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Kuortane (Finland), June 26 Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra hurled the spear to a distance of 86.79 meters for bronze at the Kuortane Games here on Saturday. The 23-year-old athlete, who has qualified for the Olympic Games,…

Washington, Jun 27 (UNI/Sputnik) At least five people died following a hot air balloon crash in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the city police said. "Unfortunately, 4 individuals died as a result of their wounds from the hot air balloon crash.…

Moscow, Jun 27 (UNI/Sputnik) -Italy beat Austria 2:1 in the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship round of 16 on Saturday, making it into the quarter-finals. The match was held at Wembley Stadium in London. Italy, one of the Euro 2020…

New Delhi, June 25 Top table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal says Indian table tennis players can draw inspiration from their bronze medal-winning performance at the 2018 Asian Games and return home with a medal from the Tokyo Olympic…

Wimbledon, June 25 Women's world No.1 tennis player Ashleigh Barty faces a path strewn with challenges at the Wimbledon, which begins on June 28. The women's draw was released on Friday even as defending champion Simona Halep announced…

Dubai, June 25  The T20 World Cup will commence on October 17 and run till November 14 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to a report. Some of the initial matches will be played in Oman. While the remainder of the suspended…

Patiala, June 25  Indian men's 4x400m relay team on Friday enhanced its chances of qualifying for the next month's Tokyo Olympic Games by clocking 3 minutes 01.89 seconds on the opening day of the National Inter-State Athletics…

Paris, Jun 26 (Sputnik) One person has been killed and one more critically injured in a shooting incident during a football match in the southern French city of Marseille, the France Bleu radio broadcaster reported. The Agence…

Osijek, June 24 India's Saurabh Chaudhary settled for bronze in the men's 10 meters air pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup here on Thursday. In the eight-shooter final, Chaudhary had a good start…

Cardiff, June 25 England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler had to miss the second T20 International against Sri Lanka on Thursday due to a calf strain he suffered in Wednesday's first T20 match. "Buttler misses out with calf injury,…

Eastbourne, June 24 Third seed Lorenzo Sonego defeated Alexander Bublik 6-1, 7-5 to enter semi-finals of Eastbourne International tennis. Sonego took a 3-0 lead, winning 65 percent of his first-service points in the opening set. He broke…

Southampton , June 25  India pacer Ishant Sharma suffered an injury to his bowling hand while stopping a ball during the World Test Championship final at the Ageas Bowl and had to get three stitches. But the pacer is expected to be fit…

Moscow, Jun 25 (Sputnik) Zinedine Zidane has a dream to become a head coach of the French national football team, President of FC Real Madrid Florentino Perez said, adding that he has no doubts that one day Zidane’s dream will come true.…

Southampton, June 23 New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor, who hit the winning runs in the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final, called the title win after the eight-wicket victory over India as the "highlight" of his career. "This…

Southampton , June 23 After coming up short in the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand, India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday said that the playing XI selected for the summit clash was the best and he also said that…

Southampton , June 23: After clinching the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC), New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson on Wednesday said that his team showed great heart in the summit clash and he congratulated all his players for…

Gangtok, Jun 23 (UNI) Minister Sports & Youth Affairs Kunga Nima Lepcha launched a month-long 'Road to Tokyo Olympics,' here at the White Memorial Hall, on Wednesday. He was joined by Secretary Sports Raju Basnet, President Sikkim…

Southampton, Jun 23 (UNI) A brilliant performance by pacers and a composed run chase by Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor led New Zealand to historic inaugural World Test Championship title after beating India by 8 wickets on the sixth and…

London, June 22 More than 60,000 fans will be allowed to attend London's Wembley Stadium during the Euro 2020 semi-finals and final, confirmed UEFA on Tuesday. Following an announcement by the British government, the capacity for each of…

Madrid, June 22 Spain need a point in their last group game against Slovakia on Wednesday night to assure their place in the last-16 of European Championship. Results in other groups mean a draw will be enough to take the Spanish into…