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Roger Federer wins eighth Halle Open ATP title of Tennis in Germany

June 22, 2015

World number two Roger Federer has won the Halle Open ATP title in Germany. In the final match he defeated Andreas Seppi of Italy by 7-6, 6-4 score. It was Federer’s eighth Halle Open ATP title after he had won ..

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Nico Rossberg of Mercedes wins Austrian Grand Prix of F1

June 22, 2015

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the Austrian Grand Prix Formula One (F1) World Championship title. It is Rosberg’s eleventh overall championship title and the third win in the 2015 season. First was the Spanish Formula 1 World ..

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Former Indian women hockey captain Shashi Bala passes away

June 22, 2015

Former Indian women hockey team captain Shashi Bala passed away on 21 June 2015. She was 45. Shashi was killed in a car accident along with her son in Kahma village of Punjab. She was a former hockey player and ..

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Galaxy named as CR7 after footballer Cristiano Ronaldo

June 20, 2015

Astronomers have named a newly discovered galaxy as CR7 (COSMOS Redshift 7) after Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo is famously known as CR7 after his initials and his jersey number.  He had won Fifa’s Ballon d’Or award consecutively for two ..

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MS Dhoni, Mustafizur Rahman fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct

June 19, 2015

India Cricket team captain of One Day International (ODI) Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman were fined for breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct. They were fined after being found guilty of breaching Code ..

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India ranks third in global doping report for year 2013 by WADA

June 18, 2015

India has been ranked third in Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report for year 2013 released by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). As per the report 91 athletes from Indian have been tested positive for banned substances in year 2013. Of these 91 ..

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Sunil Chhetri becomes first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals

June 17, 2015

Sunil Chhetri has become the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals. He achieved this feat in his 87th match i.e. during 2018 World Cup qualifying match between India and Guam. However, India lost this match to Guam by ..

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Rohan Bopanna- Florin Mergea pair win Stuttgart Men’s Double Open title 2015

June 15, 2015

India’s tennis player Rohan Bopanna along with his Romanian partner Florin Mergea has won the ATP’s Stuttgart Open final doubles trophy in Germany. The Indo-Romanian pair defeated Austrian-Brazilian pair of Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares by score of 5-7, 6-2 ..

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Legendary West Indies fast bowler Sir Wesley Hall inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of fame

June 13, 2015

Former West Indies paceman Sir Wesley Winfield Hall has been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He is 80th cricketer to be inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame and 18th from West Indies. He is the ..

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MS Dhoni sole Indian in Forbes list of The World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2015

June 11, 2015

Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only Indian to find place in the Forbes magazine’s list of 100 World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2015 He was placed at 23rd on the Forbes list with total earnings of 31 million dollars including amount ..

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