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Fuzhou/China, Nov 16: Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal clinched the $700,000 China Open Super Series Premier tournament after beating young Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the summit clash at Fuzhou on Sunday. The World No. 5 Indian prevailed over the 17-year-old Akane 21-12 22-20 in the women's singles finals which lasted 42 minutes at the Haixia Olympic Sport Center. This is Saina's third title

Nellore, Nov 16: Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar Sunday morning began a visit to the village in Andhra Pradesh which he has decided to adopt. Soon after arrival in Puttamrajuvari Kandriga, the parliamentarian unveiled a pylon to adopt the village and launch various development works. Tendulkar was accorded a warm welcome by Nellore district collector N Srikanth, other officials and villagers as his

Faro, Nov 15: Cristiano Ronaldo became the European Championships' all-time top scorer as Portugal beat Armenia 1-0 to stay one point behind Group I leader Denmark in European Championship qualifying on Friday. Ronaldo scored the winner striking from close range following a goalmouth scramble in the 72nd minute. "We are in good shape at the moment in qualifying," Ronaldo said. "Denmark also won

New Delhi, Nov 15: N Srinivasan, the ICC chairman and BCCI president-in-exile, Indian Premier League CEO Sundar Raman, Srinivasan's son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings team principal Gurunath Meiyappan, Raj Kundra, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals, and three international cricket players are among those that India's Supreme Court has disclosed as having been probed by the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee

Nov 14: Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has won the top ICC awards for 2013-14, being named the Cricketer of the Year, as well as Test Cricketer of the Year. South Africa's AB de Villiers was named ODI Cricketer of the Year, while Australia's Aaron Finch won the T20 performance award for his 156 off 63 against England at the Rose Bowl in August. England's Gary Ballance was named Emerging

Kolkata, Nov 14: Cricket fans would have by now rote-memorized the records Rohit Sharma broke with his milestone innings of 264 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. But while the innings re-wrote some records in Rohit's name, the 153-run margin of India's victory in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka on Thursday is the same as the games India won when Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag scored double

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 13: The Indian boxer who refused to accept her Asian Games bronze medal in protest against the result can expect a heavy punishment, the head of the sport’s governing body International Boxing Association (AIBA) said on Wednesday. L Sarita Devi lost in the semifinals of the women’s lightweight competition at Incheon, South Korea, in September, and tried to give her medal to her

Nov 11: Indian captain Virat Kohli had someone special in the stands when he hit his half-century in the match against Sri Lanka at Rajiv Gandhi stadium on Sunday 9 November night – Bollywood actress and rumoured girlfriend Anushka Sharma. Anushka Sharma was seen cheering Virat Kohli when he scored a run off De Silva to complete his 50 and also became the quickest batsman to score 6,000 runs in

Nov 10: Clinical India notched up another resounding win to humble a hapless Sri Lankan side by six wickets and clinch the five-match series in the third One-Day International at Hyderabad on Sunday. If the bowlers, led by Umesh Yadav (4-53) and Axar Patel (3-40), set up the win by restricting the visitors to 242 all out on a good batting track, then the Shikhar Dhawan (91 off 79 balls) inspired

London, Nov 9: Sachin Tendulkar may have written off England's chances of winning next year's World Cup but that hasn't stopped the India great urging his compatriots to broaden their horizons with a spell in English county cricket. England have never won the World Cup in nearly 40 years of trying and, having lost five out of their last six one-day international series, few expect them to end that