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Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 : Defying all odds, an 11-year-old football prodigy from an impoverished area of Bhubaneswar has been selected to train at Germany’s most iconic club Bayern Munich, as an academy player for two months.Chandan Nayak, hailing from Sab…

Dubai, Aug 22 : Pakistan have topped the ICC Test team rankings for the first time after wet ground at the Queen Park Oval, Port of Spain, denied India the opportunity to defend the top spot which it had reclaimed from Australia on 17 August.The result…

New Delhi, Aug.22 (ANI-Businesswire India): Winning medals in Olympics is not just about sports it affects the collective spirit of the Nation. India won just one silver and one bronze medal in the Rio Olympics that concluded today but the whole nation…

New Delhi, Aug 22 : The Indian government on Monday confirmed that it will confer the country’s highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to PV Sindhu, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai and Sakshi Malik for their stellar performances in their respect…

New Delhi, Aug 22 : The International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) on Monday announced that the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted in Gujarat’s leading city, Ahmedabad. The tournament is set to take place from October 7th and will conclude on 22nd of th…

Colombo, Aug.22 : Australia’s explosive opener Aaron Finch has slammed the pitch in Colombo by describing it as a `poor wicket` despite his side’s comfortable three-wicket win in the opening ODI of the five-match series here at the R.Premadasa Stadium….

Hyderabad, Aug. 22 : After bringing laurels to the nation by becoming the lone badminton player to win silver at the Olympics, star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu is feeling on top of the world and insisted that her dream has come true.”We have sacrificed s…

Cincinnati, Aug.22 : Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has romped into the number one spot in the latest WTA doubles rankings after she teamed up with her new partner, Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic to win the Western and Southern Open.Mirza and Stryco…

Karachi, Aug.22 : While issuing a warning to Pakistan batsmen, former England all-rounder Paul Collingwood has said that fast bowler Mark Wood can cause a lot of problems with the white ball to the opposition in the upcoming five-match ODI series, star…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.22 : The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday dropped curtains on the Olympics Games in a spectacular carnival-inspired fashion after hosting the world’s elite athletes, who competed for 306 medals over the past 19 da…