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A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday. IMAGE: Saina Nehwal has a chance to improve her dismal record against defending champion Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan. Photograph: PTI India’s shuttlers were handed a tricky draw at next month's US $1000,000 All-England Badminton Championships. Saina Nehwal will meet her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying in the first round while P V Sindhu has an easy opener against Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong.   World No. 11 Saina, who had made the ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday IMAGE: Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley in action during Australian F1 Grand Prix qualifying. Photograph: Brandon Malone/Reuters Toro Rosso's engine supplier Honda has replaced power unit components in the cars of Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley after problems in the first race of the Formula One season. The move by the Japanese manufacturer, whose previous partnership with McLaren ended at the end of 2017 after three ...

'People didn't associate Dinesh with hitting sixes. He had the ability to hit fours and the odd six, but hitting sixes (regularly) is one aspect of the game we have really worked hard on.' IMAGE: Dinesh Karthik and the Indian team celebrates after winning the Twenty20 tri-series title. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sri Lanka Cricket/Twitter Exactly two years ago Dinesh Karthik was at the crossroads. The Tamil Nadu wicket-keeper-batsman was considering other options with his cricketing career ...

'After watching Elvis Presley, Shammi Kapoor decided to pick the rock and roll star's style itself.''Dada was the kind of producer who took a leap of faith and gave Shammi Kapoor the freedom to display himself as crazy, mad, rough -- all the charms of Elvis Presley -- in his films.' IMAGE: The Filmistan studio. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Do you know how Hindi movies were made? How the studio system shifted to the star system, and how the big stars were born? Do you know how ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday Goa score first ever win against ATK IMAGE: FC Goa stay in semi-final hunt. Photograph: ISL Media Manuel Lanzarote struck twice as FC Goa notched up a dominating 5-1 win over ATK and inched closer to a semi-final spot in the Hero Indian Super league (ISL) at the Nehru Stadium in Margao.   It was FC Goa's first ever win over ATK as the hosts dominated most part of the match with Sergio Juste Marin (10th), Lanzarote ...

IMAGE: (Left to right) Mercedes GP's Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes GP's Executive Director Toto Wolff and Mercedes GP's British driver Lewis Hamilton pose during the launch of the Mercedes W09 car, at Silverstone Circuit in Northampton, England, on Thursday. Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images Lewis Hamilton expects his Formula One rivalry with Sebastian Vettel to become even more intense this season and says he is prepared for anything the Ferrari driver throws at him. The ...

On a high after the demolition of South Africa in the ODIs, an upbeat India will be aiming to tighten the noose around the beleagured hosts when they square off in a three-match T20 series, starting here on Sunday. Having created history by thrashing South ...

Bowler Jaydev Unadkat in another player to watch out for as the three-match series in the shortest format kicks off in Johannesburg on Sunday IMAGE: Suresh Raina was included in the T20I squad after scoring big runs in domestic cricket and passing the yo-yo fitness test. Photograph: BCCI On a high after demolishing South Africa in the ODIs, an upbeat India will be aiming to tighten the noose around the beleagured hosts when they square off in a three-match T20 series, starting in ...

Perhaps for the first time, India's pace strength is not centred on any one individual, or set of individuals, says Chetan Narula. IMAGE: Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrates Dean Elgar's wicket in the first Test in Cape Town. Photograph: BCCI South African coach Ottis Gibson talks a straight game. Before the first Test, he underlined how India could challenge his side despite the bowler-friendly conditions at Newlands. After the match ended in a 72-run loss for the visitors, bolstered by his bowlers' ...