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Monaco, Aug 30 (TIWN) Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk has been named 2019 UEFA Men's Player of the Year, beating superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. |
30-Aug-2019 |
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New York, Aug 30 (TIWN) Three-time champion Rafael Nadal advanced into the third round of the ongoing US Open without hitting a ball in the second round while former women's world No. 1 Simona Halep crashed out, conceding a shocking defeat to 116th seed. |
30-Aug-2019 |
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Mumbai, Aug 30 (TIWN) Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar treated fans with a special video in which he is seen playing gully cricket with Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Varun Dhawan, on the occasion of National Sports Day on Thursday. |
30-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 29 (TIWN) On the occasion of the 114th birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, which is also celebrated as National Sports Day, political leaders and sports personalities united to pay tributes to the hockey legend. |
29-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 29 (TIWN) Indian sports legend and three times Olympic Champion Major Dhyan Chand's Olympian son Ashok Kumar said that political considerations in selection of nominees for the Bharat Ratna has evaded his father and he has missed being decorated with the country's highest civilian award. |
29-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 29 (TIWN) The Committee of Administrators (CoA), in a bizarre move, is now looking to cut down on the state associations' share in the revenue generated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The committee asked Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Santosh Rangnekar to meet audit agency Deloitte to discuss the same and chart out a fresh plan that will then be handed to the fund disbursement department of the board. |
29-Aug-2019 |
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Pune, Aug 29 (TIWN) The ticket sales for Puneri Paltan franchise are now available online for the Pune leg of the ongoing season 7 of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), which will be held from September 14 to 20 at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge, Balewadi. |
29-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 28 (TIWN) Olympic medallist Gagan Narang said that India is far better placed going into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics than it was before the 2016 Rio Games. Narang, who is in the national capital to receive the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar from President Ram Nath Kovind for his Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation, said that the value of many ex-players getting into coaching is now starting the bear fruits in the form of the number of young Indian shooters that have won medals around the world. |
28-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 28 (TIWN) The social media is flooded with congratulatory messages for ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu after she became the first Indian shuttler to be crowned world champion. Sindhu beat Japans Nozomi Okuhara in the final of the BWF World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, on Sunday to claim the title. |
28-Aug-2019 |
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New York, Aug 28 (TIWN) Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka progressed to the second round of the ongoing US Open after winning their respective opening matches. |
28-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 28 (TIWN) Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has once again found himself at the receiving end of trolls on social media. |
28-Aug-2019 |
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North Sound (Antigua), Aug 28 (IANS) Virat Kohli added another feather to his illustrious cap as the India skipper equalled M.S. Dhoni's record of 27 Test wins after his team registered a massive 318-run record win over West Indies. |
28-Aug-2019 |
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Leganes (Spain), Aug 27 (TIWN) Atletico Madrid has eked out a slender 1-0 win over Leganes in the second week of the La Liga season. |
27-Aug-2019 |
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North Sound (Antigua), Aug 27 (TIWN) With the World Test Championship underway, India skipper Virat Kohli reckons managing the workload of his fast bowlers will be key for the team. After record 318-run win over West Indies in the first Test of the two-match series, Kohli spoke on the importance of his bowlers in Test matches. |
27-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday hailed badminton star P.V. Sindhu for becoming the first Indian to win gold at the BWF World Championships. In what turned out to be a one-sided final, Sindhu crushed former world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-7, 21-7 in just 36 minutes. |
27-Aug-2019 |
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Mumbai, Aug 26 (TIWN) Batting great Sachin Tendulkar said that Test cricket will be helped a lot by competitive pitches like the ones that have been on offer at the Ashes, thus far. Tendulkar said that despite the introduction of the World Test Championship, the cricket on offer has to be interesting to keep the fans engaged. |
26-Aug-2019 |
