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Floyd Mayweather stripped of Welterweight World title 2015

July 7, 2015

World Boxing Organization (WBO) has stripped of the Welterweight World title 2015 won by Floyd Mayweather in May 2015. Decision in this regard was taken by WBO after Mayweather failed to pay the 200,000 dollar sanctioning fee to WBO prior ..

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US wins Women's FIFA World Cup for 3rd time

July 6, 2015

United States (US) won the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. It is overall third world cup title of US. In the World Cup final match played at Vancouver, Canada US defeated Japan by 5-2 goals score. US captain and skipper ..

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Chile wins Copa America title 2015 of football for first time

July 6, 2015

Chile won South America’s most prestigious football trophy, the Copa America title 2015 for the first time. It is Chile’s first ever international trophy in Football. In the final match played at Santiago de Chile, the hosts defeated 14 times ..

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India retains South Asian Basketball Championship

July 6, 2015

Defending champions India have retained the South Asian Basketball Championship (SABA) title. It was the 4th edition of the Championships. In the final match of played at Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka they defeated Sri Lanka by 93-44 score. With ..

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Lewis Hamilton wins 2015 Birtish Grand Prix of F1

July 6, 2015

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Birtish Grand Prix of Formula One (F1). This was his fourth victory of the season and his second of Birtish Grand Prix. With this victory Hamilton became second British F1 driver to ..

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Abhijeet Gupta wins 19th Commonwealth Chess Championship

July 1, 2015

Former world junior champion and Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won the 19th Commonwealth Chess Championship. He won the gold medal after settling for a quick draw with his opponent Arghyadip Das in the ninth and final round played at Mumbai, Maharashtra. ..

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Jwala Gutta, Ashwni Ponappa win women's doubles title of Canada Open Badminton tournament

June 29, 2015

Indian pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwni Ponappa won the women’s doubles title of the Canada Open Badminton tournament. In the finals match played at Calgary, Canada they defeated Dutch pair of Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek in straight games ..

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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar voted best Test player of 21st century

June 26, 2015

India’s legendary batsman and Bharat Ratna recipient Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the ‘Best Test player’ of the 21st century in an online poll. The online poll was conducted by Cricket Australia’s website for the list of the 100 best ..

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Zaheer Abbas appointed as ICC President

June 25, 2015

Former Pakistan cricket team captain Zaheer Abbas has been selected the new President of International Cricket Council (ICC) for one year term. He will be 13th President of ICC and succeeds Mustafa Kamal of Bangladesh who had resigned from the ..

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Tennis Icon Steffanie Graf appointed as brand ambassador of Kerala's Ayurveda

June 24, 2015

Kerala government has appointed Tennis Icon Steffanie Graf as Ayurveda brand ambassador. Decision in this regard was taken by cabinet meeting presided by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in Thiruvananthapuram. As an Ayurveda brand ambassador she will promote Ayurveda tourism of ..

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