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Tokyo Olympics: Atanu, Tarundeep, Deepika in Indian recurve archery squad

9:34 pm March 8, 2021

Pune: Seasoned Atanu Das and Tarundeeep Rai among men and Deepika Kumari in the women’s section will headline the Indian recurve archery contingent during this year’s Tokyo Olympics. After the final selection trials (Trial 3) at the Army Insitute of Sports in Pune, a six-strong squad which has three male and equal number of female archers was selected for the quadrennial extravaganza. Besides Atanu and Tarundeep, the […]

Coco Gauff saves 2 match points in 1st-round win at Dubai

11:24 am March 8, 2021

Dubai: Coco Gauff had trouble closing out and needed to save two match points before finally fending off Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-6 (3), 2-6, 7-6 (8) to advance to the second round of the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championship. The 16-year-old American led 5-1 in the third set and twice had chances to serve out the match, holding four match points in the 10th game, […]

Sindhu suffers demoralising defeat in Swiss Open final

9:06 pm March 7, 2021

Basel: World Champion P V Sindhu finished a distant second best in the Swiss Open final after being completely routed by Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin of Spain in a lop-sided women’s singles title clash here on Sunday. The 25-year-old Indian, who had won the coveted World Championship gold medal here in 2019, couldn’t match the speed and accuracy of Marin during her 12-21 5-21 defeat in the […]

Indian women lose first ODI by 8 wickets

7:50 pm March 7, 2021

Lucknow: Indian women suffered an eight-wicket loss to South Africa in the first ODI here on Sunday. Playing their first international match in 12 months, skipper Mithali Raj (50) and Harmanpreet Kaur (40) produced fine knocks but India never got the momentum it needed as they settled for 177 for nine. In reply, Lizelle Lee […]

Had chances to get on top but we did not manage: Root

8:54 pm March 6, 2021

Ahmedabad: England captain Joe Root on Saturday mourned the opportunities his team squandered in the lost fourth Test, saying they let slip the advantageous positions from where they could have been on top of the game. India trounced England by an innings and 25 runs when at one stage the hosts were 121 for five […]