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Former world No. 10 Joshna Chinappa rallied to beat Egyptian second seed Nardine Garas in a five-game thriller in the quarterfinals of the HCL Squash Indian Tour 4 at the Indian Squash Academy here on Wednesday (December 3, 2025). Velavan Senthilkumar and Anahat Singh, the reigning men’s and women’s National champions respectively, and top seeds, … Read more

Velavan Senthilkumar and Anahat Singh, the reigning men’s and women’s National champions, respectively, cruised into the quarterfinals of the HCL Squash Indian Tour 4 with clinical victories in Chennai at the India Squash Academy on Tuesday (December 2, 2025). Velavan dismantled Sri Lanka’s Ravindu Laksiri 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, while Delhi teenager Anahat, ranked 29 in … Read more

The rechristening happened on October 1 once Padukone decided to step down from the PPBA. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO After more than three decades since inception, the famous Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy no longer carries the name of the legendary shuttler, who won the 1980 All England title to mark a watershed moment in … Read more

After shooting down India’s first ever individual Olympic gold medal, back in 2008 at Beijing, Abhinav Bindra continues to be associated closely with sports. He is the founder of the Abhinav Bindra Foundation, a non-profit organisation that strives to take Indian sport forward. Bindra was in Arpora, Goa, recently to make the ceremonial opening move … Read more

Squash Player Joshna Chinappa. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Joshna Chinappa began her campaign in the HCL Squash Indian Tour 4 with a commanding 11-3, 11-7, 11-6 victory over compatriot Anika Dubey at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on Monday (December 1, 2025). The 39-year-old former world No. 10, who is part of … Read more

Divyanshi Bhowmick. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Rising Indian table tennis player Divyanshi Bhowmick secured a bronze medal in the Under-15 girls’ category at the ongoing ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 in Clij Napoca, Romania on Sunday (November 30, 2025). In the semifinals, Divyanshi went down fighting against China’s Zhu Qihui 4-1 (12-10, 10-12, … Read more

Velavan Senthilkumar and Anahat Singh, the top seeds and the reigning men’s and women’s National champions respectively, start as favourites in the HCL Squash Indian Tour 4, which begins at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on Monday (December 1, 2025). The $15,000 PSA Challenger event features a mix of international and domestic contenders, including … Read more

Kanwar was the top performer for the host with 19 points. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Indian men’s basketball team’s shooting woes were at the forefront once again as it succumbed to a 57-81 loss to Saudi Arabia in their FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers Group-D match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on … Read more

Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly in action during the Syed Modi International badminton tournament in Lucknow. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena K. Srikanth’s wait for a maiden World Tour title continued. The Indian came agonisingly close before falling short at the Syed Modi India International 2025 in Lucknow, losing 21-16, 8-21, 22-20 to Jason Gunawan … Read more

The Indian team after winning silver in Dressage event at FEI Asian Championships | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement India won the Team Silver in the Dressage event at the FEI Asian Championships at Pattaya (Thailand) recently. Shruthi Vohra led with an impressive score, supported by Divyakriti Singh and Gaurav Pundir. Meanwhile, Shruti and her horse, Magnanimous, … Read more

Stretched: Srikanth dug deep to get past Mithun. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA K. Srikanth moved closer to his maiden World Tour title this year, entering the final of the Syed Modi India International 2025 with a jittery three game win against Mithun Manjunath here on Saturday to be the host’s last remaining singles hope … Read more

India will be seeking its first win against Saudi Arabia. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Indian men’s basketball team will look to avoid a third straight competitive defeat against Saudi Arabia when the two teams face off in the FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers Group D match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium … Read more

Janewattananond had the best score of the day at 65. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The Thai duo of Poosit Supupramai and Jazz Janewattananond surged to the joint lead with scores of 201 after the third round of the Bharath Classic 2025 at the Kensville Golf Resort here on Saturday. Local amateur Ishaan Chawhan, navigating … Read more

With two big wins under his belt, Manraj has been one of the most impressive youngsters so far. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA For someone only two years on the senior circuit and in his first year on the BWF World Tour, Manraj Singh has been grabbing eyeballs here. With two big wins under his … Read more

Sizzling start: Cho had identical cards of six-under on both days. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Pukhraj Singh Gill produced a series of pars at the back-end to emerge the best Indian pro at joint seventh, along with amateur Ishaan Chawhan (67, 69), after the second round of the $500,000 Bharath Classic 2025 Gujarat tournament … Read more

Former world champion Manasi Joshi is gearing up for a hectic season with her sights firmly set on a strong showing at the World Championships in February, where she hopes to reclaim the gold medal she won in 2019. The 36-year-old, who won the World Championship gold in 2019 — the same year two-time Olympic … Read more

The International Judo Federation (IJF) has decided to “reinstate full national representation” of Russian athletes at its competitions starting this weekend, it said on Thursday, despite the ongoing war in Ukraine. The IJF executive committee voted to allow Russian athletes to compete under their national flag, with their anthem and symbols, beginning with the 2025 … Read more

World Cup winner Javokhir Sindarov with his grandmother in Goa Javokhir Sindarov just couldn’t stop smiling. Or laughing. The 19-year-old’s excitement on Wednesday night was understandable. He had just won the Chess World Cup, after beating Wei Yi in the final that had gone to the nerve-wracking tie-break, after both the classical games were drawn … Read more

India’s young paddlers made a strong debut at the ITTF World youth table tennis championships 2025 in Romania, returning with a historic silver medal in the under-19 boys’ team event and a bronze in the under-15 girls’ team event. In the u-19 boys’ team final, Japan beat India 3-0 while South Korea blanked India 3-0 … Read more

Unveiling the jersey:From left: Cyrus Poncha, Joshna Chinappa, N. Ramachandran, honorary life president and patron, SRFI, Atulya Misra, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Sports and Youth Welfare, J. Meghanatha Reddy, Member-Secretary, SDAT, Abhay Singh and S. Velavan. | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B Second seed India, comprising Abhay Singh, Velavan Senthilkumar, Anahat Singh and Joshna … Read more

Esipenko, who beat Yakubboev, qualified for the Candidates from the Chess World Cup in Goa. Tie-break? Bring it on. That has been a theme song at the Chess World Cup. Wei Yi and Javokhir Sindarov sang it rather well at Resort Rio on Tuesday. They agreed to a quick draw in the second classical game … Read more

Treesa and Gayatri were made to work for every point. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Top seeds and defending champions were expected to breeze through the opening rounds of the Syed Modi India international 2025 badminton. Instead, the Indian pair was stretched and scared before prevailing 19-21, 22-20, 21-9 in its tournament opener here on … Read more

All but assured of the hosting rights more than a month back, India’s 2030 Commonwealth Games bid is set to be formally approved on Wednesday (November 26, 2025) at the Commonwealth Sport’s general assembly in Glasgow, marking a major milestone in the country’s ambitious plan to become a global multi-sport hub. India last hosted the … Read more

Wei Yi and Javokhir Sindarov played out a draw in the first game. | Photo Credit: FIDE It was perhaps only fitting that Abhinav Bindra made the ceremonial opening move at the Chess World Cup on Monday. Like chess, shooting too is a lonely sport. It was the first game of the final of what … Read more

Veteran: Prannoy, who has been battling injuries, will still be the top-ranked Indian in the fray. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR K. Srikanth and H.S. Prannoy will be hoping to turn around their fortunes and end the season on a high when the Syed Modi India International 2025 begins here on Tuesday, … Read more