World U-20 Athletics Championships: Race walker Amit Khatri sets sights on Asian Games, CWG...

Nairobi, Aug 21 (PTI): A silver medal-winning show at the World U-20 Championships has boosted confidence of race walker Amit Khatri, who now wants...

New Zealand A to tour India in August-September, Australia likely in November

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) The India 'A' side is set to get its first assignment in over eight months with New Zealand and,...

Netherlands shock West Indies in super over thriller

Harare, 26 Jun: All-rounder Logan van Beek's super over heroics powered Netherlands to a famous win over the West Indies, who suffered their second...

Heartbreak for title holders India in ACT hockey, suffer 3-5 loss to Japan in...

Dhaka, 21 Dec: Defending champions and Olympic bronze medallist India dished out a below-par performance to suffer a stunning 3-5 defeat against Japan in...

Mithali Raj: the first and biggest superstar of women’s cricket

New Delhi, 8 Jun: The first superstar of women's cricket, arguably the most 'correct' batter in the game, a trailblazer: these sobriquets aptly describe...

Bangladesh wins final ODI in Zimbabwe by 105 runs

HARARE, 10 Aug: A batting-friendly pitch still proved too much trouble for Zimbabwe as Bangladesh got a 105-run consolation win in their third and...

Premier League: Fans to face vaccine checks to enter stadiums amid Omicron wave

Liverpool, United Kingdom, Dec 14 (AFP): Premier League fans will be subject to vaccine passport checks to enter stadiums from Wednesday, but fears are...

Sachin, Sagar storm into quarters of Strandja Memorial

Sofia (Bulgaria), Feb 6 (PTI) Former world youth champion Sachin and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Sagar entered the quarterfinals on day three of the...

Alcaraz sets up Australian Open quarterfinal against Zverev; four first-timers into women’s last 8

MELBOURNE, 22 Jan: Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz will meet Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open quarterfinals and Daniil Medvedev is also...

SA20 is blessed to have six of the strongest IPL franchises: Graeme Smith

New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) Former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith feels the expertise of six of the strongest IPL franchises has contributed to...

Mohammedan, Rajasthan draw 1-1 in I-League

New Delhi, 6 Jan: Mohammedan Sporting and Rajasthan United scored two late goals to draw 1-1 in a Hero I-League match here on Friday. Mohammedan...

FINA World C’ships: India’s Sajan Prakash finishes 25th, fails to progress to final

NEW DELHI, 20 Jun: Ace Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash failed to move to the semifinals, finishing 25th in the men's 200m butterfly event of...

Eventually leagues with cricketing ecosystem will survive, rest will fade away: Ganguly

KOLKATA, 6 Feb: Players getting lured by the growing number of T20 leagues is a short-term phenomenon as eventually ''only a few'' financially sustainable...

Praneeth loses in Thailand Open quarterfinals

Bangkok, 3 Feb: Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth's impressive run came to an end after he went down fighting to China's world number 23...

All eyes on Satwik-Chirag in Hylo Open badminton tournament

SAARBRÜCKEN, 31 Oct: Newly-crowned French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will look to carry on the momentum when they begin their campaign...

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...

ISL 2021-22: Chennaiyin FC sign Polish striker Lukasz Gikiewicz

Chennai, Aug 21 (PTI): Two-time Indian Super League (ISL) champions Chennaiyin FC (CFC) have signed Polish striker Lukasz Gikiewicz on a one-year deal ahead...

Strandja Memorial Tournament: Sumit Kundu stuns world silver medallist; three Indians lose opening bout

New Delhi, Feb 21 (PTI): Indian boxer Sumit Kundu (75kg) upstaged world championship silver-medallist Dzhambulat Bizhamov of Russia to enter the second round but...

Manika Batra reaches career-high ranking of World No. 24

New Delhi, 14 May: Ace women's table tennis star Manika Batra rose to a career-best singles ranking of 24 following her success in the...

India look for improved batting effort in must-win tie

BRISTOL, 12 Sep: : After an underwhelming perfor-mance in the series opener against England, the Indian women's cricket team will be eyeing a much...