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Suwon (South Korea), Aug 11: India impressed with a rich haul of 17 medals to be declared overall winners in the Asian Youth Chess Championship that concluded here today. Bagging 5 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze out of the available 36 medals, Indian juniors made their presence felt in the event organised by Korea Chess Federation. Iran took four gold, two silver and one bronze for a tally of seven

London, Aug 10: Petr Cech made a Premier League debut to forget for Arsenal as his errors helped West Ham United to record a 2-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Cech's arrival from Chelsea has been acclaimed as a signing that could turn Arsenal into title contenders, but he was found wanting as Arsene Wenger's side opened their Premier League campaign with a home defeat for the second

Jakarta, Aug 9: Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth will be at the forefront as a strong Indian badminton contingent look to create a flutter at the World Championships, starting here tomorrow. It is for the first time that India will have two players in the top 5 -- Saina (World No 2 in women's singles) and Srikanth (World No 3 in men's singles) -- as they lead the biggest Indian contingent at the

New Delhi, Aug 9: Bengal Warriors edged past Dabang Delhi 20-17 to register their second win in Season 2 of Pro Kabaddi League, in Delhi on Saturday. Tall Maharashtra policeman Mahendra Rajput emerged hero of the match for Bengal Warriors as he set seal on his team s win by getting two points towards the end with two valuable points in do-or die raids. The proceedings were so dull that the first

New Delhi, Aug 8: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday announced an eight-member women's team for the Junior World Championships to be held in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, from August 10 to 15. The team was selected on the basis of their performance in the trials conducted at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Lucknow. "The female wrestlers made us proud last month by winning

London, Aug 8: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho yesterday signed a new four-year contract to stay in charge of the English champions until 2019, the club announced. The new deal for the 52-year-old was penned just a day before Chelsea begin the defence of their Premier League title at home to Swansea. "If the club is happy, I am happy. I think this is a normal thing for me to sign a new contract,"

Zurich, Aug 7: Argentina maintained its No.1 position in the FIFA world rankings published on Thursday at Zurich. The rankings (July position in parentheses): 1. Argentina (1) 2. Belgium (3) 3. Germany (2) 4. Colombia (4) 5. Brazil (6) 6. Portugal (7) 7. Romania (8) 8. England (9) 9. Wales (10) 10. Chile (11) 11. Spain (12) 12. Netherlands (5) 13. Croatia (14) 14. Slovakia (15) (tie). Austria (15)

New Delhi, Aug 6: The 275-member strong Indian contingent made the country proud by pocketing 173 medals at the Special Olympic World Summer Games 2015 in Los Angeles. The athletes, who competed under the banner of Special Olympics Bharat, bagged 47 gold medals, 54 silver and 72 bronze pieces 14 disciplines during the nine-day event that ended August 2. The country was most successful in athletics

Kazan, Aug 6: Katie Ledecky claimed her third world championships gold on Wednesday to leave her poised to make history while Adam Peaty`s breaststroke double capped an outstanding night for Britain in Kazan. Ledecky underlined her status as the stand-out performer in the Kazan pool by claiming victory in the 200m freestyle final just 24 hours after breaking the world record for the second time in

Haryana, Aug 5: Asian Games and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Bajrang Kumar on Tuesday qualified for the 2015 World Wrestling Championship to be held in Las Vegas in the United States from September 7-12 in the 61 kilogram free style category, while 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Babita Kumari also booked her berth for the championships. The final trial for the category was conducted