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London Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal will participate in next month's US Open for the first time in her career. The 27-year-old, who has won 23 Individual titles across the globe, will look to annexe her first US Open title when she spearheads the ...

[U.S.], June. 17 (ANI): Fast food giant McDonald's is ending its decades-long affiliation with the Olympics Games, as it cut short a deal that was supposed to extend till least through 2020. The International Olympic Committee said the decision to part ways ...

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will head to London to attend Marylebone Cricket Club's World Cricket committee meeting at Lord's in London on July 3 and 4.Inclusion of cricket in the 2024 Olympics, Australian players pay dispute and the concept of four-day Test will be discussed among other things in the two-day meeting.International Cricket Council's chief executive Dave Richardson has already said that the 'time is right' for Twenty20 cricket's bid for the Olympics."We need to make a ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday IMAGE: Pope Francis is presented with an American football helmet and a jersey during a meeting with members of American Pro Football Hall of Fame at the Vatican on Wednesday. Photograph: Osservatore Romano/Handout via Reuters The "Hail Mary Pass" did not come up in the conversation, but Pope Francis clearly had a good catch on Wednesday when he received a helmet and jersey from members of the American Pro Football Hall ...

In its pursuit to improve the standard of womens hockey, Hockey India today named 33 core probables for the junior womens national camp to be held at Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bengaluru. The core probables were picked after an intense ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday. IMAGE: AS Roma's Francesco Totti. Photograph: Paolo Bruno/Getty Images AS Roma stalwart Francesco Totti declined on Wednesday to confirm he will retire at the end of the season, apparently contradicting comments made by the club's sporting director Monchi last week. Totti was asked by Italian media during an event in Rome to confirm that May 28 - the last day of the Serie A season -- would be his last match. He simply ...