Here are the most important sports stories of the day.
1. Marvellous escape: Saina Nehwal comes back from dead to reach India Open Super Series semis
Defending champion Saina Nehwal took another step towards retaining her title when she played out of her skin to eke out a thrilling win over Korea's Sung Ji Hyun in the quarterfinals of the India Open Super Series on Friday. Olympic bronze medallist Saina defeated Sung 19-21 21-14 21-19 in an energy-sapping women's last-eight match at the Siri Fort stadium. There was hardly any winner in the grueling three-game match as each rode on the other's unforced errors Read more
2. India at World T20: Kohli's brilliance with bat buried Men in Blue's inconsistencies
The legend of Virat Kohli reached gigantic proportions as the reigning superstar of Indian cricket virtually made the World Twenty20 a one-man show till his team's campaign ended in the semi-final against West Indies due to lackadaisical effort from leading bowlers Read more
3. World T20: NIT Srinagar shut down as clashes erupt over celebrations after India's loss to Windies
The National Institute of Technology (NIT) was shut down in Srinagar on Friday till further orders in the wake of clashes between local and non-local students over India's defeat in Thursday's semi final clash with West Indies in the ongoing World T20 Cup. A local student said the non-local students were irked by the celebrations witnessed in Kashmir last night following India's defeat Read more
4. Olympic-bound Shiva Thapa signs off with silver, Devendro Singh misses Rio quota
An Olympic quota place pocketed, Indian boxer Shiva Thapa (56kg) ended his campaign with a silver medal after losing in the final of the Asian/Oceania Qualifying Tournament in Qian'an on Friday. The 22-year-old Assamese, who is a World Championship bronze-medallist, went down 0-3 to Thailand's Chatchai Butdee in the summit clash Read more
5. Mushfiqur Rahim gives a reason for his unsportsmanlike tweet about India's defeat
Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim issued an apology for taking swipe at India after their seven-wicket defeat at the hands of West Indies in the World T20 semifinal clash at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday Read more
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