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...
Ulan-Ude (Russia): The medal haul is the same as last time but four Indian boxers, spearheaded by the indomitable M C Mary Kom, would be fighting to...
Ulan-Ude: Six-time champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) on Thursday surpassed herself as the most successful boxer in the Women’s World Championship history by securing an...
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medal winning heptathlete Swapna Barman on Thursday claimed that she is yet to get the plot of land promised by the West...
Doha: Indian track and field legend P T Usha was on Wednesday presented the Veteran Pin by the world athletics governing body, in recognition of her contribution...
New Delhi: India’s star squash player Dipika Pallikal is keen to return to the court but is yet to formulate a clear roadmap on it. Dipika,...
Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan): Rahul Aware won the biggest medal of his career by bagging a bronze while an injured Deepak Punia settled for a silver after pulling...
Ekaterinburg (Russia): The Indian juggernaut seemed unstoppable as four boxers, including Asian champion Amit Panghal (52kg), advanced to the quarterfinals with impressive victories in an all-win...
New Delhi: Star India gymnast Dipa Karmakar has just not yet given up on her dreams of qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, insists long-time coach Bishweshwar...
New Delhi: Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat faces a tough road in her quest to win at the UWW World Senior Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan,...
New Delhi: The celebrated MC Mary Kom, young shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal and shuttler Sai Praneeth were among 12 top sportspersons who were included in the...
Berlin: Asian Games gold medallist Jinson Johnson bettered his own 1500m national record while clinching a silver in the ISTAF Berlin event here on Sunday. Johnson...
New Delhi: Talented they sure are, but without a drastic change in attitude the new crop of Indian women boxers wouldn’t become the “next Mary Kom”....
Basel (Switzerland): PV Sindhu says she felt “angry and sad” after being criticised for not finishing on top in the last two World Championship finals and...
New Delhi: Asian and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia was on Friday nominated for the country’s highest sporting honour — the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna...
New Delhi: Tokyo Olympics is just a year away but India’s table tennis new coach Dejan Papic is yet to join the national team. This doesn’t...
New Delhi: One of the most experienced and successful players of Kabaddi, Rakesh Kumar had been a part of two World Cup and three Asian Games...
Panaji: Kamlesh Mehta, in his hey day, excelled with immaculate control and power-packed top-spin. Today, as Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) league director, he has every reason...
New Delhi: In a major blow to India, shooting was on Thursday left out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games programme. “Our recommendation of adding women’s cricket, beach...
Pune: Joshna Chinappa won a record 17th national squash title after outplaying Tamil Nadu’s Sunayna Kuruvilla in the final. The top seeded Chinappa won the match...
Putrajaya (Malaysia): Ace Malaysian shuttler Lee Chong Wei on Thursday announced his retirement after waging a battle with nose cancer. With this, his 19-year long illustrious...
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...
Panaji: India’s men’s hockey team would hope to complete formalities in the FIH Series Finals starting in Bhubaneswar on Thursday with minimal fuss. The tournament, a pathway...
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...
Guwahati: Asian Games gold medallist Amit Panghal (52kg) and Asian Championships bronze medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg) led 12 Indian boxers into the semi-finals to confirm medals...
New Delhi: Poongam Kannan’s death in Kolkata earlier this week was a tragic affair—it once again highlighted how a certain section of former India footballers sometimes...
New Delhi: The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has recommended Amit Panghal and Gaurav Bidhuri for the prestigious Arjuna Award. Amit, a silver medalist at the...
New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has recommended the names of Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Current...
The 54-year-old Australian took charge of the ongoing national camp at the Sports Authority of India in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Newly-appointed Indian men’s hockey chief coach Graham Reid joined the ongoing...
