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New Delhi [India], Aug. 27 : Despite the country sending a contingent of 119 athletes to the Rio Olympics this year and managing to win only two medals, a silver and a bronze, Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Saturday said that he was not upset with…

New Delhi [India], Aug. 27 : Despite the country sending a contingent of 119 athletes to the Rio Olympics this year and managing to win only two medals, a silver and a bronze, Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Saturday said that he was not upset with…

Melbourne [Australia], Aug 27 : World number one Novak Djokovic has disclosed that his sudden slump in form was due to ‘private issues’ and not because of a lingering wrist injury.The Serbian superstar, who saw his hopes of calendar-year Grand Slam end…

London [England], Aug 27 : Robert Lewandowski continued his scoring prowess with his second hat-trick of the week as Bayern Munich thrashed Werder Bremen 6-0 in the Bundeliga opener at the Allianz Arena, Germany.Xabi Alonso put the reigning champions a…

Agartala [India], Aug. 27 : India’s gymnastics heroine Dipa Karmakar has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of setting up a task force to prepare an action plan for the next three Olympic Games, and expressed hope that it would yield …

Johannesburg [South Africa], Aug 26 : Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that it will be overy difficulto for out-of-favour Bastian Schweinsteiger to play at Old Trafford this season.The 32-year-old midfielder, who endured an injured-…

Florida [USA], Aug 26 : Describing West Indies as an “extraordinary” side, India limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni stated that the forthcoming two-match series against the reigning World T20 champions on American shores will be interesting.Alt…

New Delhi, Aug 26 : The Delhi Dynamos Football Club continued their endeavour at strengthening the squad for the upcoming season of the Indian Super League, by appointing another 2006 World Cup winning midfielder Simone Barone as their assistant coach….

Florida [USA], Aug 26 : West Indies head coach Phil Simmons believes that the reigning World T20 champions need to be fully prepared to tackle India, whom he believes will seek to avenge the World T20 semifinal loss in the forthcoming two-match series …

Johannesburg [South Africa], Aug 26 : Nico Rosberg emerged as the fastest driver in the first practice session of the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday.The German racer was 0.730 seconds quicker than second-place Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in unusuall…