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Basel, Aug 25 (TIWN) Moments after becoming the first Indian shuttler to win the World Championships, shuttler P.V. Sindhu dedicated the historic triumph to her mother, who celebrated her birthday on Sunday, and the country. |
25-Aug-2019 |
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London, Aug 25 (TIWN) Liverpool has registered a 3-1 win over Arsenal that might make the Gunners realise they're not yet ready to fight it out with the big guys. |
25-Aug-2019 |
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North Sound (Antigua), Aug 25 (TIWN) Skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Ajinkya Rahane's unbeaten half-centuries put India in the driving seat against West Indies as the visitors were 185/3 at stumps on Day 3 taking a massive 260-run lead. |
25-Aug-2019 |
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North Sound (Antigua), Aug 25 (TIWN) India opener K.L. Rahul is disappointed with his performance as he managed only 38 runs in the second innings against West Indies but said will show patience and improve his game. |
25-Aug-2019 |
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New York, Aug 24 (TIWN) Swiss tennis great Roger Federer on Friday said he has high hopes heading into the US Open, noting that his form and fitness are the best they have been in several years. |
24-Aug-2019 |
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North Sound (Antigua), Aug 23 (TIWN) Ajinkya Rahane led India's efforts as the West Indies held the upper hand on Day 1 of the first Test in Antigua. With pacers Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel taking quick early wickets, including those of Cheteshwar Pujara and captain Virat Kohli, India were rescued from a precarious situation by Rahane's 81 off 163 balls and his partnerships with KL Rahul and Hanuma Vihari. As rains called to an early end to the first day, India were 203/6. |
23-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 24 (TIWN) He was instrumental in turning middle-order batsman Virender Sehwag into one of India's best Test openers and now former India skipper Sourav Ganguly wants current captain Virat Kohli to try the same trick with limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma. While Rohit opens in ODIs, he bats in the middle-order in the longer format of the game. |
24-Aug-2019 |
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North Sound (Antigua), Aug 24 (TIWN) West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and chose to field first against India in the first of the two-match Test series on Thursday. |
24-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 24(TIWN) The India women's football team will take on Uzbekistan in two friendly matches ahead of their AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 qualifiers, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said in a statement. |
24-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 22 (TIWN) Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen has found a hilarious way of playing tearaway pacer Jofra Archer as he took to Instagram to post a video which shows the batsman heading the bouncer to the slip fielder. |
22-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 22 (TIWN) Veteran boxer Mary Kom on Wednesday indicated that the system of boxers having to go through trials ahead of big tournaments needs to be relooked at. |
22-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 21 (TIWN) The debate over the overthrow in the last over of the final of the 2019 World Cup refuses to die down. While some believe England shouldnt have got the overthrow boundary, others feel it was a decision made keeping the rules in mind and New Zealand just have their luck to blame. While the MCC has promised to review the decision in their next meeting, the clubs World Cricket committee member Shane Warne believes it should have been a dead ball the moment the throw hit Ben Stokes' bat. |
21-Aug-2019 |
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Tokyo, Aug 21 (TIWN) The Indian women's hockey team will on Wednesday face hosts and World No. 14 Japan in the final of the Olympic Test Event at the Oi Hockey Stadium. |
21-Aug-2019 |
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London, Aug 21 (TIWN) The legendary Glenn McGrath is a big supporter of Jofra Archer and feels the England pace sensation is going to play Test cricket for a long time. |
21-Aug-2019 |
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Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (TIWN) Manush Shah of Gujarat, making amends for his loss in the season-opener at Sonepat, overcame Raegan Albuquerque of Maharashtra 4-3 to lift the Youth Boys trophy in the UTT National Ranking (South Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the Jimmy George Indoor Stadium here on Monday. |
21-Aug-2019 |
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London, Aug 20 (TIWN) England's Jofra Archer said that he did breath a sigh of relief when former Australia skipper Steve Smith got up after being hit on the neck by a bouncer bowled by the 24-year-old on Day 4 of the second Ashes Test at Lord's. |
20-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 20 (TIWN) Former India captain M.S. Dhoni's spell with his Territorial Army unit has ended. The veteran wicketkeeper-batsman is now in New Delhi with wife Sakshi and daughter Ziva. |
20-Aug-2019 |
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London, Aug 20 (TIWN) Former Australian Ricky Ponting has compared England pacer Jofra Archer's brutish spell at Lord's on Day 4 of the second Ashes Test to the one that he faced during the famous 2005 series. |
20-Aug-2019 |
