S. Praneeth cruises into Thailand Open final

| Updated: Jun 03, 2017 21:14 IST

Bangkok [Thailand], June 3 (ANI): Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth booked his place in the finals of the men's singles event of the Thailand Open after registering a straight-sets defeat against local player Pannawit Thongnuam on Saturday. Praneeth defeated Thongnuam 21-11, 21-15 in just 36 minutes. The third seeded Indian completely dominated the opening game. Thongnuam tried hard to take the fight to Praneeth in the second game, but the final outcome hardly looked in doubt. The world number 24 will now take on fourth seed Jonathan Christie--- who registered 21-9, 21-18 win over Malaysia's Joo Ven Soong in the other semi-final match---in the summit clash on Sunday. (ANI)

Updated: Dec 13, 2018 23:24 IST

Hockey WC: Harendra Singh laments poor umpiring during quarters defeat

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Indian men's hockey team coach Harendra Singh lashed out at the on-field umpires for their poor decisions during their quarter-final match against the Netherlands in the ongoing Hockey World Cup here at the Kalinga Stadium on Thursday.

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 23:24 IST

Manika Batra, Saurabh Chaudhary among those approved by SAI for...

New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): The Sports Authority of India's Mission Olympic Cell approved the names of 29 athletes, including Asian Games gold medallist shooter Saurabh Chaudhary and ace table tennis player Manika Batra, for its Target Olympics Mission Scheme (TOPS). The performance of potential

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 22:27 IST

Ponting blames coaching set up for Australian struggle to find...

Melbourne [Australia], Dec 13 (ANI): Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting believes that not enough attention is being paid to the coaching in the country which might be the reason behind their struggle to find the top-level players.

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 21:28 IST

India crash out of Hockey World Cup

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Indian hopes of clinching a World Cup title after a long wait of 43 years ended on a sad note as the hosts lost their quarter-final battle of the prestigious tournament to the Netherlands 1-2 here at the Kalinga Stadium on Thursday.

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 20:18 IST

Cricket playing nations should make match-fixing criminal...

London [UK], Dec 13 (ANI): International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive officer David Richardson is of the view that match-fixing should be made a criminal offence by the governments of all the cricket playing nations.

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 19:44 IST

Belgium surpass German hurdle to reach Hockey WC semi-final

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): In a grueling contest, world number three Belgium get past two-time champions Germany 2-1 to advance into the semi-final of the ongoing men's Hockey World Cup here at the Kalinga Stadium on Thursday.

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 17:53 IST

World Tour Finals: Sindhu ends losing streak against Tai Tzu Ying

Guangzhou [China], Dec 13 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Thursday ended her six-match losing streak against world number one Tai Tzu Ying as she defeated the Taiwanese shuttler in their group stage clash of the ongoing World Tour Finals tournament.

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 17:43 IST

Diana Edulji targets COA chief Vinod Rai

New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): In the Committee of Administrators (COA), views of only one person are considered and those of others don't matter, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed body Diana Edulji has said, apparently targeting its Chairman Vinod Rai.

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 17:35 IST

Jon Lewis named Sri Lanka's batting coach

London [UK], Dec 13 (ANI): Former English cricketer Jon Lewis has been appointed as the batting coach of the Sri Lanka cricket team.

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 12:52 IST

Allan Border Medal to be rebranded as Australian Cricket Awards

Melbourne [Australia], Dec 13 (ANI): With the increase in recognition of women's cricket and the popularity of the T20 format, Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) on Thursday announced to rebrand its Allan Border Medal to Australian Cricket Awards from 2019 onwards.

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 11:28 IST

WACA head curator unveils pitch

Melbourne [Australia], Dec 13 (ANI): Ahead of the second Test between India and Australia in Perth, WACA head curator Brett Sipthorpe on Thursday revealed the nature of the pitch.

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Updated: Dec 13, 2018 10:12 IST

Prithvi, Ashwin, Rohit ruled out of Perth Test

Perth [Australia], Dec 13 (ANI): Prithvi Shaw, Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma have been ruled out from the second Test of the ongoing four-match series against Australia due to injuries.

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