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Glasgow, Jul 26: Star marksman Abhinav Bindra stole the limelight by clinching a gold medal while unheralded teenager Malaika Goel bagged a silver as shooters added two more medals to India's kitty on the second day of competitions in the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Friday (July 25). The 31yearold Bindra kept his nerve to take the honour in his favourite 10 m air rifle event with a final

London, Jul 26: Allrounder Ravindra Jadeja has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee by the ICC for his involvement in an incident with England paceman James Anderson during the first Test in Nottingham. "India's Ravindra Jadeja has been found guilty of a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Code for Players and Player Support Personnel for his involvement in an incident with James Anderson during

Glasgow, Jul 25: Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu stole the limelight by clinching a gold each in weightlifting, as India launched their campaign in the 20th Commonwealth Games with a flourish, winning seven medals in all on the opening day of the competitions here. Judokas Navjot Chana and Shushila Likmabam had to be contend with a silver medal each after they failed to clear the final hurdle in

Glasgow, Jul 25: India ran away with opening day honours in the weightlifting competition of the 20th Commonwealth Games with Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu winning the gold medal in their respective events here. The Indian team bagged four out of six medals on offer on day one of the competition yesterday. Sanjita and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu opened India's campaign on a flying note by winning a

Glasgow, Jul 24: India has hit the headlines for reasons other than sporting in the just-begun Commonwealth Games here after it came to light that the country's flag was shown upside down in the official song for the 11-day event. The official song titled "Let the Games Begin" is also the Glasgow Children's 2014 Anthem for UNICEF. The song features the flags of all the participating countries but

Jul 24: Appalled by reports that Sikh players from India were asked to remove their turbans at an international basketball match, top US lawmakers have launched a campaign asking FIBA to review the discriminatory policy. "We are concerned about recent reports indicating that Sikhs are not able to participate in International Basketball Federation (FIBA) games while wearing a turban, which is

New Delhi, Jul 23: Sachin Tendulkar today said that he didn't find it disrespectful that Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova didn't know who he was as she did not follow cricket. "Sharapova's comments were not disrespectful. She doesn't follow cricket," a gentleman-like Sachin said in an exclusive interview. Tendulkar fans reacted angrily on social media when Sharapova admitted during a post match

Lord's, Jul 22: The horizontal bat shot against the rising ball is the most unpredictable stroke in cricket. The batsmen are never in control of it. To negotiate it safely, you either sway out of the way or duck underneath. In the Lord’s Test, the England batsmen seemed to have forgotten this important lesson and paid the price. It proved to be India’s surprise weapon when the going got tough on

London, Jul 21: India clinched their first Test win at the historic Lord's in nearly three decades as they rode on Ishant Sharma's inspired spell of fast bowling to demolish England by 95 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the five match series here today. The lanky speedster, whose consistency has always been under the scanner, delivered when it mattered most, as he grabbed a career-best 7 for 74 to

London, Jul 20: The controversy over the "poor" pitch in Trent Bridge is yet to settle down but that has not stopped a new controversy from brewing in the India-England second Test after the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was forced to tender an apology for the manner in which one of its groundstaff swept the pitch. It started after Kevin Pietersen, who was watching the game on television on