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Opener Smriti Mandhana led the chase for India with familiar panache after a feisty bowling performance that steered the side to a series-clinching eight-wicket triumph over New Zealand Women in the second one-dayer.
Dempo Sports Club rallied from behind and held Salgaocar Sports Club to a 1-1 draw in the penultimate round of the ONGC I-League football championship at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Sunday.
All that's transpired on and off the cricket pitch on Saturday.
Cristiano Ronaldo is in top condition and showing more resolve than ever to lead Portugal to the European title, national team coach Fernando Santos said ahead of their final Euro 2016 warm-up match on Wednesday.
Salgaocar who dominated the major part of the game rallied from behind to hold JCT to an exciting 3-3 draw in the 9th round of the ONGC I-League played at Nehru Stadium, Margao on Thursday.
Man of the match Odafe Onyeka Okolie capitalised on the sloppy Salgaocar defence to slam in four goals as Churchill Brothers came from behind to register a resounding 5-1 win in the eighth round of the ONGC I-League at Nehru stadium in Margao on Monday.
Wasteful Portugal were held to a 1-1 home draw by Serbia after their captain and top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo limped off with an apparent hamstring injury in the first half of their Euro 2020 Group B qualifier on Monday.
Punjab Governor S F Rodrigues administered the oath of office and secrecy to Badal at a ceremony held at PCA stadium in Mohali.
Striker Ferran Corominas scored the first hat-trick of the season as FC Goa beat 10-man Bengaluru FC 4-3 in a thrilling match of the Indian Super League in Margao on Thursday.
They defeated Maharashtra 3-1 in extra time in the final.
Churchill Brothers paid dearly for a missed penalty in the first half as Mumbai FC struck twice in the second half to score their first win in the third round of the Airtel I-League in Mapusa on Saturday.
The Indian women's team almost pulled off a dramatic win but failed to score a boundary in the final delivery to lose the third and final T20 International against New Zealand by a mere two runs in Hamilton.
Dudu Omagbemi's last-minute goal guided Sporting Clube de Goa to a 2-1 victory in the Goa Football Association Professional League.
Smriti Mandhana smashed 58 from just 34 balls but a middle order collapse saw India lose to New Zealand by 23 runs in the first T20 International.
Dudu Omagbemi's early goal earned them their third straight win in the National Football League.
The latest flap over Mehta comes at a time when things are improving in the context of visa rejections for foreign academics in the aftermath of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
In the lead-up to the World T20, India have hit good form, beating hosts Sri Lanka before blanking Australia A at home. What should give them additional confidence going into the opener is the wins against reigning champions West Indies and England in the warm-up matches.
The Chandigarh administration has approved the allotment of 30 acres of land to Wipro Technologies Limited in the second phase of the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park.
A 2-0 victory in the semi-finals earned the Goans a final meeting with Maharashtra in the National Football Championship.
Pop singer Remo Fernandes was on Friday arrested by Goa Police and later released on a bail bond when he appeared before investigating officer in connection with a case of alleged verbal abuse of a minor girl.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf lists seven states where the Grand Old Party suffered a severe setback.
Dominant in the series-opener, the Indian women's cricket team would now look to seal the issue when it takes on South Africa in the second ODI of the three-match series
The victory lifted the bankmen from the bottom to 11th place in the 12-team National Football League.
The Mumbai champions were unimpressive in a 1-1 draw with the Goa side in the National Football League.
The highlight of their 3-1 victory in the National Football League was a fine brace by Rodrigo Almeida.
Federation Cup champions Dempo wasted a spot-kick and had to settled for only a point in the National Football League match.
The Indian women's team begins its three-ODI series against England at home on Friday in the absence of star player Harmanpreet Kaur, who has been ruled out of the series due to an ankle injury.
Sanam Singh and Vijayant Mailk raised hopes of an all-Indian final at the US $15,000 ITF men's singles Futures tournament in Toronto, Canada, after winning their respective quarter-finals. Second seed Sanam beat Canadia's Braydenx Schnur 7-5, 6-1 while fourth seed Vijayant got the better of eighth seed Fritz Wolmarans of South Africa 7-6(3), 6-2.
Powered by a brace from Dudu Omagbemi they beat Fransa Pax 4-1 in the quarter-finals of the Federation Cup football tournament.
Mahindra United went past Mohun Bagan to move up to the fourth spot in the NFL table.
An injury time goal helped Mahindra United hold Salgaocar to a 2-2 draw in the ninth National Football League.
Mandhana blasted 9 fours and 3 sixes in her 55-ball innings and shared a 68-run third wicket partnership with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (43 runs off 27) to power India to a competitive 167 for 8 at the Providence Stadium.
The state cabinet took the decision after a meeting on Tuesday.
However, the action is not going to have any impact as the arithmetic still favours the Congress, which has 17 MLAs in a House of 34. The BJP has 16.
Dudu Omagbemi's hat-trick helped Sporting Clube de Goa score an emphatic 4-1 victory over Fransa in the eighth round of the NFL.
Flavio Rodrigues's goal gave the Mumbai champions a 1-0 victory in the National Football League.
Dempo beat Mahindra United 2-1 for their third straight win in the National Football League.
Brazilian striker Cristiano Junior scored a brace as Dempo outplayed Mohun Bagan 2-0 to lift the 26th Federation Cup Football Championship.
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