Rajender Kumar (55kg) clinched the silver medal for India in a hard-fought bout in the Greco-Roman category at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here on Saturday.

Indian women grapplers followed their male counterparts’ fine show with Alka Tomar and Suman Kundu winning a bronze each on the third day of the senior Asian wrestling championships here on Friday.

A solution in the gender case of South African runner Caster Semenya will be reached by the end of June, IAAF president Lamine Diack said on Friday.

Olympic bronze medallist Sushil Kumar lived up to his reputation as he bagged gold in the men’s 66kg freestyle on the second day of the senior Asian Wrestling Championships here on Thursday.

Asher Noria shot gold for the second time in a row in the double trap event at the International Junior World Shooting Cup at Suhl, Germany on Wednesday.

The coach of newly crowned I-League champions Dempo SC, Armando Colaco on Wednesday said he would write to the All India Football Federation to allow his side’s national players (selected for the preparations of 2011 Asian Cup) to take part in the next season’s AFC Cup.

May 11: China and India were in cruise-control as they eased into the Thomas Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, while Indonesia and Japan booked their places in the knockout stage of the Uber Cup.

London, May 11: Fulham and Atletico Madrid, two proud clubs living in the shadow of more illustrious city rivals, take centre stage on Wednesday in Hamburg when they meet in the Europa League final.
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May 11: India were on Tuesday drawn to face Brazil in their Davis Cup World Group playoffs in Chennai from September 17 to19, with the winner advancing to next year’s top flight.

Zurich, May 11: Zurich’s “Weltklasse” IAAF Diamond League athletics meet has attracted a star-studded line-up, including sprint king Usain Bolt and long-distance master Kenenisa Bekele, organisers said on Tuesday.