India had their best medal haul of seven in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and that has raised the expectations from Indian athletes for the upcoming...
Newly crowned world champion Nikhat Zareen is keen to use this experience to qualify for the 2024 Olympics at the Asian Games (September 23 to October...
It will not be surprising if Mirabai Chanu stands atop the podium at the Commonwealth Games after winning the gold medal. After all, she enters Birmingham...
New Delhi: There’s something about the playing fields of Haryana, which celebrated more than anyone else when the Indian contingent returned from the Tokyo Olympics. Fast...
New Delhi: Asian Games-bound woman pugilist Nikhat Zareen says she has evolved as a “technical boxer” after analysing her past performances over the years. Nikhat, a...
New Delhi: Back in the top-50 of world rankings after three years, star table tennis player Manika Batra wants to break the top-30 barrier in the...
New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Wednesday announced it has appointed 398 coaches at various levels across 21 disciplines to prepare for important...
New Delhi: After the high of the Tokyo Games, India’s Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has turned her focus on winning a second world championship...
New Delhi: Two-time Olympic Games medallist in hockey Gurbux Singh has said that both the men’s and women’s teams should now prioritise winning the Asian Games...
New Delhi: Indian men’s hockey team Manpreet Singh believes now it’s time to stop basking in the glory of the achievement at the Tokyo Olympics, and better...
Tokyo: Patiala-born 25-year-old Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur came up with a scintillating performance to secure her place in the final at the Tokyo Olympic Games...
New Delhi: Asian Games gold medal-winning former boxer Dingko Singh died on Thursday after a long battle with liver cancer. He was 42 and had been fighting...
New Delhi: Former India footballer Fortunato Franco passed away on Monday aged 84. Franco was an integral part of India’s Asian Games Gold Medal winning team...
New Delhi: Former Olympian and World Cup gold medallist Jayanta Talukdar was being treated in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for low oxygen count a week...
New Delhi: India’s top javelin thrower and Tokyo Olympic Games medal hopeful, Neeraj Chopra, on Saturday gave the credit for his string of good performances recently...
New Delhi: Two leading athletes — one of them an Asian Games medallist – have failed dope tests for performance enhancing drugs, said Navin Aggarwal, director...
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...
Muscat: The 2030 Asian Games were awarded to Doha on Wednesday and the 2034 event went to Riyadh after a deal was struck between the rival...
Bengaluru: Indian hockey team striker Navneet Kaur believes the ongoing phase is the right period for aspiring women’s players to take up the sport. “I believe...
Bengaluru: Indian women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal, who was on Saturday conferred with the prestigious Khel Ratna Award, has said that she feels overwhelmed that women’s hockey...
Bengaluru: Former India captain Bharat Chetri believes learning the right technique at an early age is the key to success and urged the youngsters to work on...
New Delhi: Sprinter Dutee Chand is looking looking to sell her car to raise money to fund her training. She is experiencing a shortage of money...
New Delhi: The Athletics Federation of India on Wednesday confirmed recommending star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, country’s highest sporting...
New Delhi: Asian Games gold medal-winning former boxer Dingko Singh, who is already battling liver cancer, has tested positive for COVID-19. The 41-year-old was flown to...
New Delhi: Skating as a sport might be at a nascent stage in India but it has shown a healthy growing sign in recent years, says...
New Delhi: Six-time world champion boxer M C Mary Kom on Monday said she will donate her one month’s salary as Rajya Sabha MP, amounting to...
New Delhi: Syed Abdul Rahim was a man with the Midas touch in 1950s and 60s. The Hyderabad man is still remembered for his exploits with...
Kolkata: Legendary Indian footballer and coach Pradip Kumar (PK) Banerjee passed away on Friday after prolonged illness. He was under medical supervision at a nursing home....
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel recently said Indian men’s football team will qualify for the 2026 World Cup. To quote...
New Delhi: With the COVID-19 pandemic halting all sport activities, India’s former chief badminton coach Vimal Kumar on Tuesday urged the government to allow the Olympic-bound...
New Delhi: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Vikas Krishan (69kg) put up a dominating performance to begin his campaign with a 5-0 victory against Kyrgyzstan’s Nursultan Mamataly...
New Delhi: Former India hockey player Balbir Singh Kullar, who was a part of the 1968 Olympics bronze-winning team, has died, the national federation said on...
Manila (Philippines): Lakshya Sen’s stunning win over Asian Games champion Jonatan Christie went in vain as the Indian men’s badminton team went down fighting 2-3 to...
New Delhi: Six-time world champion M C Mary Kom and Nikhat Zareen PCB chief said Pakistan is “safe” after Test cricket returned to Pakistan for the...
New Delhi: Former Asian silver medallist boxer Sumit Sangwan has been banned for one year by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing a dope test....
New Delhi: Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani and Asian Games gold medallist shooter Saurabh Chaudhary won the top honours at the FICCI India Sports Awards...
New Delhi: Double Asian Games medallist equestrian Fouaad Mirza secured an Olympic quota after finishing as the top-ranked rider in his group in the qualifiers, ending...
New Delhi: India sprinter Dutee Chand has been named in the TIME 100 Next, an expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential persons...
Doha: Teen shooter Saurabh Chaudhary claimed the silver medal in men’s 10m air pistol event to continue India’s surge at the 14th Asian Championship here on...
Ranchi: Dutee Chand completed a sprint double in the season-ending 59th National Open Athletics Championships, clocking the fastest time in 200m by an Indian this year...
