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New Delhi, Mar 15: India defeated Thailand by 5-0 to storm into the finals of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women's Hockey World League Round 2, which took place at the Major Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. The match was held on March 14, 2015. India defeated Thailand by 6-0 in the pool stages and within 11 minutes from penalty stroke, India opened their account which was

New Delhi, Mar 15: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal rose to second place in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s singles rankings, despite losing in the final of All England Badminton Championship, released on March 11. Saina, who recently suffered a heartbreaking loss in the All England Saina, who recently suffered a heartbreaking loss in the All England The top-ranked Indian has a

New Delhi, Mar 14: His is a career studded with milestones and records, but retired batting legend Sachin Tendulkar today revealed that not getting a long stint as India's cricket captain was a disappointment he found tough to overcome given the number of challenges he endured. Tendulkar's two tenures as captain of India were not very successful and are considered the rare blips in what was

Bengaluru, Mar 14: A special occasion brought Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, who rarely attends any of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) functions, to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Friday (March 13). Himself a two-time Ranji Trophy champion, Chandrasekhar was there along with G Kasturirangan, Gundappa Viswanath, B Vijayakrishna, Sadanand Vishwanath, Raghuram Bhatt and other

Mumbai, Mar 13: Defending champions Karnataka clinched their eighth Ranji Trophy title as they thrashed their southern opponents Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs on the last day of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament final at the Wankhede stadium on Thursday. The R Vinay Kumar-led side always had the upper hand in the five-day encounter after bundling out Tamil Nadu for 134 in the first

New Delhi, Mar 13: Vandana Katariya scored four goals, including a hat-trick as India continued its impressive run and spanked lowly Singapore 10-0 to storm into the semifinal of the Hero FIH Women's World League Round 2 at New Delhi on Thursday. Vandana (17th minute, 48th, 56th, 57th) scored four field goals, while Poonam Rani (4th), Navjot Kaur (6th), Anupa Barla (19th), Deepika (32nd), Rani

New Delhi, Mar 13: Riding on her stupendous performance at the prestigious All England Championship, India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on Thursday regained the world number two spot again in the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation. "I am happy to regain my position as number two in the world ranking. After All England, I knew I will become the number two this week. I will

Adelaide, Mar 13: Pakistan’s young middle-order batsman Umar Akmal reckons it is unfair to compare him with India’s Virat Kohli, noting both bat at different positions. “It is always my effort to deliver 100 per cent for the team and Pakistan but I know people compare me to Kohli which is not right because he bats higher up the order,” Umar told Pakistani reporters in Adelaide on Thursday

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Karun Nair scored a record breaking 328 to put Karnataka in the driver's seat as the defending champions reached a massive 747/9 against Tamil Nadu on day four of the Ranji Trophy final at the Wankhede stadium. He became the second batsman to score a triple century in the Ranji Trophy final after a gap of 68 years beating a record set by Baroda's Gul Mohammed. The 23-year-old

Bengaluru, Mar 11: Karun Nair scored a record breaking 328 to put Karnataka in the driver's seat as the defending champions reached a massive 747/9 against Tamil Nadu on day four of the Ranji Trophy final at the Wankhede stadium. He became the second batsman to score a triple century in the Ranji Trophy final after a gap of 68 years beating a record set by Baroda's Gul Mohammed. The 23-year-old