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Kolkata, Apr 10: Out-of-favour India offspinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday opened a new cricket academy here with an aim of diverting youngsters to cricket from the clutches of substance abuse and usage. It is the offie's fifth academy in the country. One of them is in the Punjab. "For me one of the prime reasons to start an academy in Punjab was to de-addict youngsters. The idea is to divert

Ipoh (Malaysia), Apr 9: Already out of the summit clash, a misfiring India had to toil hard to get the better of a lowly Canada 5-3 and register their first win in the ongoing 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, here today. Rupinder Pal Singh (13th minute) and V R Raghunath (32nd) scored through penalty corners before Ramanadeep Singh (46th, 47th) scored two field goals, while Satbir

New Delhi, Apr 9: After reaching a career-high of World No. 1 in women's singles, Saina Nehwal dropped to No. 2 in the revised Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings on Thursday as reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui re-took the top spot. The Hyderabadi had become the first Indian woman to reach No. 1 last Thursday after finishing runner-up to reigning World Champion Carolina Marin at All

Singapore, Apr 9: Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap and young H S Prannoy registered contrasting wins in the men's singles to enter the second round of the Singapore Open Super Series badminton tournament, here on Wednesday. Kashyap, who won the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold in January this year, brushed aside Korea's Lee Hyun Il 21-11 21-13 to set up a match with fourth seed Son Wan Ho of

Haryana, Apr 8: Government apathy has forced a state level gold medalist boxer to work as a domestic help to earn her livelihood in Haryana. Rishu Mittal, who hails from Kaithal district, won a gold medal in 2014 in a state level boxing tournament. But the death of her parents forced her to discontinue her practice for a while. Mittal, a tenth standard student, begins her day by going to a local

New Delhi, Apr 7: Rajeev Shukla was today re-appointed chairman of the powerful IPL Governing Council, ending a month-long suspense over the selection of the top post of the cash-rich league. Former Union minister and Congress leader Shukla was the IPL chairman till 2013 when he resigned from the post in the aftermath of the IPL 'spot-fixing' scandal. After intense speculation over who will take

Miami (USA), Apr 6: Sania Mirza achieved yet another career milestone by capturing her 25th WTA doubles title as the Indian ace continued her dream start with Martina Hingis to win the Miami Open trophy, here Sunday. The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair overcame a sluggish start to take the title with a 7-5 6-1 scoreline against second seeded Russian team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. Sania

Chennai, Apr 6: Mystery spinner Sunil Narine was today cleared to play for defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the upcoming Indian Premier League after the BCCI's review committee dealing with suspect action gave the West Indian clean chit. Narine was first called for a suspect action last October during a KKR match in the Champions League T20. The review committee, comprising S

Ranchi, Apr 5: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni finally made the first appearance with his new-born daughter Ziva on Saturday. Dhoni was spotted with Ziva and wife Sakshi at the Birsa Munda international airport in his hometown Ranchi. Dhoni had attended India and Chennai Super Kings team-mate Suresh Raina’s wedding in New Delhi on Friday with his family. The wicket-keeper batsman was blessed

Mumbai, Apr 5: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has caught 21 weightlifters in five championships held recently, which could well turn out to be the biggest doping scandal in the country, as per reports in dnaindia.com. All the 21 lifters have been provisionally suspended by the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) pending inquiry and most of them belong to Delhi, Punjab and Haryana, which