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In the same year, an unassuming young girl from Manipur charted history by winning Gold at World Championship in Antalya, Turkey. Mary Kom followed it up with 4 more World Championship wins in the next 8 years. But the watershed moment for Indian boxing was the Olympic success in 2008 when Vijender Singh brought home a bronze. Boxing would never be the same in India. Fast forward to July 2018, India finished on top of the medal tally at the 36th Golden Glove of Vojvodina youth tournament held at Serbia with a haul of 17 medals, 7 of them gold....

“There will be arguments, but we need to look at the bigger picture. He (Ganguly) asked some very good questions during my interview. We need to move on. Individuals don’t matter, and we should all work in the best interest of Indian cricket. It should take the centre-stage,” Shastri said in an interview to India Today. The details Shastri who enjoys great rapport with captain Virat Kohli said that his aim is to guide the Indian team to unprecedented success and that along with the captain they have to chalk out plans which will be the best for Indian cricket....

Venue: American School of Bombay, Mumbai. Participants: 50 top football coaches from across India and Sub Continent.

The Indian federation is looking to strengthen the country’s junior national team setups, including the India U16 due to participate in the AFC U16 Championship in 2018. The opening round of the scouting will be open for all those who meet the set criteria on January 26, 2018. Thereon, the shortlisted players may be asked to attend further rounds of trials over the next couple of days. The selected bunch will be invited to join the India junior team camps including the U16 camp currently underway in UAE to prepare for the AFC U16 Championship in 2018....

Mallya’s comments on a day when F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone confirmed to IANS that the Indian Grand Prix will be dropped for 2014 to return in the first half of 2015. F1 teams have been finding it tough to deal with India’s strict tax policies, including the customs duties levelled on them and the drivers on each visit. Mallya said it would be a pity if tax issues jeopardise the Indian GP, which started in 2011....

Anamika (50kg) will look to secure another medal for India when she takes on Boualem R of Algeria in the quarterfinals later in the day. Sumit (75kg), meanwhile, will fight Ukraine’s Khyzhniak O in the second round. The 21-year-old Nandini started in dominant fashion against Kazakhstan’s Valeriya Axenova in the women’s +81kg quarterfinals bout. As the bout progressed, it got tougher for Axenova to deal with Nandini’s relentless powerful punches....

The visitors need 341 more runs with six wickets in hand and a day’s play remaining. Luke Ronchi and Mitchell Santner were at the crease with 38 and 8 runs, respectively. Tom Latham (2), Martin Guptill (0), Kane Williamson (25) and Ross Taylor (17) were the batsmen to fall in the last session of the day. From the start, the Kiwis batsmen never looked in the contention as wickets continued to fall at regular interval....

Having already retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India moved a step closer to a series victory thanks to Pujara’s masterclass of 193 and Pant’s unbeaten 159 at the SCG on day two of the fourth match. Australia toiled fruitlessly in the Sydney heat and were completely outplayed by India, who declared on 622-7 after a 204-run partnership between Pant and Ravindra Jadeja (81) was ended in the final session. Having fielded for almost two full days, Australia navigated a tricky 10-over spell late in the day via Marcus Harris (19 not out) and Usman Khawaja (5no) to reach 24-0 at stumps, still trailing by 598 runs, albeit fortuitously after Khawaja was dropped by Pant....

India had jumped 24 places in March following wins over Chinese Taipei (2-1) and Guam (4-0) in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers, but failed to qualify for the tournament after losing the last qualifying match 1-0 against hosts Myanmar. They haven’t been in action since then and their ranking had dropped in April and May but this time it has improved by three spots. Wim Koevermans’s side were supposed to be in action in June against Bangladesh and Pakistan at Fulham’s Craven Cottage in West London but both international friendlies eventually got cancelled....

