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...
Virus strikes England on eve of first test in Pakistan
Rawalpindi, Nov 30 (AP) Several England players have been struck by a virus ahead of the team's first test in Pakistan in 17 years,...
Pegula beats Wickmayer to reach Korea Open final, Fernandez will play for title in...
SEOUL, 14 Oct: Jessica Pegula advanced to the final of the Korea Open by beating Yanina Wickmayer 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday.
Fourth-ranked Pegula held off...
Bouchard beats Zuger at Chennai Open
Chennai, 12 Sep: Canada's former world no.5 Eugenie Bouchard, who is on a comeback trail, began her campaign in the Chennai Open WTA 250...
Kohli joins Team India training ahead of WTC final, Rohit to hit nets from...
Arundel (Sussex), 29 May: Batting mainstay Virat Kohli joined the national team's training session on Monday at the picturesque Arundel Castle Cricket Club along...
India’s Nithya Mani qualifies for main draw of WTT Star Contender Goa
Mapusa, 24 Jan: Indian table tennis player Nithya Mani qualified for the main draw of the ongoing WTT Star Contender Goa after winning her...
Pandya pitches for Suryakumar to be given red-ball opportunity
MUMBAI, 2 Jan: India's T20I captain Hardik Pandya has pitched for charismatic white-ball batter Suryakumar Yadav to be given the opportunity to play red-ball...
Modi hails recent achievements of Indian sportspersons
New Delhi, 18 Jun: Hailing the achievements of Indian sportspersons, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India often found no mention in international...
Selection Trials: 15 wrestlers in various categories picked for U-17 and U-23 Asian C’ships
New Delhi, 17 May (PTI): Fifteen wrestlers were on Wednesday picked to represent India in the upcoming U-17 and U-23 Asian Championships in Kyrgyzstan...
Ghosal wins historic bronze medal in CWG squash
Birmingham, 3 Aug: Breaking a long-standing jinx, Saurav Ghosal on Wednesday claimed India's first ever singles medal in squash -- a bronze -- at...
World Blitz championship: India’s Koneru Humpy wins silver in women’s section
Almaty, 30 Dec: Indian ace Koneru Humpy came up with a superb performance after a modest run in the initial phase to claim the...
It was tough to live up to the billing of champions after ’83 triumph:...
Bengaluru, 24 Oct: Former India batter Dilip Vengsarkar on Tuesday reminisced that living up to the tag of champions was as much or, perhaps,...
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...
Panel denies US skaters’ appeal to get Olympic silver medals
BEIJING , 19 Feb (AP) — Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have their silver medals awarded before the...
Able to do things which I was trying for a while: Dube
Navi Mumbai, 13 Apr: The 2022 edition could well be a breakthrough season for all-rounder Shivam Dube, who feels he is finally able to...
Lewis Hamilton to be knighted just days after F1 title woe
London, United Kingdom, Dec 13 (AFP): Lewis Hamilton will receive his knighthood on Wednesday as the British driver comes to terms with controversially losing...
WPL: Kiran Navigre’s bruising fifty help Warriorz score 7-wicket win over MI
Bengaluru, 28 Feb: Kiran Navgire and Alyssa Healy unleashed a remarkable assault on Mumbai Indians bowlers to power UP Warriorz to a seven-wicket win...
Nadal reaches Australian Open quarterfinals for 14th time
Melbourne, 23 Jan (PTI): Rafael Nadal finally got the better of a crazy, long tiebreaker and knew he'd won half the battle.
After saving four...
Ruturaj played a remarkable innings, says CSK coach Stephen Fleming
Dubai, Sep 20 (PTI) Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming has lavished praise on young opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, saying he absorbed the pressure and...
Women’s Boxing: Simranjit, Pooja headline national championship field
Hisar, Oct 20 (PTI) Olympians Simranjit Kaur (60kg) and Pooja Rani (81kg) headline a strong field for the National Women's Boxing Championship, which will...