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Manan Chandra, Piyush Bhagat win Pro-Am Snooker
Kolkata, Jan 9: The Space Group team consisting of Manan Chandra and Piyush Bhagat defeated Watertite's Yasin Merchant and Rajesh Tulsian 3-1 to win the 4th Kolkata National Invitation Pro-Am Snooker Championship 2016 at the Bengal Rowing…
Indians beat Western Australia XI by 74 runs in practice game
Perth, Jan 9: Star batsmen Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli struck fluent half-centuries as Indians registered a comfortable 74-run victory over Western Australian XI in the Twenty20 practice game at the WACA Ground here on Friday.
The…
ICC confirms 16 Teams for U-19 World Cup
Dubai, Jan 9: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday confirmed that 16 teams will battle it out in the U-19 World Cup starting later this month.
The 11th edition of the tournament will be held across eight venues in four…
Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang named Africa’s Footballer of the year
Abuja, Jan 8: Gabon and Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been crowned Africa's footballer of the year 2015 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The crowning of Aubameyang late on Thursday as Africa's best…
Mirza-Hingis Win 25th doubles match in a row
Brisbane, Jan 8: World No.1 women's doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won their 25th match in a row, beating Andreja Klepac and Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 7-5, at the Brisbane International on Friday.
The top seeds at the…
Central Government allows `Jallikattu’ in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, Jan 8: Tamil Nadu erupted in joy as the central government announced on Friday its decision to allow the traditional 'Jallikattu' or bull taming sport during Pongal festival.
People at places like Madurai and Trichy, where…
ICC disappointed with Australia’s withdrawal from U-19 World Cup
Dubai, Jan 5: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday said it was disappointed with Australia's withdrawal from this month's ICC Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh for security reasons, and invited Ireland to replace the three-time…
Mumbai school cricketer Dhanawade scores a record 1,009
Mumbai, Jan 5: Mumbai school cricketer Pranav Dhanawade became the first batsman to score 1,000-plus runs in an innings in when he reached 1,009 not out in an H.T. Bhandari Cup Under-16 inter-school cricket tournament here on Tuesday.…
Real Madrid replace coach Benitez with Zidane
Madrid, Jan 5: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has announced that French football great Zinedine Zidane will replace Rafa Benitez as the head coach.
Perez said the club on Monday made the "difficult" decision to dismiss Spaniard…
India eves to play practice cricket match against Australia on Jan 22
Sydney, Jan 4: Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove on Monday joined Cricket Australia (CA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Sutherland to announce the introduction of an annual Governor-General's XI match that will see some of…