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Tokyo, July 28  World No.1 shuttler Kento Momota was on Wednesday unexpectedly knocked out of men's singles competition after losing to South Korea's world No.38 Heo Kwang-hee 2-0 in a group stage tie of the Olympic Games here. Though…

Colombo , July 28  Dhananjaya de Silva's unbeaten knock of 40 runs followed by Chamika Karunaratne's cameo of 12 runs helped Sri Lanka defeat India by four wickets in the second T20I of the three-match series here at the R Premadasa…

Colombo, Jul 28 (UNI) Sri Lanka defeated India by four wickets in the second T20I to level the three-match series 1-1, here on Wednesday. Invited to bat, a Covid-19-hit depleted Indian team - playing with only five batsmen, managed to post…

Tokyo , July 27 American gymnast Simone Biles has cited mental health concerns as her reason to pull out of the women's team final in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. The Rio 2016 gold-medal-winning athlete doesn't want to put her "health and…

New Delhi , July 27 Following a spectacular outing in the Youth Nationals, Service Sports Control Board (SSCB) carried their supremacy at the 3rd Junior Boys National Boxing Championships as eight of its boxers made winning starts on the…

Tokyo , July 27 The Indian women's Hockey team will kick start Day Five of the Tokyo Olympics for India but all eyes will be on star badminton player PV Sindhu on Wednesday. Sindhu started her Tokyo Olympics campaign on a good note on…

Tokyo , July 27 While American gymnast Simone Biles did not finish the team final on Tuesday at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, the Rio 2016 gold-medal-winning athlete is already looking ahead to the individual all-around final. Biles…

New Delhi , July 27   Dedicating her victory to the prayers and love of Indians, Olympic Silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu said her dreams were shattered after Rio Olympic, but hard work, dedication and encouragement by Prime Minister…

Bridgetown , July 27 Mitchell Starc's three-wicket haul and Matthew Wade's unbeaten 51-run knock helped Australia defeat West Indies by six wickets in the third and final ODI on Monday (local time) here at the Kensington Oval. With…

Tokyo , July 27 Pair of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker on Monday progressed to the Qualification stage 2 of the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event after registering a total score of 582 in the Qualification stage 1 here at the Asaka…

Mumbai (Maharashtra) , July 25  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced the schedule for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 which will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A total of…

Colombo , July 26  Prithvi Shaw registered a golden duck on his debut in the first T20I on Sunday but skipper Shikhar Dhawan feels the opening batsman will bounce back in the next game against Sri Lanka. Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked four…

New Delhi , July 26 India's women cricket team opener Shafali Verma has asked people to encourage and support the country athletes participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In a video posted by the BCCI on their official…

Tokyo , July 25  Olympic silver medallist in weightlifting Mirabai Chanu on Sunday thanked the government for all the support extended to her in the wake of winning the silver medal in women's 49 kg weightlifting on Day 1 of…

Tokyo , July 25  Bhavani Devi, who became the first Indian fencer to qualify for Olympics, will kick start Day Three of the Tokyo Games for India on Sunday. Bhavani will take the field in women's sabre individual table of…

TOKYO: Reigning world champion P V Sindhu opened her Olympic campaign with an easy straight-game win over Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova in the women's singles group J match here on Sunday. The 26-year-old Indian, seeded sixth, beat the…

Kabul, July 24  Afghanistan's three-match ODI series against Pakistan has been moved to Sri Lanka after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) expressed unwillingness to play host due to forthcoming assignments in the country. UAE will host the…

Colombo , July 24   India skipper Shikhar Dhawan feels the young guns are ready for the shortest format after having a stellar show in the ODIs against Sri Lanka. Avishka Fernando (76) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (65) smashed respective…

New Delhi: The India national selection committee has decided on sending Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav as replacement to the Indian team for the upcoming five-Test series against England after Shubman Gill, Washintgton Sundar and Avesh…

Washington DC , July 25  A group of US lawmakers has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and relocate the games unless China ends the ongoing "genocide" against Uyghurs and…