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China lashes ‘clown’ Horton for Sun podium protest

7:40 pm July 23, 2019

Shanghai: Australian swimmer Mack Horton was slammed as “arrogant” and “rude” by Chinese media as his feud with China’s Sun Yang accelerated at the world championships. After Horton snubbed Sun for a photo-call on the podium, as a doping controversy rages around the Chinese star, the China Daily said the Aussie “humiliated himself with his […]

World Cup final best and worst day of my cricketing career: Guptill

7:37 pm July 23, 2019

Auckland: A week after New Zealand’s heartbreaking World Cup loss, a gutted Martin Guptill on Tuesday said the summit clash against England at the Lord’s was both the “best and worst day” of his cricketing career. Hosts England lifted their maiden World Cup owing to a superior boundary count after Guptill was run-out off the […]

Olympian boxer Sakti Mazumdar dies of heart attack

India continue good run at Thailand Open boxing

7:25 pm July 23, 2019

New Delhi: Bhagyabati Kachari (75kg) assured India of at least a bronze medal at the Thailand International Boxing Tournament by advancing to the semifinals in Bangkok on Tuesday. Bhagyabati, who won a gold at the India Open earlier this year, defeated Vietnam’s Nguyen Huong 5-0 to make the medal rounds. In the men’s draw Ashish […]

Hima Das nearing her best: High Performance Director

2:33 pm July 22, 2019

New Delhi: Indian athletics’ High Performance Director Volker Herrmann feels star sprinter Hima Das is nearing her best, having won five successive gold medals in three weeks in Europe. The 19-year-old Hima has won five races — four in 200m and one in her pet 400m event — in Poland and Czech Republic since July […]

Night racing plan at MMRT picks up speed

4:22 pm July 21, 2019

Chennai: Confirming that night races at the MMRT circuit here are definitely on, MMSC vice-president Vicky Chandok Sunday said the club has earmarked funds to install floodlights at the FIA certified Grade 2 track. “A very professional lighting expert has given us a quote of Rs 16 crore do up the lights just like the […]