Italy coach Conte downplays loss
PUBLISHED ON JUN 24, 2016 09:30 AM IST
LILLE: Italy coach Antonio Conte congratulated the Republic of Ireland after the 1-0 win. “I got a good response from the guys who hadn’t played as much. Tonight’s game was tough, very physical, against a side that played a lot of long balls, put in a lot of heavy challenges and a lot of balls into the mixer,” Conte said.
Detectives look at SUV's 'black box' from Tiger Woods crash
PTI, Los Angeles
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 11:07 PM IST
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said traffic investigators executed a search warrant Monday to retrieve the data from the device from the Genesis SUV that Woods was driving.
Mary Kom enters semis of Spanish tourney; assured of medal
PTI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 09:39 PM IST
The 37-year-old, who had not competed since her Tokyo qualification last year in Jordan, defeated Italian Giordana Sorrentino with a split verdict in the quarterfinal stage of the event.
WTT Contender Doha: Sharath off to a flying start; Sathiyan bows out
PTI, Doha
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 09:32 PM IST
Sharath toiled hard before defeating Sirucek 17-15 9-11 11-6 8-11 11-9 in the first round.
Manish Kaushik enters quarters of Spanish boxing tourney
PTI
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 05:28 PM IST
The world championship bronze-medallist defeated Spaniard Ammari Raddouane 5-0 on Tuesday night to make the last eight, where he will be up against Kazakhstan's Sufiullin Zakir -- a two-time Asian silver-winner.
Mary Kom appointed as chairperson of AIBA champions and veterans committee
ANI, Lausanne
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 03:47 PM IST
Mary Kom thanked AIBA president and said she will give her best at the position.
Freak injury forces Sonam to pull out of Rome event
PTI
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 01:43 PM IST
Sonam, who had booked her seat in the Indian team in the 62kg after defeating Sakshi in the trials, got injured while training with the 2016 Olympic bronze medallist at the national camp in Lucknow, last week.
Mercedes unveils car for Hamilton's record-breaking F1 bid
AP, Brackley, England
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 11:48 PM IST
The W12 car, presented Tuesday, retains the black introduced last year as part of the team's campaign against racism and discrimination and adds a touch of its more traditional silver.
Bahrain runner Jepkosgei banned for faking car crash
AP, Monaco
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 10:39 PM IST
The AIU ruling said Jepkosgei admitted the deception after the Kenyan anti-doping agency investigated her claims.
Manisha Keer records her best World Cup finish
PTI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 10:28 PM IST
Manisha was hard done by a final round of 21 as she finished with a score of 113 in qualifying, which got her into a three-way shoot-off for the last two finals spots.
Manika, Sreeja advance into final round of singles qualifiers
PTI
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 08:16 PM IST
The world number 150 from Hyderabad, Sreeja prevailed over world number 74 Vega Paulina of Chile before she sent packing Thailand's 87th-ranked Orawan Paranang packing 11-5 11-5 11-6 in the third round.
Paddlers Desai, Batra off to winning starts in WTT Contender series in Doha
PTI
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2021 08:20 PM IST
Batra registered a 12-10 14-12 11-8 victory over Spain's Sofia-Xuan Zhang in women's singles.
It's March, the month when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed
AP
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2021 06:06 PM IST
The start of the torch relay on March 25 from northeastern Fukushima prefecture is just over three weeks away. It will involve 10,000 runners and end in Tokyo at the opening ceremony on July 23.
Tiger Woods appreciative of Sunday's show of color
Reuters
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2021 03:27 PM IST
With so many players wearing Woods' trademark red and black colors on Sunday all throughout golf, it served as the moving get-well card that it was intended to be.
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Vijender Singh marks return to ring with fight scheduled in Goa Casino ship
By Avishek Roy | PTI
UPDATED ON MAR 01, 2021 04:51 PM IST
The backdrop of the fight will be equally novel for Vijender. The fight, with an opponent who is yet to be named, will take place on the rooftop deck of a casino ship docked on the Mandovi river in Panaji, Goa.
Wrestler Bajrang Punia leaves social media, to focus on Tokyo Olympics
ANI
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2021 01:29 PM IST
Punia said he will return to social media after the conclusion of the quadrennial event. He asked his followers to keep showering their love to him.