Yania, Karki enter into women’s singles final in DK State Badminton C’ship

ROING, 9 Nov: Taring Yania will play against Pinky Karki in the women's singles final of the 8th Dorjee Khandu State Badminton Championship. Yania came...

Aryna Sabalenka reaches Wimbledon semifinals

WIMBLEDON, 12 Jul: Aryna Sabalenka reached the semifinals at Wimbledon for the second straight time, with a one-year break in between because she was...

Singapore’s Olympic gold-medallist Joseph Schooling set to begin national service

Singapore, Sep 16 (AFP): Singapore's former Olympic champion Joseph Schooling will soon start national service after deferring it for years, officials said Thursday, following...

Nilakanta Sharma hopes Olympic bronze will inspire youngsters of Manipur to take up hockey

New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI): Indian men's hockey team midfielder Nilakanta Sharma hopes his contribution to the country's bronze medal-winning feat at the Tokyo...

Gill hails remarkable team effort as India snatch 2-1 lead in T20I series vs...

Harare, 10 Jul: India captain Shubman Gill hailed their "remarkable" team effort on a two-paced wicket as they defeated Zimbabwe by 23 runs in...

Maxwell mayhem powers Australia to five-wicket win over India, visitors stay alive in...

Guwahati, 28 Nov: Glenn Maxwell pulled off another stunning one-man Houdini Act during a brutal unbeaten hundred that carried Australia to a five-wicket win...

Dominic Thiem beaten on return from injury at Serbia Open

BELGRADE, 19 Apr: John Millman tainted Dominic Thiem’s return from injury by beating the Austrian 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the first round of the...

Boxing World C’ships: Nishant, Sanjeet enter quarters; 4 others bow out

Belgrade, Nov 1 (PTI) Indian boxers Nishant Dev (71kg) and Sanjeet (92kg) made the quarterfinals following impressive victories but four others, including Asian silver-medallist...

Australia leads England by 152 as 17 wickets tumble on Day 2

HOBART, 15 Jan: Australia yet again rolled over England in the Ashes for a below-par score of 188 as 17 wickets tumbled against pace...

Cha overcomes fall to win Four Continents figure skating

TALLINN, Estonia , Jan 23 (AP) — Cha Jun-hwan overcame a fall at the start of his free skate to become the first South...

Rohit, Kohli, Pant are probably going to be really big ones: Lyon ahead of...

Mumbai, 11 Sep: Veteran Australian spinner Nathan Lyon has identified Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Rishabh Pant as the three "big ones" to watch...

Tendulkar, Kohli, Dravid pay tributes to Harbhajan Singh

New Delhi, Dec 24 (PTI) India's cricket fraternity raised a toast to veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh as he called time on his career on...

I competed in Lausanne with fitness concerns: Neeraj Chopra

New Delhi, 3 Jul: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Monday admitted that he was in a quandary whether to go full throttle in Lausanne...

Sherpa guide who climbed Mount Everest a record 28 times says he’s not ready...

KATHMANDU, Nepal, 25 May (AP) — One of the greatest mountain guides said Thursday he’s not ready to retire after climbing Mount Everest for...

Gujarat’s Elavenil Valarivan shoots down gold even as 9 records fall in athletics

Gandhinagar, 30 Sep: Gujarat's ace shooter Elavenil Valarivan gave the hosts their fourth gold while Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, path-breaking fencer Bhavani...

IPL returns as precursor to T20 World Cup

Dubai, 18 Sep: Players will be getting valuable experience in the UAE conditions ahead of the T20 World Cup while the Indian cricket board...

Sinquefield Cup: Gukesh holds Ding Liren, Praggnanandhaa draws with Abdusattorov

Saint Louis, 20 Aug: Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh held reigning world champion Ding Liren of China to a draw in a highly anticipated contest...

Alcaraz starts his Wimbledon with a straight-set win and defending champion Rybakina beats Rogers

WIMBLEDON, 4 Jul: In only his third Wimbledon tournament, Carlos Alcaraz is already one of the main men to beat. The top-seeded Spaniard hasn’t been...

Tvesa Malik makes a strong start, lies T-4th in Cape Town

Cape town, 13 Mar: Indian golfer Tvesa Malik got off to a fine start but was unable to build on it to as she...

Boult hopes to swing it like Shaheen

Dubai, 30 Oct: New Zealand's lead pacer Trent Boult is hoping to exploit India's frailties against left-arm fast bowling, taking up from where Shaheen...