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Port of Spain, Aug.18 : West Indies have won the toss and have asked India to field first in the fourth and the final Test of the four-match series here at Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday.As far as Playing XI is concerned, the Virat Kohli-led side have m…

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.18 : Indian wrestler Babita Kumari failed to continue her country’s euphoria on the mat, as she suffered a crushing 1-5 defeat at the hands of Greece’s Maria Prevolaraki in the pre-quarter-finals of the women’s 53kg freesty…

New Delhi, Aug 18 : Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC announced the signing of Norwegian defender John Arne Riise as their marquee player for the forthcoming ISL season.The Liverpool legend had a spell at Delhi Dynamos in ISL 2015 and inspire…

Shillong (Meghalaya), Aug.18 : To mark the 70th Independence Day, surrendered cadres of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and the disbanded United A’chik Liberation Army (UALA) played a friendly football match.The friendly match was played at th…

Dubai, Aug 18 : Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Rangana Herath has returned to the top five of the ICC Player rankings for Test bowlers after registering his seventh 10-wicket haul which helped Sri Lanka to win the third Test by 163 runs and the series 3-0….

By Vivek Prabhakar Singh Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 18 : Amid increasing speculation that Dipa Karmakar has been recommended for the Rajiv Khel Ratna Award, the Indian trailblazing gymnast has made a modest plea urging the authorities to confer a Dro…

By Vivek Prabhakar Singh Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 18 : Dispelling suggestions that the Rio Olympics women’s singles semifinal opponent could be a pushover, India’s chief badminton coach Pullela Gopichand has said that his protege PV Sindhu will hav…

Rohtak, Aug 18 : ‘Winning a bronze medal on Raksha Bandhan is the biggest gift I had wished for,’ says the cousin of Rio bronze medalist Sakshi Malik, who defeated Asian champion Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the freestyle 58 kg category.Sakshi’s…

By Vivek Prabhakar Singh Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 18 : Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has vowed to comeback stronger after suffering a heartbreaking quarterfinal defeat against Chinese great Lin Dan in the men’s singles event here at the Rio …

New Delhi/Rio de Janerio, Aug 18 : The Sports fraternity on Thursday took to Twitter to extend their wishes to freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik, who ended India’s agonising wait for medals at the ongoing Rio Olympics in Brazil.It was celebration time fo…