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Kuala Lumpur, March 6 (IANS) Defending champions China won the women’s team title for the 20th time after beating Japan 3-0 in the final of the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships here on Sunday….

Changchun (China), March 6 (IANS) Chinese Han Mei claimed the silver medal of the women’s 1,000 metres at the ISU junior speed skating World Cup here on Sunday. Han, who pocketed three silver medals at…

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Veteran wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt will spearhead the Indian challenge at the Asian Olympic qualifying tournament to be held at Astana, Kazakhstan, from March 18 to 20. The men’s squad includes…

London, March 6 (IANS) Olympic champion Jason Kenny won the men’s sprint title at the track cycling world championships here. Kenny, who looks to defend his individual and team sprint titles at the Olympics in…

Kuala Lumpur, March 5 (IANS) Indian paddlers made history twice in less than 24 hours with both women’s and men’s teams emerging triumphant in the second division of their respective sections at the 2016 World…

Shanghai, March 5 (IANS) Fan Kexin led a podium sweep for China in the women’s 500 metres in the 2016 ISU Shanghai Trophy, a new short-track speed skating and synchronized skating event, on Saturday. The…

Kuala Lumpur, March 5 (IANS) India paddlers made history twice in less than 24 hours with both women’s and men’s teams emerging triumphant in the second division of their respective sections at the 2016 World…

Bangkok, March 5 (IANS) Indian shooter Jitu Rai reached the final of the 10 metres Air pistol to eventually finish fifth on competition day three of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup for…

Changchun (China), March 5 (IANS) Chinese Han Mei and Shi Xiaoxuan claimed two gold medals at the ISU Junior Speed Skating World Cup here on Saturday. Han, who had three silver medals at the Lillehammer…

Kuala Lumpur, March 5 (IANS) China’s men’s table tennis team moved within one match of clinching their eighth straight world championship title after brushing aside South Korea 3-0 here on Saturday. Xu Xin drew the…

Kuala Lumpur, March 4 (IANS) Achanta Sharath Kamal, leading from the front, helped India beat Nigeria 3-2 to enter the semi-finals of the second division in theTable Tennis World Championships here on Friday. They are…

Ho Chi Minh City, March 4 (IANS) Up to 180 chess players will compete in the HDBank Cup International Open Chess Championship 2016 slated for March 8-13 here, the Vietnam Chess Federation said on Friday….

Brasilia, March 4 (IANS) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has asked new Justice Minister Wellington Cesar to give priority to security during the Rio de Janeiro Olympic and Paralympic Games. Cesar replaced Jose Eduardo Cardozo, who…

Bangkok, March 4 (IANS) India’s Jitu Rai beat a strong field to win gold in the men’s 50m pistol event shooting World Cup here on Friday. Jitu scored 191.3 points in the final round. Former…

Bangkok, March 3 (IANS) India’s shooter Pooja Ghatkar narrowly missed out on a medal and finished fourth on day one of the Shooting World Cup for rifle and pistol, which got underway here on Thursday….

Rio de Janeiro, March 3 (IANS) Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes has inaugurated the Youth Arena and the Deodoro Stadium. Both facilities will be used in the Olympics to be held here in August….

London, March 3 (IANS) Tragedy repeated itself as the Chinese cycling team saw their gold medal downgraded to silver in the same city after four years. It initially looked like a repeat of last year’s…

Kuala Lumpur, March 2 (IANS) Chinese men’s and women’s teams, both defending champions, advanced to the quarter-finals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships here on Wednesday, defeating Austria and Chinese Taipei respectively. Chinese women’s…

Paris, March 2 (IANS) The French judiciary has widened the scope of its investigations into accusations of corruption levelled at former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack to include the circumstances of…