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Surat, Dec 19: Indian men claimed the team championship beating England 3-1 while the women squad had to satisfy themselves with the silver medal after losing to Singapore 1-3 in the final of the 20th Avadh Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Surat. The Indian men have done it only second time in 20 editions of the championships, having won gold in 2004 in Malaysia under Sharath Kamal, who

Manchester, Dec 18: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh, who competes in his first six rounds contest this Saturday night at the Manchester Arena, says he won't need the extra rounds to finish off experienced Hungarian Samet Hyuseinov in his third professional bout. The fast rising middleweight star from Bhiwani, in Haryana, has steamed through his first two professional opponents since turning pro

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 17: India's Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap dropped a place each to be ninth and 15th, respectively, in the world badminton rankings released on Thursday. Srikanth performed poorly at the World Superseries Finals in Dubai last week, losing all the group stage games, while 2014 Commonwealth Games (CWG) champion Kashyap dropped as south Korea's Lee Hyun Il jumped three

Dec 16: The head of German sportswear giant Adidas hinted for the first time on Wednesday at the possibility of cutting links with FIFA in the wake of the corruption allegations dogging the bidding process for the 2006 World Cup. "If FIFA succeeds in reforming itself -- and in my view they`re making good progress here -- then we will continue," Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer told the

Margao, Dec 16: A scintillating offensive display enabled a buoyant FC Goa to a 3-1 aggregate victory over Delhi Dynamos in a two-legged semi-final and enter the title round of the Indian Super League (ISL) in Margaon on Tuesday. Spanish midfielder Joffre Mateu scored in the 11th minute, followed by Brazilian forward Rafael Coelho on 27 minutes that helped Goa lead 2-0 at half-time in the second

New Delhi, Dec 15: Samet Hyuseinov has promised to send Vijender Singh back to India "beaten and broken" come 19 December but the Indian boxing star merely breaks into laughter at the very mention of the threat, saying he would respond in kind inside the ring. Speaking to media from Manchester, Vijender (75kg) said he has increased his sparring sessions ahead of his third bout and is focussing on

New Delhi, Dec 13: Even after two successive appearances, Roger Federer can't really make up his mind on where to bracket the IPTL in his busy schedule but the Swiss superstar firmly believes that Mahesh Bhupathi's brainchild is no exhibition event. The 17-time Grand Slam winner turned up for the UAE Royals this year after appearing for the Indian Aces in the last edition. But changing the teams

New Delhi, Dec 13: They are known to bring the house down in their on-court face-offs, but tennis icons Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal showed that they could do exactly the same with just a mike in front of them. Addressing a joint press conference at the end of the International Premier Tennis League's India leg, the two contemporary legends of the game were jovial and sharp-witted, sending down

Dubai, Dec 11: Saina Nehwal scripted a remarkable victory over reigning World Champion Carolina Marin to turn around her campaign at the BWF Super Series Finals even as Srikanth faced exit after suffering his second straight loss in the men's singles here today. Facing early exit after her capitulation against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara yesterday, Saina rose like a phoenix to notch up a memorable 23

Raipur, Dec 7: They say the next best thing to do after bowing out in the semifinal of a tournament is to win the third place tie. And the Indian hockey team did exactly the same as they beat the Netherlands 3-2 (fulltime 5-5) via tie-breaker in an exciting bronze medal tie at the Hockey World League Final here on Sunday. The Indians trailed the European champions by two goals for more than half