Tokyo: Study conducted by two University of Tokyo professors claims strict restrictions on the movement of people, including ceasing of economic activity, during Olympics and Paralympics...
Dubai: India’s Sanjeet Kumar defeated Jasur Qurbonov of Tajikistan 5-0 in quarter-finals of men’s 91 kg category in Asian Boxing Championships here on Tuesday night. In another...
New Delhi: India men and women’s cricket teams are being ferried in charter flights to Mumbai, where they will serve quarantine before departing to England together on...
New Delhi: The Archery Association of India (AAI) has initiated process for procuring visa for team to compete at next month’s Olympic qualification event and World Cup...
New Delhi: Several Indian sportspersons, from England-bound cricketers to Indian athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics, took their Covid-19 vaccination shots on Wednesday as they prepared...
Leicester: Striker Callum Wilson scored twice to help Newcastle United stay above the relegation zone with a stunning 4-2 win over Leicester City. Jonny Evans was injured...
London: Chelsea’s decision to fire a club legend suddenly doesn’t seem so callous after all. While Frank Lampard’s name has hardly been forgotten by the Chelsea...
Rio De Janeiro: Barcelona and Brazil international midfielder Philippe Coutinho underwent knee surgery as he races against time to be fit for this year’s Copa America. Brazil...
New Delhi: Former world champion Mirabai Chanu will lead the Indian challenge in women’s 49kg category at the upcoming Asian Weightlifting Championships to be held at...
Athens: A new lighting system installed at Athens’ Panathenaic stadium has been unveiled. The marble main venue of the first modern Olympic Games of 1896 is now...
New Delhi: Sport is ‘floating on a sea of high-carbon sponsorship’ with soccer top of the league for deals with car makers, airlines and fossil fuel...
London: Murray Walker, often called the “Voice of Formula 1” due to his long stint as commentator for the sport, passed away at the age of 97....
Doha: The ace Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal began the 2021 season with an impressive victory as he defeated Czech Republic’s Pavel Sirucek 17-15, 9-11, 11-6,...
New Delhi: Japan’s government likely to stage this summer’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics without overseas spectators due to concern among the Japanese public about COVID-19, Kyodo...
Doha: Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal produced a stunning performance to make his way into the last 16 stage with a thrilling 12-10, 3-11, 11-7, 7-11,...
Rome: Decorated wrestler Bajrang Punia on Sunday won a second successive gold medal at the Matteo Pallicone ranking series here as he defeated Mongolia’s Tulga Tumur Ochir...
New Delhi: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday pitched for hosting the Summer Olympics in the future, saying the Olympic movement is not complete till India...
New Delhi: World bronze-medallist Simranjit Kaur (60kg) advanced to the final but the seasoned M C Mary Kom (51kg) had to be content with a bronze medal...
Kingston: Jamaica’s two-time Olympic gold medallist sprinter Yohan Blake said that he would rather not participate in the Tokyo Olympics than take a vaccine for Covid-19. The...
New Delhi: Star Indian sprinter Hima Das ran her first competitive race in more than a year and won a gold in the women”s 200m in...
New Delhi: World Cup qualifiers for equestrian tent pegging will be held in Greater Noida from Match 11 to 14. The qualifiers will be hosted jointly by...
Ahmedabad: Only three bowlers in the history of Indian cricket have played 100 Test matches. Ishant Sharma made that four in the third Test against England....
Panchkula: G Sathiyan ended his long wait for a national title with a convincing 4-2 win over nine-time champion Sharath Kamal in the 82nd National Table...
New Delhi: A 13-member Indian squad will travel to Cairo, Egypt for a shotgun World Cup that starts on February 24. It is the first World...
Auckland: New Zealand stars would “prefer” not having to miss out on their Test matches in England due to the Indian Premier League (IPL) but it...
Rome: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Thursday slammed an Italian judge’s decision to clear the criminal proceedings against Italian race walker Alex Schwazer. Investigating Judge Walter...
Melbourne: Stefanos Tsitsipas became only the second player to recover from two sets down to beat Rafael Nadal at a Grand Slam on Wednesday, as he recorded...
New Delhi: Haryana’s international athletes Sandeep Kumar and Rahul Kumar in the men’s event and Uttar Pradesh’s Priyanka Goswami in the women’s category won the 2021 Olympic...
Dubai: Indian para-athletes continued their good show at the 12th Fazza International World Para Athletics Grand Prix winning five medals, including two golds, on the second day...
Tokyo: Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori bowed to mounting pressure and resigned on Friday over sexist remarks, but his replacement was not immediately clear after opposition...
New Delhi: Left-arm fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat has been named as Saurashtra captain for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament slated to be played across six cities...
New Delhi: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has made it clear that ace sprinter Hima Das — who will be appointed as the Deputy Superintendent of Police...
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal chaired a meeting of his cabinet on Wednesday night where a decision was taken to appoint World Championship sprinter...
Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced edtech company BYJU’S as their global partner from 2021 to 2023. The three-year agreement will see BYJU’S partner...
Guwahati: Uttarakhand’s 16-year-old Reshma Patel broke a national record for the second time in a fortnight when she won the girls under-18 5000m event in the...
New Delhi: Former international cricketer Kevin Pietersen’s praise for India’s “generosity and kindness” in sending COVID-19 vaccines to South Africa prompted Prime Minister Narendra Modi to...
New Delhi: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt on the national sports budget as the central government on Monday allocated Rs 2596.14 crore for the financial year...
