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Jakarta, Jul 28: India will be fielding its biggest and strongest team at the World Badminton Championships in Indonesia, providing them their best chance of winning medals at the prestigious tournament next month. It is for the first time that India will have two players within the top 5 -- Saina Nehwal (World No 2) and Kidambi Srikanth (World No 3) as they lead the Indian charge at the

London, Jul 27: English Premier League football club Manchester United have signed Argentina national team goalkeeper Sergio Romero on a three-year deal, the club said on Sunday, reuniting United manager Louis van Gaal with a player who helped bring him a Dutch title but also caused him World Cup heartache. The 28-year-old, who played under Van Gaal at Dutch side AZ Alkmaar, joins United as a free

Breda, Jul 27: The Indian women’s hockey team finished third at the U-21 Volvo Invitational tournament, following a penalty shootout win against England here today. The two teams finished tied 1-1 after the regulation time. India’s goalkeeper Inderpreet Kaur emerged the star of the match as she thwarted all the attempts by the English players in the shootout, helping India clinch the closely

Santa Clara (California), Jul 26: Wayne Rooney scored on a header in the eighth minute off Ashley Young's corner kick, and Manchester United kept the pressure on all afternoon to beat Barcelona 3-1 and stay unbeaten during its preseason tour in the United States. Jesse Lingard added the Red Devils' second goal on a cross by Tyler Blackett in the 65th, just two minutes after coach Louis van Gaal

London, Jul 25: Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt stormed to the men's 100 metres title at the Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium here. Britain's glittering star Mo Farah, competing in his first race at home since allegations of doping were made against coach Albert Salazar, won the 3,000m and received cheers as loud as those to Bolt from the boisterous crowd on Friday, reports

Kolkata, Jul 24: Hard work, dedication, and consistency can take you a long way. Even to the history books. And Romina Gupta, teenager of Indian-origin, knows exactly how. The 17-year-old Romina's continued persistence and passion made her achieve her dreams and she is now a part of the US national team for acrobatic gymnastics. Born to Kolkata parents, Romina – who currently lives in the Silicon

New Delhi, Jul 24: Indian golf prodigy Shubham Jaglan on Thursday showed his win last week was no fluke as he captured another title. The 10-year-old added another stellar achievement to his resume as he won the IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf event in Las Vegas. With a three round score of 106, the Indian won by five-strokes beating Justin Dang and Sihan Sandhu and Thailand's Pongsapak Laopakdee

New Delhi, Jul 23: Lok Sabha on Wednesday congratulated tennis stars Sania Mirza, Leander Paes and Sumit Nagal and golfer Shubham Jaglan for bringing laurels to the country in international tournaments. While Mirza, Paes and Nagal won Wimbledon cups, Jaglan won Junior World Golf Championship in the US. "I am sure all of you will join me in extending our felicitations to tennis star Sania Mirza for

New Delhi, Jul 22: Legendary hockey Olympian Balbir Singh Sr is extremely disappointed in the manner Hockey India has handled the Paul Van Ass issue making it clear that this frequent hire and fire policy would affect national team's performance with only one year left for Rio Olympics. "If we change coaches this frequently, then something apparently is wrong with our system. It reflects poorly on

New Delhi, Jul 21: India will host top seeds Czech Republic in a Davis Cup World Group Play-off tennis encounter to be played from September 18 to 20 at a yet to be decided venue. "Top seed Czech Republic will be away to India #DavisCup. For those asking when venues will be announced for the #DavisCup World Group play-offs, nations have until early August to submit," Davis Cup's official Twitter