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Galle, Aug 19 (TIWN) Sri Lanka on Saturday beat New Zealand by six wickets in Galle to take a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. Chasing a target of 268, Sri Lanka rode on a masterful 122 from captain Dimuth Karunaratne to get over the line in the first session of Day 5. |
19-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 19 (TIWN) Boxer M.C. Mary Kom on Saturday recused herself from the meeting wherein her personal coach Chhote Lal Yadav's name was discussed for the Dronacharya award. There was widespread criticism that she is a part of the 12-member committee which is nominating names for national awards for excellence in sports and her own coach is in the list of candidates proposed. But the boxer decided to stay away when her coach's name came up for discussion. |
19-Aug-2019 |
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Mumbai, Aug 18 (TIWN) Indias latest chess sensation and the worlds second youngest Grand Master Praggnanandhaa R. will be the star attraction at the prestigious World Youth Chess Championship to be held in Mumbai in October. |
18-Aug-2019 |
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Tokyo, Aug 17 (TIWN) Penalty corner specialist Gurjit Kaur scored a brace as the Indian women's hockey team started their campaign at the Olympic test event with a resilient 2-1 victory over hosts Japan at the Oi Hockey Stadium here on Saturday. |
17-Aug-2019 |
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London, Aug 17 (TIWN) Nathan Lyon has equalled Australian pace legend Dennis Lillee's record of 355 Test wickets and in the process is now the country's third highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game. |
17-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 17 (TIWN) Former Pakistan batting coach Grant Flower believes the lack of freedom and the security aspect is the "most frustrating" thing about living in the country. The former Zimbabwe batsman had been with the Pakistan team since 2014 before the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided last week to not renew his contract in a move to revamp the national coaching set-up. |
17-Aug-2019 |
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Panaji, Aug 16 (TIWN) The tussle between the Goa government and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) continues over the hosting of the 36th National Games in the coastal state, with the Chief Minister insisting that it is up to the Association to decide the dates for the already delayed event. |
16-Aug-2019 |
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Cincinnati, Aug 16 (TIWN) Japan's world No. 1 Naomi Osaka triumphed over Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the third round of Cincinnati Masters. Australian No. 1 seed Ashleigh Barty also breezed to a straight set victory over Russian ace Maria Sharapova. |
16-Aug-2019 |
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London, Aug 16 (TIWN) After admitting to a breach of regulations on signing youth players, Manchester City has been fined 370,000 Swiss Francs ($ 379,000) without transfer ban by FIFA. |
16-Aug-2019 |
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London, Aug 15 (TIWN) After suffering from an embarrassing 251-run defeat in the Edgbaston Test, England will aim to bounce back and level the series when they meet Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord's beginning Wednesday. |
15-Aug-2019 |
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Islamabad, Aug 15 (TIWN) Following India's decision to abrogate Article 370, Former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar has echoed that assertions of his ex-Pakistan teammate Shahid Afridi and current skipper Sarfarz Ahmed that the entire country stands with Kashmir. |
15-Aug-2019 |
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Port of Spain, Aug 15 (TIWN) After a convincing show in the second ODI, Virat Kohli and boys will look to seal the deal in the final ODI of the three-match series at the Queen's Park Oval on Wednesday. With the opening game washed out, the Indians have taken a 1-0 lead and the last game of the series will decide if India will lift the ODI trophy as well after a clinical show in the T20I series. |
15-Aug-2019 |
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Dubai, Aug 14 (TIWN) The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Tuesday announced that women's T20 cricket has been confirmed for inclusion at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games following a joint bid by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). |
14-Aug-2019 |
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London, Aug 13 (TIWN) Australia coach Justin Langer said that he expects a flat wicket at Lord's for the second Ashes Test which starts on Wednesday. Australia, who lead 1-0 in the series will be looking to double their advantage at Lord's where they have a very good record agianst England. |
13-Aug-2019 |
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Islamabad, Aug 12 (TIWN) A week after the Indian government abrogated Article 370 that ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed on Monday said that his entire country is with their "Kashmiri Brothers". |
12-Aug-2019 |
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New Delhi, Aug 12 (TIWN) The Indian women's football team have impressed one and all with its performance in the COTIF Cup 2019 in Valencia (Spain) so much so that the tournament's President was moved to hand them a special third-placed trophy after the end of the tournament. |
12-Aug-2019 |
