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Basel (Switzerland), Sept.7 : Portugal, who were playing without their injured star striker Cristiano Ronaldo, opened their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with a shocking 0-2 defeat at the hands of Switzerland here at St.Jakob-Park on Wednesday. De…

Basel (Switzerland), Sept.7 : Portugal, who were playing without their injured star striker Cristiano Ronaldo, opened their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with a shocking 0-2 defeat at the hands of Switzerland here at St.Jakob-Park on Wednesday. De…

New York [USA], Sept.7 : World number one Novak Djokovic stormed into the semi-finals of the US Open for the 10th consecutive time after France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga became his third opponent to pull out with an injury here at Flushing Meadows on Wednes…

Mumbai [India], Sept 6 : Rio Olympics silver-medallist PV Sindhu and her coach Pullela Gopichand were felicitated by the Maharashtra Badminton Association here on Tuesday.The felicitation ceremony was attended by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fad…

New Delhi [India], Sept.6 : Veteran wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s chances of upgrading his London 2012 Olympic bronze medal into gold were thwarted after the United World Wrestling (UWW) quashed speculations that the gold medallist, Toghrul Asgarov of Azer…

New Delhi [India], Sept.6 : Veteran wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s chances of upgrading his London 2012 Olympic bronze medal into gold were thwarted after the United World Wrestling (UWW) quashed speculations that the gold medallist, Toghrul Asgarov of Azer…

New Delhi [India], Sept.6 : Rafael Nadal has been named in Spain’s full-strength squad for the Davis Cup world group play-off tie against India, scheduled to be held in New Delhi from September 16-18.The 14-time Grand Slam champion will be joined by Da…

New Delhi [India], Sept 6 : India football captain Sunil Chhetri has confirmed that he will be donning the Mumbai City FC jersey again in the forthcoming Indian Super League season.The 32-year-old striker was the top scorer for Mumbai FC last season wi…

New Delhi [India], Sept.6 : In a bid to motivate Paralympians ahead of the Rio Paralympics, the Sports Ministry on Tuesday announced that medallists from the prestigious event will be given the cash awards at par with the medal winners of last month’s …

Buenos Aires [Argentina], Sept.6 : Barcelona star striker Lionel Messi has played down the seriousness of a hamstring injury he suffered during Argentina’s 1-0 win over Uruguay in their World Cup qualification match, saying everything is fine.Although …