'She will go for gold in the next Under-20 World Championships and she is a medal contender in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games next year.'
New Delhi, August 23 (PTI): Small, frail and not even
Tokyo, August 23 (PTI): The best ever Olympics just went by for India and the country looks good for its best ever Paralympics with an unprecedented 54 inspirational athletes eyeing a medal haul that might just
Cincinnati, August 23 (IANS) Alexander Zverev completed his dominant week at the Western & Southern Open by cruising past Russia's Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-3 to lift his fifth ATP Masters 1000 title and bec
Cincinnati, August 23 (IANS) World no.1 Ashleigh Barty of Australia ended the giant-killing run of world No.76 Jil Teichmann of Switzerland, 6-3, 6-1 to notch her fifth WTA singles title of the year by claiming
New Delhi, August 23 (IANS) Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has congratulated long jumper Shaili Singh for winning the silver medal at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.
Shaili bagged a si
New Delhi, August 23 (IANS): India's Gaurav Saini made his way into the 70kg junior boys final at the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships after defeating Kyrgyzstan's Zakirov Mukhamaadazi
London, August 23 (IANS): Romelu Lukaku may be Chelsea's record signing but every penny spent to bring the Belgian international looks to be money well-spent judging by his 'second' debut for the cl
Chennai, August 22 (IANS): Chennai veterans Rajini Krishnan and Jagan Kumar stamped their class with a double each in the two premium categories as did young Alwin Sundar in the Novice class in the first round
New Delhi, August 22 (IANS): It was a cakewalk for Bishwamitra Chongtham (51kg) at the ASBC Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Dubai as the 2021 World Youth Championships bronze medallist comfortably wo
Nairobi, August 22 (IANS): India's Shaili Singh improved on her personal best of 6.48 metres with a superb effort of 6.59 in the womens long jump final but lost out on the gold medal by an agonizing one cen
Tokyo, August 22 (IANS): Two more athletes were reported Covid-19 positive as the Tokyo 2020 organising committee reported 30 new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours, taking to 131 the total number of positive
Eugene (USA), August 22 (IANS): Two-time Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica ran a stupendous 100m race, clocking 10.54 seconds at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon. That was
Mumbai, August 22 (IANS): Do you know what is boccia, goalball and dartchery?
All three are sports unique to Paralympic Games and though dartchery is no longer a competitive sport at the quadranniel Games, b
London, August 22 (IANS): England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler might skip the Ashes tour scheduled for the end of the year over concerns about taking his family along due to Australia's coronavirus rest
New Delhi, August 22 (IANS): Bhavina Patel and Sonalben Patel, both from Gujarat, will be aiming to put their best foot forward when the Paralympic Games competitions begin in Tokyo on August 25. The duo is par
Lausanne, August 22 (IANS): The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has announced a comprehensive review of safeguarding policies, in line with a commitment to ensure all adults and minors involved in pro
New Delhi, August 22 (IANS): Olympian footballer and a FIFA international referee, Syed Shahid Hakim, passed away on Sunday morning at a private hospital in Gulbarga, Karnataka. He was 82 and is survived by wif
Male (Maldives), August 22 (IANS): ATK Mohun Bagan (ATKMB) head coach Antonio Lopez Habas said on Sunday that he was happy with the way his team scripted a comeback to beat Maziya Sports & Recreation of Mal
Cincinnati, August 22 (IANS): Germany's Alexander Zverev produced a superb comeback against Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece to extend his winning streak to 10 matches and charge into the final of the Western &
Tokyo, August 22 (IANS): The Tokyo Paralympic Games will be held from August 24 to September 5 and the 12 days of competitions will see around 4,400 para sportspersons participating in 22 sports. Among the spor