Category: SPORTS

New Delhi, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) Former world youth champion Sachin Siwach (49kg) was among the two Indian boxers to enter the quarterfinals, while three others lost their opening-round bouts of the President’s Cup Tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan. Sachin, who was voted the best youth boxer of the Asian Confederation last year, edged past local hope O Bayniyazov 3-2 to make the last-eight stage last night. Also advancing to the quarters was Devanshu Jaiswal in the light heavyweight (81kg) category. He defeated Belarus’ Pavel Brazovskiy. Bowing out with first-round losses…

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Pune, Jun 5 (DIN NEWS) Wild cards Ruma Gaikaiwari and Saina Deshpande knocked out seeds to enter the girls singles quarterfinals of the MSLTA KPIT – Arun Wakankar Memorial ATF Asian under 14 Series Tennis Tournament here today. In the girls second round, Ruma upset seventh seed Saumya Ronde 6-4,7-6(5), while Saina toppled eighth seed Kaashvi Thapliyal 6-2, 6-2 to enter the last eight. In the boys section, fifth seed Daksh Agarwal struggled to get past Joshua Eapen 7-5,5-7,6-2, while Saharia came from loss of the opening set to survive against…

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London, June 5 (DIN NEWS) Andy Murray says he “getting closer” to playing again following a frustratingly long injury lay-off and hopes to be fit enough to target a third Wimbledon title. The former world number one has not played competitively since last year’s Wimbledon, undergoing hip surgery at the turn of the year. With Wimbledon fast approaching, Murray, who has slipped to 47th in the world, said he had returned to training and playing the grass-court season remained his aim. “It’s been very slow,” he said in a video on…

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Dublin (Ohio), Jun 4 (DIN NEWS) Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri continued to struggle with his putting and carded his first over-par card of the week, a one-over 73, to sign off tied 37th at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide on the PGA Tour. Lahiri, who started the final day at seven-under and in tied 21st place, finished at six-under overall. Through the week, Lahiri got his driving and iron play fairly right, but it was on the greens that he faltered yet again despite a new putter. Bryson DeChambeau, who…

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New Delhi, Jun 4 (DIN NEWS) The iconic Leander Paes today made a comeback to the Asian Games bound Indian squad while Yuki Bhambri was “exempted” as AITA threw its weight behind country’s top singles player in his quest for Grand Slam glory. Paes, who has won eight medals at the previous editions of Asian Games, has not competed in the prestigious quadrennial event since winning the men’s doubles gold with Mahesh Bhupathi and mixed doubles gold with Sania Mirza at the 2006 Doha Games. The AITA backed Yuki in…

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Dublin (Ohio), Jun 3 (DIN NEWS) Anirban Lahiri has changed another putter and feels his confidence is slowly building up once again as he shot a 3-under 69 in the third round of the Memorial Tournament. For Lahiri it was a tale of two nines, as he shot five-under on the front nine but slumped to 2-over 38 that still moved him 14 places up. Lahiri is now T-21 at 7-under. India’s other challenger this week, Shubhankar Sharma had earlier missed the cut. Bryson DeChambeau fired a 6-under 66 that…

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New Delhi, Jun 3 (DIN NEWS) Glorifying Sunil Chhetri’s voracious appetite for scoring in superlatives, former captain Bhaichung Bhutia says the talismanic striker will be crucial to the Indian football team’s prospects in the 2019 Asian Cup. One short of appearing in his 100th international game, Chhetri’s silken touch was on full display in the Intercontinental Cup-opener against Chinese Taipei, as the skipper recorded a hat-trick with aplomb. “Though we have an easier draw than last time. Clearing the round robin stage looks realistic for us this time. Sunil will…

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2.June (DIN NEWS) Viswanathan Anand played out his fourth draw on the trot, signing peace with Wesley So of United States in the fourth round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament Stavanger. Taking his tally up to two points out of a possible four, Anand now has his task cut out for the remaining five games in this strongest tournament of the year. The world rapid champion needs a couple of victories to stake a claim in the tournament. Meanwhile, reigning World champion Magnus Carlsen was pleasantly surprised to see…

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2ND June (DIN NEWS)In less than two weeks, Afghanistan will experience what Bangladesh felt 18 years ago when they played a Test for the first time. Come June 14, the passionate Afghan players will find out that the five-day version of the game is a different beast altogether but Bangladesh skipper, Shakib Al Hasan, has backed them to do well. Bangladesh play Afghanistan in a three match T20I series starting in Dehradun on Sunday. “They have come a long way, especially in the last few years. They have world class…

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Berlin, Jun 1 (DIN NEWS) Joachim Loew has said he will only decide on Sunday whether to take Germany’s captain and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to the World Cup after eight months sidelined by injury. Neuer is set to play his first full game since fracturing his foot last September, tomorrow away to Austria in Germany’s penultimate friendly before the World Cup. After such a lengthy absence, the 32-year-old who is generally regarded as one of the world’s top goalkeepers is under pressure to prove his form and fitness. “The final decision…

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