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Mirza Dodig won

Paes Hingis won

Motor Racing After recovering from a knee injury that forced him to miss the opening two rounds of the Asian Road Racing Championship, India''s Sarath Kumar is now looking to finally make his debut in the 600cc category at the iconic Suzuka circuit on June 4

Badminton Saina Nehwal beat Fitriani 21-11 , 21 -10

Chess GrandP Harikrishna played out an easy draw as black against world women''s champion Yifan Hou of China in the sixth round of Shamkir Chess tournament now in progress at Azerbaijan

Boxing The Indian Boxing Council (IBC), a licensing body for professional boxers in the country which has Vijender Singh among others on its roster, has been granted affiliation by the Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC)

Football India take on Laos in a play-off match of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Football Qualifiers at Vientanne tomorrow.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) might have allowed professional boxers to compete in the Olympics but India''s biggest pro star Vijender Singh will not be seen in the Rio de Janeiro Games as he hasn''t been left with any time or chance to make the cut.

Chess Indian GrandP Harikrishna will take on women''s world champion Yifan Hou of China in the sixth round of Shamkir Chess tournament at Azerbaijan tomorrow Russian GM Ivan Popov will lead a strong field in the international open section of the Rs 27 lakh prize money ninth Mumbai Mayor''s International Chess Tournament to be held in Mumbai from June 2 to 9

Badminton Saina Nehwal staved off a challenge from Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei to make a positive start to her women''s singles campaign at the USD 900,000 Indonesia Super Series Premier badminton tournament today

Golf Aditi Ashok will be one of the 68 players from 23 countries to tee off in the 36-hole Evian Championship Qualifier - Europe - at Evian Resort Golf Club in France

What SSP Chowrasia is doing this week ... Fifth edition of the Louis Philippe Cup team golf tournament - June 1 - June 4 , 2016 http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/golf-camp-for-participating-teams/article8652347.ece

RIO Preparation Table Tennis Slovenia Open 1st June - 5th June 2016 Soumyajit Ghosh and Manika Batra participating

Athletics A 29-member Indian team will participate in the 17th Asian Junior Athletics Championships to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from June 3-6

Shooting Rio Test Event unwanted incidents The test event in Rio served some wake up calls for the country’s shooters. Skeet shooter Mairaj Khan and London Olympics bronze medallist Gagan Narang both suffered setbacks. While Mairaj didn’t have enough pellets with him to last the entire final, Narang suffered ammunition failure, which resulted in him shooting a score of ‘0’ in the prone event. at the end of the gold medal match, he and his Swedish opponent were tied at 14 targets each, leading to a shoot off. Since Mairaj had run out of ammunition, he lost after the first target in the shoot off and had to settle for silver. Rules don’t permit a shooter to get additional ammunition during a match.

Athletics Long and triple jumper Mayookha Johny, who suffered an ankle injury in the Federation Cup, is recovering well and she has gained entry for meets in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. “Mayookha is recovering from her injury. She is under treatment in Delhi and she should be back soon. The jumps coach says that she is almost fit.”

Athletics After a successful outing in the Taiwan Open last week, where Dutee Chand bagged two golds, helping India to a total of 9 medals, the Indian athletes will now compete in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, with an opportunity to make the cut for the Olympic Games in Rio later this year. “They will go to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in June,” said C.K.Valson, the AFI secretary, to The Hindu. The meet is expected to start on June 18.

1st top 10 performance in this PGA golf season.

Rowing Preparations of Dattu Bhokanal Currently he is training at the Army Sports Institute , Pune He will travel to Miami on June 14, where he will train under their coaches for five weeks so as to get used to conditions, and familiarise himself with the food. “For the past six months, Ihe has been training under a coach from USA, Paul Singh Mokka, in Pune. The Rowing Federation of India (RFI) wanted Dattu to travel to Italy for an exposure trip ahead of the Rio Games, but he chose to abide by the Army’s, his employers, words and go to Miami, much to the chagrin of the RFI. He felt his employers helped him when he was injured, and he also practises a lot in Pune with the same coach, Paul Singh. So he decided to follow Army’s programme. There was confusion over whether national coach Ismail Baig would accompany the rower to Rio, since his personal coach Paul Singh will also be going with him. But Dattu cleared the air, saying both will travel with him. “Ismail sir will leave for Miami on June 17, after which he and Paul Singh sir will take care of my training. Both will also come with me to Rio,” he said.

Badminton Saina Nehwal will continue her quest for a maiden title of the season to boost her confidence ahead of Rio Olympics when she begins her campaign at the USD 900,000 Indonesia Open.

Shooting Continuing their impressive run in international competitions, India''s junior shooting squad, including Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore''s son Manavaditya, returned with an impressive haul of four gold, six silver and 10 bronze medals from two top international competitions held in Europe. India''s Kirti Gupta won the individual gold as well as team gold medal in trap event at the 8th International Junior Shotgun Cup shooting 2016 at Orimattila, Finland.

Tennis Top seeds Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis were tested by Russian girls Daria Kasatkina and Alexandra Panova before getting through to 2nd round of women doubles event in French Open

Chess Steadily climbing the rating charts, GrandB Adhiban will spearhead the Indian challenge in the Asian Continental Chess Championship, where five places are up for grabs for the World Chess Cup

Squash India''s leading squash players Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal won their opening round matches to reach the quarterfinals of the PSA HKFC International at Hong Kong