Three-year Olympic cycle for Paris 2024 will be tricky, says Abhinav Bindra

Mumbai, Aug 19 (PTI): India's first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra on Thursday said the road to the 2024 Paris Games will be...

Manika Batra left out of India squad for Asian TT C’ships

New Delhi, 15 Sep: Star paddler Manika Batra was on Wednesday left out of the India squad for the Asian Championships beginning September 28...

Hockey WC: India beat Wales 3-2 but fail to book direct berth in quarters,...

Bhubaneswar, 19 Jan: A below-par India beat tournament debutants Wales 4-2 in their final pool match but failed to qualify directly for the quarterfinals...

Napoli title celebration on hold after draw with Salernitana

Rome, 30 Apr: Napoli will have to wait at least a few more days to seal the Serie A title after drawing 1-1 with...

Coco Gauff, 18, reaches US Open quarterfinals for 1st time

New York, 5 Sep: Coco Gauff raised a fist, then wagged her right index finger, responding to, and riling up even more, a loud-louder-loudest...

Olympic champion javelin thrower Chopra looks to better silver effort in Paavo Nurmi Games

New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will look to better his silver medal-winning effort in the Paavo Nurmi Games...

With Mbappé staying, PSG lays first brick in rebuilding

PARIS, 23 May: Kylian Mbappé’s decision to reject Real Madrid and commit to Paris Saint-Germain for three more seasons marks the start of a...

Speculation swirls as Dhoni says stay tuned for new role in new season

New Delhi, 4 Mar: Barely two weeks before the start of the IPL, the enigmatic Mahendra Singh Dhoni sent speculation into overdrive by claiming...

Top-seeds Medvedev, Pliskova roll to wins at Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. , Oct 10 (AP) — Top seeds Daniil Medvedev and Karolina Pliskova rolled to straight-set victories at the BNP Paribas Open...

Manika Batra eyeing history at 2022 CWG, Asiad

NEW DELHI, 23 Feb: Back in the top-50 of world rankings after three years, star table tennis player Manika Batra wants to break the...

Nikhat Zareen becomes World Champion, only fifth Indian woman boxer to achieve feat

New Delhi, 19 May: Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen lived up to the expectations as she clinched the coveted gold in flyweight (52kg) division with...

From being hapless victim of a TV sting to Olympic medallist: Lalit’s journey to...

New Delhi, 16 Jul: From being a hapless victim of a sting operation at the start of his career to becoming an Olympic medallist,...

Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga gets hero’s welcome on return from CWG

Aizawl, 8 Aug: Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga was on Monday accorded a hero's welcome as he returned home in Aizawl after winning a gold medal...

Satwik and Chirag at career-best in BWF world rankings

NEW DELHI, 20 Dec: The Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reached a career-best world number five while HS Prannoy regained...

Inter beats Roma 2-0 in Cup, spoils Mourinho’s return

Milan, 9 Feb: A pair of brilliant goals from Edin Dzeko and Alexis Sanchez ruined Jose Mourinho's return to his former club as Inter...

Wrestlers Gourav Balian, Deepak progress to semi-finals of junior world championship

Ufa, Aug 16 (PTI): Wrestlers Gourav Balian (79kg) and Deepak (97kg) progressed to the semi-finals of the junior world championship but three other Indians...

Jaishankar lauds India-NZ bilateral cricket ties, says nation will never forget Wright, Fleming

Wellington, 9 Oct: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar lauded the bilateral cricketing ties with New Zealand, saying India will always be indebted to ex-coach...

Selection system combining trials and assessment will work better for Indian boxing, says Simranjit

Greater Noida, 27 Dec: A new selection system which will have a trial as well as a two-week assessment, giving equal weightage to both,...

Graham’s hat-trick; Gardner, Harris power-hitting floor India in 5th T20I

Mumbai, Dec 20 (PTI) Heather Graham became only the second woman cricketer from her country to take a T20 hat-trick as Australia crushed India...

Anthony Joshua ‘hungry’ to regain world title against Oleksandr Usyk

Jeddah, Jun 29 (AFP): Anthony Joshua insists he is "hungry" to regain the world heavyweight title as the dethroned champion sets his sights on...