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Champions Trophy: Is Indian hockey's latest batch the best in a long while?

The Champions Trophy saw India display flair and tenacity in plenty - with a homegrown coach in charge.

India grants visa to Pakistan squash contingent for World Championship

Initially, the Indian High Commission had returned the passports of the players and officials of Pakistan Squash Federation without granting them a visa

India vs England T20I: Rahul hits ton, India demolish England by 8 wickets

India defeated England by 8 wickets to take 1-0 lead in the 3 match T20Is series. K L Rahul scored his second T20I century in 53 balls with the help of 10 fours and 5 sixes

Football is like a religion in Africa, but that could be a problem too

For millions of people in Africa, sport is an important dimension of their lives as it gives them identity and a sense of belonging

BCCI irked over CoA chief Vinod Rai's 'intervention' in DDCA elections

The BCCI said COA's attempts at stopping the polls have already been rejected by the Delhi HC

Final team for Asiad after confirmatory trials on Aug 15, 16: AFI President

The athletes who were exempted in advance from attending the final selection trials such as Neeraj Chopra and Seema Poonia will not be attending the confirmatory trials, says AFI President

Federer won't wear Nike anymore; signs $300 mn deal with Japan's Uniqlo

Federer insists that he has not had a full divorce from Nike -- hence the US company's shoes on the feet of the 20-time Grand Slam winner

Journalist Rajat Sharma becomes new DDCA boss, trumps cricketer Madan Lal

Sharma was always considered as the favourite to win against Lal, who was backed by BCCI acting president C K Khanna and former India opener Chetan Chauhan

Champions Trophy Hockey: India goes past Netherlands, to meet Aus in finals

This is only the second time in the history of the tournament that the Indian men's hockey team have made it to the final

How 12-year-old R Praggnanandhaa became India's youngest Chess Grandmaster

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has made his opening gambit by becoming the second youngest Grandmaster ever, greater glory will follow if the 12-year-old retains his hunger, writes Devangshu Datta

Malaysia Open: Indian challenge comes to an end; Sindhu, Srikanth crash out

PV Sindhu suffered a major blow as she crashed out of the Malaysian Open badminton championship after going down against her Taiwanese opponent Tai Tzu Ying in the semi-finals of the women's singles

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12-year-old R Praggnanandhaa completed his GM title with a round to spare at the Gredine Open in Ortesei, Italy

India Ireland T20 series: Kohli set to ring in changes in next match

India will have an advantage from the fact that the pitch for the second T20I is expected to play much in the same fashion as on Wednesday

Most tense match? Here's what Messi said after Argentina-Nigeria thriller

'I don't remember such suffering,' said Messi when asked if it was the tensest match of his career

India vs Ireland: Virat Kohli will look to start English summer with a bang

The Indian cricket team have a full-strength squad to pick from with captain Virat Kohli back in the team after nursing a neck injury

Halle Open: Roger Federer loses world No.1 spot after Borna Coric defeat

Federer also lost the number one spot in ATP rankings to Rafael Nadal

Chess gets its second-youngest Grandmaster in India's Praggnanandhaa

The Chennai boy is next only to Ukraine's Sergey Karjakin who holds the record of being the youngest Grandmaster in the world

Disadvantage tennis

The 1920s of tennis is sometimes seen as the age of Bill Tilden though, except in the US National Championships, he had not been a mind-blowing success anywhere else

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Indian rules were popular until the 1970s in Calcutta. Since few know the rules nowadays, it's interesting to state the differences

Amid ball-tampering row, Lanka delays play on day 3 of 2nd Test vs Indies

The 3rd days play between Sri Lanka and West Indies only resumed after 2-hour delay when the Sri Lankans had refused to take the field following a decision by umpires to charge them for ball tampering