The IOC head dismissed suggestions the IOC has treated Russia differently over its invasion of Ukraine compared with Israel and its war in Gaza
India's Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami and Parneet Kaur dropped just four points to trounce Italy 236-225 in the women's compound team event to open their account with a gold in the season-op...
Just two years ago, India had sent shockwaves across the badminton world when they clinched their maiden Thomas Cup crown, considered the team world championship for men.
She says switching from 69 to 75 kg has helped her massively and stresses the importance of having good sparring partners the way she had at a training camp in Turkey
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The fourth-seeded Indian recurve mixed team of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara who has lost out to the top-seeded Korean duo of Lim and Kim Woojin will fight for bronze against Mexico.
Arjun Babuta sets new world record in men’s 10M Air Rifle at Olympic Selection Trials
The summer camp by Vishwanadh Sports Club will begin from April 29 in Visakhapatnam
Karrasamu, a traditional martial art form of Andhra Pradesh, is seeing a revival in Visakhapatnam
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“I’m fine with playing anywhere. Obviously, it’ll be nice to play at home (Chennai). Wherever I play, the goal is to be focused and win the match”
Narsingh said he would love to see the wrestlers focus on their game.
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The triumph at Candidates Chess paved the way for Gukesh's clash against reigning world champion Ding Liren of China later this year.
Prannoy, who has qualified for the Paris Olympics, looked in good touch at the Asia badminton Championships in Ningbo, China when he outwitted China's Lu Guang Zu
The 17-year-old Gukesh became the youngest ever challenger for the world title by winning the Candidates Tournament in Toronto
TCS World 10K Bengaluru returns with a fresh start. New venue, scenic route and post-race party await runners
Gukesh said he has no special preference for the venue of the World championship scheduled in November-December. With hardly six months to prepare for the big event, Gukesh has no time to rest on...
The top 15 players in the OWGR are eligible for the Olympics with a maximum limit of four golfers allowed from a single country
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United World Wrestling (UWW) while lifting suspension of WFI had mandated the formation of a panel to resolve the grievances of protesting wrestlers.
Sreeja climbed a spot while Manika who had been India's number one TT player for a while now, slipped two places to 39 in the latest update
‘It’s an Indian earthquake in Toronto, said Kasparov as he was responding to a congratulatory tweet by Grand Chess Tour following Gukesh’s success.
Gukesh hadn’t felt so much stress even during the three-week long tournament, in which he had to face the most of the world’s best chess players twice.
People from all walks of life including the chess community congratulated D. Gukesh after his win in the prestigious Candidates tournament in Toronto.
Gukesh became only the second Indian after five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand to win the Candidates.
The 17-year-old holds Nakamura in the final round, emerges champion after Nepo and Caruana play out a draw; Indian becomes the youngest-ever challenger bettering Kasparov’s record; Tan reigns s...
Having shot 582 in the first trial, Manu was in a strong position to retain her Olympic quota in the event, with the final scheduled on April 22, apart from two more trials in Bhopal.
Caruana beats Praggnanandhaa, joins Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura in second place; Vaishali gets the better of Lei for fourth straight win; Gujrathi and Humpy draw their penultimate round matches
The most successful woman wrestler from the country had no option but to switch the weight category to ensure that she does not miss the bus to Olympics.
The 29-year-old Vinesh has now secured her third straight Olympic quota, having featured in Rio Games (2016) and in Tokyo (2020) earlier.
Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children's education across Africa through the record attempt that began on April 17.
With 7.5 points in his bag, Gukesh shares the lead with Hikaru Nakamura of the United States and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia
The last chance to win Paris Games quota will be at World Qualifiers in Turkey from May 9.
The Dutchman charged past the seven-time world champion Hamilton's Mercedes on lap nine of the 19-lap dash
After injuring her right thigh at last year’s Asian Games, the Olympic silver medallist returned to competitive weightlifting recently. She talks about the challenges of her recovery process, w...
It’s also the season’s first GP with a sprint race, which means Friday’s practice session was the only one of the weekend
Salunkhe, 2023 National Games champion, was shown the door by lower-ranked Sehveetrraa Kumar of Malaysia
The badminton star says that she is grateful to have an opportunity to aim for an Olympic gold at this point in her career
Teenaged Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh shines in Candidates chess tournament, while R. Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi fall behind
The last chance to qualify for Paris will be World Qualifiers in Turkey in May.
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Sakshi, India's only female Olympic medallist in wrestling, has been honoured for her relentless fight against alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers by former Wrestling Federation of Indi...
Praggnanandhaa shares the second spot with Caruana and Nakamura; Vaishali registers a victory while Humpy holds joint leader Tan
Gukesh-Praggnanandhaa contest ends in a stalemate as the former shares the lead with Nepomniachtchi; Humpy held while Vaishali goes down
Badminton Asia Championships: Christie defeated home favourite Li Shi Feng 21-15, 21-16 in the tournament finale in the Chinese city of Ningbo
World number one Scheffler started the week as the red-hot favourite to claim a second Masters title and will step on to the first tee with playing partner and twice major winner Collin Morikawa ...
