New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday hoped the charity match for Australia’s bushfire victims goes a long way in providing relief and said he donned the...
New Delhi: Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra on Monday requested World Archery to lift its suspension on Archery Association of India so that it can...
Mumbai: A 64-year-old man died after suffering a heart attack while running in the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 on Sunday morning, officials said. Gajendra Manjalkar, a...
Bengaluru: Steve Smith (131) hit a hundred to lead Australia to 286 for nine against India in the series-deciding third ODI, here on Sunday. Apart from...
New Delhi: Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya won two gold medals for India on the final day of the Matteo Pellicone ranking series tournament in Rome....
Kolkata: Emotions will run high when Mohun Bagan clash with arch-rivals East Bengal in what will be the penultimate I-League derby between the traditional powerhouses of...
New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India on Friday rejected criticism that sexual harassment complaints are not dealt with strictly at its institutes, asserting that a...
Guwahati: Maharashtra picked up four gold on Day 5 to regain the top spot in the medal tally of the Khelo India Youth Games here on...
Guwahati: Sports minister Kiren Rijiju and NADA ambassador Suniel Shetty on Tuesday called for a clean and drug-free sports culture, urging Indian athletes to refrain from...
Jakarta: Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Subhankar Dey failed to reach the main round of the Indonesia Masters badminton tournament after losing their qualifying round matches...
Paris: The Paris trial of Lamine Diack, the former head of athletics’ world governing body who is accused of accepting millions of dollars to cover up...
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand suffered an early jolt, losing to Wesley So in the second round of the Tata Steel...
Nicosia: Iran’s only female Olympic medallist Kimia Alizadeh has announced she has permanently left her country, citing the “hypocrisy” of a system she claims humiliates athletes...
London: British athletics great Mo Farah says he would have been the first athlete to leave disgraced coach Alberto Salazar’s camp had he known he was involved...
New Delhi: Shivangini Gohain, the 12-year-old Assam archer who was impaled by an arrow shot accidentally at the SAI centre in Dibrugarh, was training unsupervised and...
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands): Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand will take on an elite field yet again in the Tata Steel Masters super-tournament which...
Sydney: Cricket star Shane Warne’s “baggy green” cap sold at auction for more than Aus 1 million (nearly 700,000) Friday, with all funds going to help...
Chennai: Lauding Indian legend Viswanathan Anand, former world chess champ Vladimir Kramnik on Tuesday said to be a top-level player at the age of 50 in...
New Delhi: The Government of India has declared the Khelo India Games as an event of national importance, Sports Minister Kiren Rijiu said on Tuesday. The...
Mumbai: Mumbai boys Aditya Patil and Vedant Karthik bagged silver and bronze medals, respectively, at the prestigious Singapore chess meet. A total of 663 players from...
New Delhi: India’s top sportspersons, including former India opener Gautam Gambhir and Grand Slam winner Rohan Bopanna, have condemned the attacks by an unidentified mob on...
New Delhi: Maharashtra and hosts Assam will field the biggest contingents at the third edition of the Khelo India Youth Games to be held in Guwahati...
Brisbane: They’re friends, they’re former World No. 1s in singles and on Monday they became doubles partners for the first time as Serena Williams and Caroline...
Chennai: India’s P Magesh Chandran remained unbeaten in nine rounds to win the title in the 95th edition of the prestigious Hastings International Chess Congress in...
New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday said it will arrange for the boarding and lodging of top recurve archers of the country...
Chennai: The All India Chess Federation (AICF) has called for a special general body meeting on February 9 in Ahmedabad to elect new office-bearers. The meeting...
Sydney: Tennis and cricket stars spearheaded by Nick Kyrgios and Chris Lynn on Friday pledged support for victims of bushfires raging around Australia, donating cash for...
Chennai: India’s newest world champion Koneru Humpy says it was a dream to win a world title but the triumph in the blitz format surprised even...
New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will go ahead with the trials in the men’s freestyle 74kg category despite a postponement request from injured Sushil...
Tokyo: The Tokyo Metropolitan government will take “emergency counter-measures” after asbestos was found at the venue designated for the water polo event of the 2020 Olympics....
Moscow: A hat-trick of losses in the last three rounds ended Koneru Humpy’s hopes of a second title at the women’s World Rapid and Blitz Championships...
Chennai: Fourteen young Indian chess players including D Gukesh, the world’s second youngest Grand Master, and R Praggnanandhaa will be coached by former world champion Vladimir...
Bengaluru: Accomplished comeback-man Vikas Krishan (69kg) claimed a slot in the Indian men’s boxing squad for next year’s Olympic qualifiers after winning his final trial bout...
New Delhi: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said not much should be made of the “ugly spat” that marred the trial bout between M C Mary...
Bhopal: Vijayveer Sidhu of Chandigarh claimed the individual gold medal in the men’s 25m standard pistol event of the National Shooting Championship. Vijayveer shot 580 to...
Moscow: Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy claimed the World Women’s Rapid Chess Championship title after drawing the Armageddon game against Lei Tingjie of China. The 32-year-old Indian...
Moscow: Russia on Friday formally contested its ban from major sporting events over doping violations, the head of its RUSADA anti-doping agency said. “In accordance with established...
