, Jan 1: Stanislas Wawrinka eked out the "biggest win" of his career when he downed Novak Djokovic in the final of the 2015 French Open and the Swiss champions says, staying mentally strong is always key against the Serbian giant. Looking back at that final in which he struck 59 winners, almost twice as many as Djokovic, the Swiss player still relishes the win. "For sure winning Roland

Dec 30: Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt shone at the Beijing World Championships, but athletics was later mired in a shocking doping-linked corruption scandal that plunged the Olympics' number one sport into crisis. Bolt bagged an unprecedented fifth treble gold medal haul at a global championship in the Chinese capital in August, suitably in the same Bird's Nest stadium where his career took

Dubai, Dec 28: Star football player Lionel Messi won the best player of the seventh edition of the Globe Soccer Awards here on Sunday, and FC Barcelona took home the best club prize. "It is difficult to choose one moment as we were winning wherever we played," said Messi, who travelled from Argentina to attend the ceremony. "It has been a fabulous year for me and for the entire club," he added. FC