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BEIJING: Pugilist Akhil Kumar failed to penetrate the solid defences of his Moldovan opponent Gojan Veaceslav and crashed out in the quarterfinal of 54kg category in Beijing Olympic Games on Monday, dashing India s medal hopes. Akhil, who was one win away from ensuring India's first Olympic...

Sixth seed Meghann Shaughnessy cruised past India's Sania Mirza 6-4 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Bangkok Open, just before rain washed out the afternoon schedule. "It's always difficult when the weather delays things," the American told reporters. "I came out quite...