Sydney, Jan 6 (PTI) Fickle weather on day four prevented India from closing in on a big win in the fourth Test but they were well on course for their maiden series victory in Australia after forcing the hosts to follow-on at home for the first time since 1988. Bad light and intermitted rain led to substantial loss of play with only 25.2 overs bowled on day four. Australia were placed at 6-0 in 4 overs after Kuldeep Yadav’s five-wicket haul in his maiden Test Down Under helped India bowl the home team out for 300 in the first innings....

At the Sydney Cricket Ground, Agarwal was unbeaten on 42 runs, while Pujara was batting on 16 not out at the end of 24-over morning session. This was after India won the toss and opted to bat. Senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin did not pass the fitness test this morning and was ruled out of the match. The visitors then made two changes, with Lokesh Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav coming in for Rohit Sharma and Ishant Sharma....

Mithali Raj, one of the most successful women cricketers of all time, has a record of over 6500 runs in WODI Cricket & is currently the highest run-getter of all time in the format. She has also scored over 2,100 runs in WT20I’s, and is in the list of top 5 all-time run-getters there too. Raj has achieved all the heights a player can achieve in her career, with just one last milestone remaining - a World Cup win....

The 35-year-old starred in India’s 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final against Pakistan, taking 3-16 to help steer his country to victory in South Africa. All-rounder Irfan first shot to stardom back in 2003 when he claimed figures of 9-16 for India Under-19s against Bangladesh, earning him a spot in the senior squad for a tour of Australia. He confirmed his decision to call it quits in an interview on Star Sports on Saturday....

Bangalore - The four members of the India’s winning Davis Cup team were presented with a Chairos watch each by e-commerce firm QNET India. India won the Asia/Oceania relegation play-off 5-0 against Indonesia Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, managing director of Transview Enterprise, franchisee of QNET, Suresh Thimiri said, “QNET has been extremely proud of the Indian team right through the games. The players have demonstrated commendable form, grace and resilience....

Gujarat’s Tasnim Mir put up a superb display in the final to upset the second seed Treesa Jolly 21-15, 21-19 to grab the girls’ singles title. Mir tasted double glory when she teamed up with Assam’s Ayan Rashid in mixed doubles. The Indian combine did not have it easy against Indonesia’s Galuh Dwi Putra and UAE’s Zainaba Siraj and had to dig deep to secure the victory. In a close contest, the pair got the better of their opponents in a 21-16, 22-24, 21-19 win....

The two teams will play three Twenty20 Internationals, starting July 3 at Old Trafford, followed by three One-day Internationals and then the five Tests at the Edgbaston, the Lord’s, Trent Bridge, the Rose Bowl and The Oval. “A five-Test series against India is at the heart of next summer’s international programme. This is always a much- anticipated contest which attracts a huge following across the globe for the five-day game,” ECB chief executive officer Tom Harrison said in a press release....

The last time these two teams met in India for a limited overs series was less than a year ago. So, the fact that Australia won both the T20I contests as well as the ODI series will be fresh in India’s minds. Pat Cummins, who last month received a record IPL pay package of ₹15.5 crores from the Kolkata Knight Riders at the auction, was the leading wicket-taker in the ODIs (14 scalps) the last time these two teams met in India....

A crucial seventh-wicket stand, worth its weight in gold, possibly set the game, the series, and the season up for the Indian Team against Australia. The day started with the second new ball just four overs old, giving the Australian team enough reasons to believe that India could be restricted to under 300. With India 52 runs behind, Ravindra Jadeja, as he has done often for India in this home season, let his bat do the talking, amidst increased chatter from Matthew Wade and his comrades....

Agarwal slammed a career-best 243 off 330 balls with 28 fours and eight sixes. During the knock, Agarwal equalled Navjot Singh Sidhu’s record for most sixes in a Test innings by an Indian. He also became the second quickest player to register two double hundreds in Test cricket, needing just 12 innings to do so. Agarwal’s maiden three-figure score also turned out to be a double century. He made 215 against South Africa at Visakhapatnam before converting his hundred at Indore into a double hundred as well....