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Dahiya wins gold, Bajrang settles for silver

11:14 pm February 22, 2020

New Delhi: India’s Ravi Dahiya claimed the gold medal in 57 kg men’s freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championship here on Saturday. Dahiya got the better of Tajikistan’s Hikmatullo Vohidov 10-0 on technical superiority in the second half. However, Bajrang Punia had to settle for silver as he fell short in the final of […]

Jaipur likely to host Women’s IPL matches this year

10:29 pm February 21, 2020

Mumbai: Jaipur is likely to host the Women’s IPL matches once again this year. “There would be seven matches between four teams in the women’s IPL and Jaipur is likely to host them,” a senior official associated with the cash-rich T20 league said on Friday. Last year, too, Jaipur had hosted the matches of the […]

Olympian boxer Sakti Mazumdar dies of heart attack

19-year-old national-level boxer ends life

4:18 pm February 21, 2020

Nagpur: A 19-year-old national-level boxer from Nagpur allegedly ended his life by hanging himself in his hostel room in Akola in Maharashtra on Friday, his coach said. The deceased, Pranav Raut, had represented Maharashtra at a national boxing championship held in Delhi earlier this year, his coach Satishchandra Bhatt said. Raut, a resident of Nagpur, […]

India's Tests against England, Australia were not fixed: ICC

India to play day-night Test in Australia

8:24 pm February 16, 2020

New Delhi: India will play a day-night Test during their much-anticipated tour of Australia later this year, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said on Sunday. This comes a month after captain Virat Kohli asserted that his team was ready to play a day-night Test anywhere in Australia. “Yes, India will play a Day/Night Test in Australia. […]

Kapil Dev suffers heart attack, undergoes angioplasty

Conflict complaint against Kapil Dev rendered infructuous

7:52 pm February 16, 2020

New Delhi: BCCI ethics officer D K Jain on Sunday confirmed that he has rendered the conflict of interest complaint against Kapil Dev as “infructuous” after the former India captain stepped down from his multiple cricketing roles. Jain, who is into his last month of his one-year contract with the BCCI, had earlier rendered infructuous […]