New Delhi: Three goals in the first quarter by India were not enough to dampen Argentina’s spirits as the reigning Olympic champions came back with a...
Patiala: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra began the 2021 season with an outstanding performance and a new national mark — of 88.07 metres — in the...
Bengaluru: India’s veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh feels the upcoming FIH Hockey Pro League matches will be a perfect test for the team ahead of the Tokyo...
Tokyo: The International Olympic Committee has set a limit of six officials to be allowed to participate in the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony...
New Delhi: World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has said he has seen cast-iron determination in the organisers to stage the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year....
New Delhi: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has finalised its deferred calendar for the year 2020-21 wherein the competitions will resume with 1st National Open...
New Delhi: Olympic-bound boxer Vikas Krishan’s request to train in the United States as part of his preparations for Tokyo Games has been approved by the...
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry on Saturday announced that it has extended the contracts of nine foreign athletics coaches, including that of high performance director Volker...
Kingston: Usain Bolt has tested positive for coronavirus days after partying with guests, including England and Manchester City footballer Raheem Sterling, for his 34th birthday in...
New Delhi: India’s first female Indian gymnast to participate in Olympics Dipa Karmakar secured a fourth spot in Women’s Vault Gymnastics event at Rio Games on...
Paris: With the 2020 Olympics postponed until 2021, there are fears the delay will shatter the gold medal hopes of many ageing athletes. A look at...
Tokyo: Olympic officials regularly lauded Tokyo as the best prepared host city they had seen. But no one could have planned for the coronavirus pandemic that...
Laussane: The International Olympic Committee has said that postponing the 2020 Olympics is one of its options as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, but...
Washington: As the IOC attempts to keep the 2020 Olympics on schedule, many of the events that determine who would compete in Tokyo have been postponed...
Tokyo: Cancelling the 2020 Olympics is “unthinkable” although the classification of the coronavirus as a pandemic will likely have some impact on the Games, the Tokyo...
Amman (Jordan): Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) and world number one Amit Panghal (52kg) qualified for the Olympic Games, while Manish Kaushik (63kg) remained...
New Delhi: India is not only vast but hungry for sports content, hence it is a big market for ONE Championship, its chief commercial officer Harry...
Tokyo: The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are going ahead, organisers said Wednesday, even as the government called for major events in coming weeks to be postponed, cancelled or...
Ranchi: India’s Bhawna Jat qualified for the 2020 Olympics after setting a new national record in the 20km race walk category at the National Championships here...
New Delhi: Leaving wrestling at the prime of one’s powers to jump into the unknown world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) isn’t an obvious step for...
Potchefstroom (South Africa): Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 87.86m at the Athletics Central North East meeting,...
New Delhi: Indian shooters Divyansh Singh Pawar and Apurvi Chandela have clinched a gold medal each in Meyton Cup, a private tournament in Innsbruck, Austria. While...
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....
New Delhi: A record number of Indian shooters have qualified for the 2020 Olympics but how many of them could claim a medal for the country?...
Bhubaneswar: With no international assignment till next year, the Indian men’s hockey side will focus on individual improvement rather than team tactics during the ongoing national...
New Delhi: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has written a letter to UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Nicky Morgan, seeking her intervention...
Karachi: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is mulling to have India and Pakistan play their home and away matches in Europe if the arch-rivals face off...
New Delhi: India’s rifle and pistol shooting squads, are all set to embark upon the year’s fourth and final International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup...
Basel (Switzerland): Indian shuttler H S Prannoy stunned London Olympics gold medallist and multiple-time world champion Lin Dan in a hard-fought match to enter the pre-quarterfinals...
New Delhi: Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik has been issued a show cause notice by the Wrestling Federation India (WFI) for leaving the national camp without permission...
Suhl (Germany): Sarabjot Singh shot 239.6 to bag the men’s 10m air pistol gold in the ISSF Junior World Cup here on Thursday. This was the...
Hiroshima: India clinched the women’s FIH Series Finals hockey tournament by beating hosts Japan 3-1 in the summit clash here Sunday. The Indian women eked out...
Bhubaneswar: India tore apart reigning Asian Games champion Japan 7-2 in a one-sided encounter to storm into the summit clash of the FIH Series Finals hockey...
New Delhi: India may just find themselves under additional pressure when they take on Japan in the FIH Series Finals semifinal in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The...
Munich: Shooter Manu Bhaker has sealed a quota for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a fourth-place finish at the ISSF World Cup in Munich on Wednesday....
Munich: India’s Rahi Sarnobat on Monday won the gold in 25m pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Munich. The 28-year-old in the process also...
Guwahati: Six-time world champion Mary Kom (51kg) was crowned champion in the second edition of the India Open International Boxing Tournament at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi...
New Delhi: India’s Greco-Roman style wrestlers began their campaign on a successful note as Gurpreet Singh (77kg) and Sunil Kumar (87kg) delivered silver medals on Saturday,...
Beijing: Indian shooter Abhishek Verma won the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol event at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup here...
Going by the heavy presence of personnel from Australia in Hockey India’s set-up, appointing Graham Reid as the head coach was not a surprising choice. India’s...
