Indian boxing contingent’s departure for Asian Youth and Junior C’ships delayed due to COVID-19-related...

New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI): A "technical issue" with their COVID-19 test reports on Wednesday delayed the Indian boxing contingent's departure for the Asian...

Sudirman Cup 2021: New-look Indian team aims to punch above its weight

Vantaa (Finland), Sep 25 (PTI): An Indian team which is a nice little blend of youth and experience, will have to punch above its...

Three Indian pairs make Bengaluru Open quarterfinals

Bengaluru, 9 Feb: The top-seeded Indian team of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja moved to the doubles quarterfinals of the Bengaluru Open after prevailing...

Srikanth, Treesa-Gayatri enter second round of Denmark Open

Odense, 18 Oct: Former champion Kidambi Srikanth staved off a spirited challenge from Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus to progress to the second...

Tata Steel Chess 2022: Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi keeps lead; R Praggnanandhaa posts first...

Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, Jan 19 (PTI): Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi settled for a draw against Russia's Andrey Esipenko in the fourth...

‘I just don’t understand it’ – Woods hits out at LIV Golf rebels

St Andrews, 12 Jul: Tiger Woods railed against the breakaway LIV Golf Series on Tuesday as he spoke ahead of the British Open in...

I-League season to resume on 3 March, two months after suspension due to COVID-19...

Kolkata, Feb 1 (PTI): The I-League season will resume on 3 March, two months after it was suspended due to COVID-19 outbreak inside its...

Cricket fraternity hails ‘indomitable’ Australian force; runners-up SA win hearts

Cape Town, 27 Feb: The Cricket fraternity hailed the all-conquering Australian women’s team after it won an unprecedented sixth T20 World Cup title, a...

Chopra aiming to work on his ‘leg blocking’ technique to breach 90m mark

New Delhi, 31 Oct: Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday made it clear that his best is yet to come...

Swimming Australia vows change, apologises over misogynistic treatment of women

Melbourne, Australia, Jan 21 (AFP): Swimming Australia looks set to ban skin-fold tests and the term "physique" while unreservedly apologising Friday for the way...

Reigning Asian champion Pooja Rani sails into quarterfinals

Hisar, Oct 24 (PTI) Reigning Asian champion Pooja Rani of Haryana entered the quarterfinals of the 5th Women's National Boxing Championship after a dominant...

Tiafoe to play Struff in Stuttgart final after beating Fucsovics

STUTTGART, 17 Jun: Frances Tiafoe will contest his first grass-court final after the American player outlasted Marton Fucsovics in a marathon Stuttgart Open tiebreak...

Klopp expects Liverpool fans to respect tribute to the queen

LIVERPOOL, 12 Sep: Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said he expects the team’s fans to show “the right respect” if UEFA accepts a request by...

Russians return at judo world championships, Ukraine boycotts

DOHA, 7 May: Russians returned to international judo competition on Sunday for the first time in nearly a year at the world championships as...

Saina named for selection trials of Asian Mixed Team C’ship

New Delhi, 27 Dec: Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina Nehwal has been named for next month's selection trials of Asian Mixed Team Championships, to...

National Fencing Championship: Olympian Bhavani Devi clinches 11th title as Tamil Nadu bag team...

Pune, 26 Mar: Olympian Bhavani Devi bagged the gold medal in the women’s individual sabre category at the 33rd Senior National Fencing Championship at...

Nadal to miss Davis Cup group stage, Djokovic leads Serbia

London, Aug 16 (AP) Carlos Alcaraz will lead Spain against Novak Djokovic's Serbia next month in the Davis Cup group stage after Rafael Nadal...

Indian women face Bahrain in international friendly on exposure tour

Manama, 9 Oct (PTI): The Indian women's team will take on Bahrain in the first of the two international friendly matches against the west...

Delhi govt gives Rs 2 crore ‘Samman Rashi’ to Tokyo Olympic star Ravi Dahiya

New Delhi, Nov 25 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday felicitated Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya by presenting him 'Samman Rashi'...

Humpy excited about young Indian chess brigade, says ‘can be worthy successor to Anand’

Kolkata, 30 Aug: She knows what it takes to achieve success at a young age as the world's youngest female GM Koneru Humpy on...