Lt Col MS Dhoni returns after completing 15-day Army stint

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New Delhi, Aug 17 (UNI) Former Indian skipper and Lieutenant Colonel MS Dhoni has returned back to the capital after completing his 2-week stint with the Territorial Army in Jammu and Kashmir.

Red-hot Harmeet celebrates selection for Arjuna Award with easy entry into semi-finals

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (UNI) Sixth-seed Harmeet Desai was in
red-hot form when he disposed of PSPB mate Subhajit Saha 4-0 to storm
into the semi-finals, sounding a grim warning to the rest on the table
in the UTT National Ranking (South Zone) Table TennisChampionships at
the Jimmy George Indoor Stadium here today.

Manuel Fredericks expresses happiness for being recommended for Dhyan Chand award- 2019

Kannur, Aug 17 (UNI) Kerala's lone Olympic medalist and veteran hockey player Manuel Fredericks on Saturday said "he was very much happy to know that he has been recommended for Dhyan Chand award-2019.

Deepa Malik nominated for Khel Ratna award

New Delhi, Aug 17 (UNI) Paralympics silver medalist Deepa Malik on Saturday nominated for the country’s highest sporting honour — the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

Following is the list of Sportspersons nominated for various awards :
Khel Ratna: Bajrang Punia (wrestling), Deepa Malik (para-athletics)
Arjuna Award: Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (athletics), Mohammed Anas Yahiya (athletics), S Bhaskaran (body building), Sonia Lather (boxing), Ravindra Jadeja (cricket), Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (hockey), Ajay Thakur (kabaddi), Gaurav Singh Gill (motor sports), Pramod Bhagat (para sports-badminton), Anjum Moudgil (shooting), Harmeet Rajul Desai (table tennis), Pooja Dhanda (wrestling), Fouaad Mirza (equestrian), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (football), Poonam Yadav (cricket), Swapna Burman (athletics), Sundar Singh Gurjar (para sports-athletics), Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (badminton), Simran Singh Shergill (polo).

Olympic Test Event: Mandeep, Gursahibjit score a brace each to trounce Malaysia

Tokyo (Japan), Aug 17 (UNI) After Indian Women's Hockey team registered a convincing 2-1 win over Japan in their opening match of Olympic Test Event, the Indian Men's also followed their footsteps defeating Malaysia 6-0 in their opening encounter of the tournament held here at the Oi Hockey Stadium on Saturday.

Haryana Steelers look to maintain momentum

Chennai, Aug 17 (UNI) Haryana Steelers will look to continue their winning streak against Telugu Titans in the Pro Kabaddi League season seven on Sunday, 18 August 2019 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.

World Police Games 2019: Ashish Kapoor bags 2 gold in Tennis

Chandigarh, Aug 17 (UNI) Assistant Inspector general (AIG) in Vigilance Bureau Punjab, Ashish Kapoor has bagged gold medals by trouncing his opponents in both singles and doubles titles in Tennis events during the World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) held from August 11-17 at Chengdu, China.

Indian women hockey begin Olympic Test Event with 2-1 win over Japan

Tokyo, Aug 17 (UNI) The Indian women’s hockey team on Saturday started their campaign at the Olympic Test Event with a resilient 2-1 victory over hosts Japan here at the Oi Hockey Stadium.

Maisnam, Sathish, Unnati & Tasnim storm into semis

Chandigarh, Aug 17 (UNI) Top seed Maisnam Meiraba, second seed Sathish Kumar, seventh seed Sankar Muthusamy S and 15th seed Rohan Gurbani stormed into the boys under-19 semi-finals of the Yonex-Sunrise 28th Krishna Khaitan Memorial All-India Junior Badminton Tournament at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula on Saturday.

Top seeds Unnati & Maisnam enter quarter-finals of All-India Jr Badminton

Chandigarh, Aug 17 (UNI) Top seeds Unnati Bisht and Maisnam Meiraba defeated their respective opponents in the singles event of their respective U-19 girls and U-19 boys categories in the pre-quarter-finals during the Yonex-Sunrise 28th Krishna Khaitan Memorial All-India Junior Badminton Tournament at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula on Saturday.

Lt Col MS Dhoni returns back after completing 15-day Army stint

New Delhi, Aug 17 (UNI) Former Indian cricketer and Lieutenant Colonel MS Dhoni has returned back to the capital after completing his 2-week stint with the Territorial Army in Jammu and Kashmir.

Lara, Sarwan to help West Indies batsmen tune up for India Tests

Antigua, Aug 17 (UNI) Former West Indies batsmen Brian Lara and Ramnaresh
Sarwan have been enlisted by the management to work with the team's current
lot ahead of the two-Test series against India, Cricket West Indies announced
on Saturday.

Russell Domingo named Bangladesh head coach

Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNI) The Bangladesh Cricket Board have appointed South African
Russell Domingo as the head coach of the national team on a two-year contract.

Balaji-Vardhan topple top seeds Jebavy-Middelkoop in doubles semis

Chandigarh, Aug 17 (UNI) Indian tennis pair N Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan toppled top seeded pair of Roman Jebavy of Czech Republic and Matwe Middelkoop of Netherlands in straight sets 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the doubles semi-final of the €46,600 ATP Challenger in Meerbusch in Germany.