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With six rounds still to come, Gukesh and Nepomniachtchi have 5 points apiece and they are followed by Nakamura and Pragnanandhaa on 4.5 points each.
So far, four women boxers — Nikhat Zareen (50kg), Preeti Pawar (54kg), Parveen Hooda (57kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (75kg) — have won quota places in the Paris Olympics.
IOA to name a replacement soon
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President P.T. Usha announced that Mary Kom had asked to be relieved from her position in a letter to addressed to her.
The Indian shares the second spot with compatriot Praggnanandhaa and Caruana; Gujarthi plays out a draw; mixed fortunes for Indian women
Praggnanandhaa gets the better of Abasov, while Gujrathi bounces back by scoring over Firouzja in sixth round; Humpy and Vaishali suffer reverses
H.S. Prannoy also lost his pre-quarterfinal match against Chun-Yi. Indian challenge ends after the defeats of Sindhu and Prannoy.
The 26-year-old Chopra, who will begin his season in the Doha Diamond League Meeting on May 10, had won a silver in the 2022 edition of the Paavo Nurmi Games with a throw of 89.30m
World No. 9 Prannoy showed exemplary mental fortitude as he battled for 90 minutes before prevailing 17-21 23-21 23-21 over Lu, ranked 16th, to set up a second-round clash with Chinese Taipei's L...
With four rounds done out of 14, there are 10 more games still to play. Things have been going well for the Indians but not in the purest way possible.
Caruana-Gukesh games ends in a draw; Nakamura and Praggnanandhaa split the point; Vaishali is held while Humpy goes down to Salimova even as Zhongyi stays ahead in women’s event
Mulugeta Uma clocked a winning time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 33 seconds
With a difficult past behind him the two-time Senior National champion wants to improve his ranking and hopes to put a good show at the Olympics
The country is not even investing 0.1% of what the Philippines is pumping into basketball, feels the National coach
Indian grandmaster Praggnanandhaa impresses with a win, while Vaishali secures her first victory in Candidates Chess
Playing black, the Indian dominates the American; Humpy draws with Lagno while Vaishali goes down to leader Tan
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The 34-year-old is a four-time Major champion but has never won at Augusta, which leaves him one short of a career Grand Slam. He also hasn’t had a Major triumph in a decade. At the 2024 Master...
Seven of the eight games end in stalemate; Tan gets the better of compatriot Lei for the only decisive result
With the Paris Olympics around the corner, NADA would do well to ramp up the number of tests to curb the doping menace.
IOA president PT Usha and most members of the executive council have been at loggerheads since the appointment of Raghuram Iyer as CEO on January 6
Satwik and Chirag are currently into their 10th week as world number one, surpassing Saina Nehwal's record of nine successive weeks at the top of BWF rankings
The 17-year-old Anmol will face Japan's Sorano Yoshikawa next.
Doubles pairs of Ashwani-Tanisha and Treesa-Gayatri also skip the event, Prannoy to lead men’s challenge as they aim to defend their title
The IOC stripped the International Boxing Association of the right to run the Olympic boxing tournaments in Tokyo in 2021 and Paris this year
Among the four players who are competing in the Candidates for the first time are three Indians; the chess world is very excited to see how they will fare
The world No. 1 made it three straight by staying steady through a soggy Sunday in the desert
Returning from a six-month injury lay off, Chanu lifted a total of 184kg (81kg+103kg) at the tournament, which is the final and a mandatory qualifier for the Paris Olympics
This was Advani’s fourth successive triumph at this venue
Maharashtra and Railways were tied 32-32 at the end of two innings. In the extended game, Maharashtra prevailed 52-50
Sinner’s third title of the season means he will move to a career-high second in the ATP world rankings on Monday ahead of Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz
When queried about self-discipline, Abhinav asked the shooters to be brutally honest with themselves every day
Under the 2024 Olympics qualification rules, the 2023 World Championships and the 2024 World Cup are compulsory events
The Indonesian pair of Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari did not have to work too hard as they prevailed 21-17, 21-12 over the Indian duo of Sikki Reddy and Sumeeth Reddy in a contest la...
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty break Saina Nehwal’s record for most weeks at number one in BWF rankings
The 27-year-old’s ability to treat success and failure alike has taken him to the top of golf. But while his consistency of top-10 finishes is astonishing, the World No. 1 knows he needs to win...
When play was suspended due to lightning, 46 golfers – including Shubhankar and Anirban Lahiri – were on course.
Dimitrov won 77% of his first-serve points compared to just 56% for Alcaraz, turned aside four of the five break points he faced and broke the Spaniard four times during the 92-minute encounter
It was a smooth performance from Sindhu as she was hardly tested by the Taiwanese qualifier, ranked world no. 63, resulting in a 21-14 21-12 win in 36 minutes.
The hosts dominated proceedings early on and opened a two-goal lead with a penalty from Rodri and a Dani Olmo strike, but Rodrygo reduced the deficit before the break after a mistake by goalkeepe...