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AGARTALA: Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar is ‘very happy’ to be able to resume her training and said her main focus is to regain the fitness she had before the coronavirus-enforced … Read More
LONDON: Ronnie O’Sullivan is in danger of crashing out of the World Snooker Championship after Mark Williams established a 6-2 lead in their quarter-final clash on Monday. Williams, bidding for … Read More
NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has, for years, cited the autonomy and non-interference provided in the Olympic charter as the convenient reasons behind thwarting any of the government’s … Read More
NEW DELHI: The ICC Board of Directors meeting on Monday ended up being a damp squib after they failed to reach consensus over Shashank Manohar‘s replacement as the next chairman … Read More
TURIN (Italy): Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday was named as Juventus‘ ‘Most Valuable Player of the Year’. Ronaldo had ended the 2019-20 season with 37 goals, and as a … Read More
NEW DELHI: India skipper Virat Kohli‘s popularity knows no bounds and once again it has been re-affirmed by a study which has revealed that the 31-year-old is the most popular … Read More
NEW DELHI: Indian hockey team forward Mandeep Singh has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the sixth national player to contract the dreaded infection, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said … Read More
KOLKATA: Following a prolonged illness, which kept him admitted to a private hospital in Imphal for about a month, former India international and Mohun Bagan captain Manitombi Singh breathed his … Read More
The Cold War made for decades of tense Olympic battles between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1980 that rivalry split the Olympics altogether. US President Jimmy Carter, … Read More
LONDON: Australia’s 2010 world champion Neil Robertson set up an enticing quarter-final with three-time winner Mark Selby after completing an impressive 13-9 victory over Barry Hawkins in the second round … Read More