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Though India enjoyed a lot of possession, the host needed a slice of luck to breach the Italian defence. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal After labouring for large stretches of the contest, India managed to eke out a 1-0 win against Italy in the semifinals of the FIH Women’s World Cup Qualifiers at the G.M.C … Read more

The eighth edition of the Sportstar Aces Awards was held at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel here on Friday, celebrating the athletes, teams and defining moments that shaped the past year in Indian sport. If the evening had a unifying thread, it was the journey of women’s cricket in India and the generations that carried … Read more

Raksha Khadse emphasised the role of sports journalists in strengthening India’s sporting culture. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP The golden jubilee edition of the Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI) national convention began here on Friday, bringing the gathering back to the national capital after more than two decades. Hosted by the Delhi Sports Journalists … Read more

The MRF MMSC FMSCI National four-wheeler and two-wheeler champions with MRF vice-chairman and Managing Director Arun Mammen, seventh from left. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Madras Motor Sports Club (MMSC) will host India’s first-ever international karting competition, the FIA-CIK Arrive and Drive, at the Madras International Karting Arena (MIKA) in September. Making the announcement … Read more

Scott O’Neill, LIV Golf CEO, second right, and Uttam Singh Mundy, IGPL CEO, second left, along with Leander Paes and others. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Indian Golf Premier League (IGPL) on Thursday announced formal collaboration with the LIV Golf International Series to provide a direct access and entry for Indian golfers to various … Read more

Up for it: Anahat says she will push herself as much as she can in the Asian Games, scheduled to be held in Japan in September. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Indian teenage squash prodigy Anahat Singh’s meteoric rise in the last few years has been phenomenal, to say the least. In … Read more

Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: Getty Images The Asian weightlifting championships, scheduled to be held in Gandhinagar from April 1 to 10, was on Tuesday postponed due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and Gulf region. Following a meeting of key stakeholders, the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF) announced that … Read more

World Para Athletics chief Paul Fitzgerald. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Even as protests against allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate under their own flag marked the ongoing Milano-Cortina Winter Paralympics, World Para Athletics chief Paul Fitzgerald backed the decision and insisted it was not unilateral or arbitrary. With 26 entries, … Read more

Lakshya Sen plays a shot against China’s Li Shi Feng during a men’s singles quarterfinals match of the All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham, on March 6, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Lakshya Sen produced an authoritative display to storm into the semifinals of the $1,450,000 All England Open after defeating former champion Li … Read more

Rami Tandon in action recently. Ramit Tandon says he is keen to play more tournaments at home this year as he targets a place in the Indian men’s squash team for the Asian Games to be held in Japan in September. Currently Indian No. 2 in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) rankings at 39 behind … Read more

P.V. Sindhu. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Back home after being stranded in Dubai for a couple of days, P.V. Sindhu was admittedly disappointed at missing out on the prestigious All England championships but agreed that safety considerations were paramount. “It was a terrifying experience, it was the first time going through … Read more

In just a month, Nodirbek Abdusattorov defeated world champion D. Gukesh. Gukesh blundered from a position of strength to lose to Abdusattorov at Prague International Chess Festival. Photo: Wikipedia The fortunes of World Champion D Gukesh did not change for the fifth day running as the Indian blundered from a position of strength to lose … Read more

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu speaks regarding the “tense and scary” situation at the Dubai Airport after an explosion occurred close to where she and her coach were staying amid an unfolding crisis, in Dubai, UAE. | Photo Credit: PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu is set to miss the All England Championships starting in … Read more

File photo of D. Gukesh | Photo Credit: PTI World Champion D Gukesh suffered a shock defeat to Jorden van Foreest of Holland, while Aravindh Chithambaram played out a draw with Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran in the third round of the Masters section of Prague International chess festival in Prague. Still looking for his first … Read more

India has selected a strong squad, including Olympics medallist Lovlina Borgohain (right) and former World Champion Nikhat Zareen for the Asian boxing Championships scheduled in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from March 28 to April 11. | Photo Credit: PTI/Reuters In a year studded with the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, India has selected a strong squad — … Read more

File photo of Aravindh Chithambaram. | Photo Credit: The Hindu World Champion D Gukesh played out another draw with Nodirbek Yakubboev of Uzbekistan, while defending champion Aravindh Chithambaram pulled a rabbit out of the hat to beat Hans Moke Niemann of the United States in the second round of the Masters section of the Prague … Read more

At his peak, Misbun Sidek trained relentlessly, logging long hours on court and competing with fierce intensity, rising to a career-high ranking of World No.2 during badminton’s highly competitive 1980s era that had legends such as Yang Yang (China), Morten Frost (Denmark) and Liem Swie King (Indonesia). Now at 65 years of age, the former … Read more

World Chess Champion D. Gukesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI World champion D. Gukesh survived some anxious moments in the early middle game before finally drawing with Hans Moke Niemann of the United States in the first round of the masters section of the Prague International Chess Festival here. The Berlin defense that went wrong … Read more

File photo of D. Gukesh | Photo Credit: PTI After an early exit from the World Cup and an underwhelming performance at the Tata Steel Masters, world champion D Gukesh would be eyeing a turnaround when he spearheads India’s challenge in the Prague International Chess festival starting in Prague on Wednesday (February 25, 2026). Seeded … Read more

Honey Baisoya is the most expensive buy at ₹20.50 lakh by Capital Lancers. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: Getty Images The first official franchise-owned golfing league in the country had its opening ceremony here on Saturday night with the inaugural edition set to tee off on Tuesday at the ITC Classic course, Gurugram. Launched by … Read more

Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo celebrates after winning gold in the men’s 50km mass start classic. | Photo Credit: Reuters Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo set the record for the most golds by one athlete in a single Winter Olympics as the Norwegian star completed his historic gold medal sweep of the men’s cross-country skiing events. Klaebo’s triumph … Read more

The 13th Indian Open race walk competition in Chandigarh over the weekend will see some of India’s prominent names in action competing across new distances for the first time as per World Athletics norms. The standard distance in race walk till last year was 20km and 35km in all World Athletics events before it was … Read more

Om Prakash Chouhan’s final round of six-under 64 helped him aggregate 16-under 264 and record a one-stroke victory in the DP World Players Championship at the par-70 Tollygunge Club course in Kolkata on Friday (February 20, 2026). The 39-year-old Chouhan (69, 67, 64, 64) took the winner’s cheque of ₹22.5 lakh for his 12th professional … Read more

Misbun Sidek interacting with the trainees at the Hatsun Badminton Academy in Thiruthangal. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Misbun Sidek, former World No. 2, All-England Open finalist, and ex-head coach of the Malaysian senior men’s badminton team, has begun his first coaching assignment outside Malaysia by joining the Hatsun Badminton Academy in Thiruthangal as a … Read more

When Alexandra Kosteniuk became a Grandmaster in 2004, at the age of 19, she joined an exclusive ladies’ club. Only nine women before her had become Grandmasters. She has since won the World Championship, the World Cup and the World Rapid Championship. She was a part of Russia’s Olympiad-winning team on three successive occasions. At … Read more

Collin Morikawa poses with the trophy during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Photo: Imagn Images via Reuters Connect Akshay Bhatia, who held a two-shot lead heading into the final round, faltered with a closing 72 to finish tied sixth, three shots behind the winner … Read more

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, of Norway, competes in the cross-country skiing men’s 4 x 7.5km relay at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Tesero, Italy, on February 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Klaebo became the first Winter Olympian to win nine gold medals when he led home his country’s 4 x 7.5 … Read more