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New Delhi, Oct 11: The Indian men’s hockey team eked out a 1-1 draw against the New Zealand Black Sticks in the final hockey Test to pocket the four-match series 2-1 in Christchurch on Sunday. After a goalless opening two quarters, Nick Ross broke the deadlock for New Zealand in the 41st minute. But the hosts’ joy was shortlived as India equalised two minutes later through a field goal from SV

Manchester, Oct 11: Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh made a smashing professional debut by knocking out Britain's Sonny Whiting here today, ruthlessly demolishing the man, who promised to put him through hell at the Manchester Arena. Vijender won the contest with a few seconds left in the third of the four-round bout via Technical Knockout, pushing Whiting literally on to the ropes and smacking

New Delhi, Oct 11: The all-conquering Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis added another trophy in its collection after winning a hard-fought China Open final match on Saturday. Starting as the favourites to win the women's doubles title in Beijing, they beat Chan sisters from Chinese Taipei, Hao-ching and Yung-jan in three grueling sets, which lasted an hour and 40 minutes. The US

Manchester, Oct 10: Indian boxer Vijender Singh is all set to face Sonny Whiting in his professional debut at Manchester Arena, UK on Saturday. Vijender, who has been training hard under Lee Beard from more than last one month, is confident of a winning start in the four round bout. Reflecting his views on his upcoming bout, Vijender said, "I am totally focused and waiting for the moment to enter

Santiago, Oct 10: Argentina and Brazil both lost their opening World Cup qualifiers on Thursday. Argentina, who were missing injured Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, were surprisingly beaten 2-0 at home by Ecuador, a side 30 places behind them in the FIFA rankings. “It’s no use just looking at the score,” Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano said after the match. “We were never superior to them.”

Mexico City, Oct 9: Jamaican Usain Bolt, the fastest man on Earth, seeks to win once again at Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games and become "a legend", he said. Bolt, the world and Olympic multi-champion, said this at a press conference on Wednesday night during his visit to Mexico City for a commercial campaign, Xinhua news agency reported. "Defending my Olympic title motivates me. I do not know

New Delhi, Oct 9: Delhi Dynamos shrugged off the disappointment of their opening round defeat as they beat Chennaiyin FC by a solitary goal to record their first win in a closely contested match of the second season of Indian Super League football tournament. Brazilian Anderson Sebastio Cardoso's goal from the spot in the 8th minute turned out to be the matchwinner as Delhi took full three points

Zurich, Oct 8: FIFA president Sepp Blatter faces an imminent 90 day suspension from football if the governing body's ethics judge backs a prosecutor's recommendation, a close friend and former advisor to Blatter told Reuters on Wednesday. Blatter's long-term confidant Klaus Stoehlker said the decision by judge Hans-Joachim Eckert on the provisional suspension was expected by Friday. "There is no

Beijing, Oct 8: The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis earned a hard-fought victory to move into the women's doubles quarterfinals of the China Open, being played on the hard courts of the Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center here on Wednesday. The top seeds took an hour and 17 minutes to edge past experienced Italian pair of Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta 1-6, 6-4, 10-6

Kochi, Oct 7: Kerala Blasters FC got their campaign off to a rollicking start, recording a convincing 3-1 win over NorthEast United FC in their Indian Super League (ISL) match in Kochi on Tuesday. After a goal-less first half, Kerala Blasters, with their superstar co-owner Sachin Tendulkar cheering them from the stands, opened the scoring in the 49th minute through Josu at the Jawaharlal Nehru