Manu Bhaker speaks during the launch of ASMITA (Achieving Sports Milestone by Inspiring Women) social media handle. Picture: X/@Media_SAI Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker has taken the failure to live up to her exalted standards in the ISSF World Championships on her chin and acknowledged that she “cannot win everyday” while lauding the performance of … Read more
Stunning win: Parveen shocked Poland’s Rygielska in a hard-fought duel. | Photo Credit: X@BFI_official The promising trio of Parveen Hooda (60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg) and Preeti Pawar (54kg) stunned accomplished opponents to enter finals and make a statement on their international return in the World Boxing Cup Finals at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Indoor … Read more
Anurag Singh Thakur, MP, makes the inaugural move of Chess World Cup quarterfinals in Goa on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: FIDE Former Sports Minister Anuragh Singh Thakur believes it is important that India should bid and host the Olympics. “We are a country of 1.4 billion people and the world’s fourth-largest economy, … Read more
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in action against Liu Yi and Chen Bo Yang, of China, in their Men’s Doubles semifinal match of the Badminton World Championships, on August 30, 2025 in Paris. | Photo Credit: AP With India’s singles stars still searching for rhythm, the spotlight will once again be on Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and … Read more
Gurpreet’s impressive performance highlights India’s strong showing at the championships, where the team secured a total of 13 medals, positioning themselves just behind China and South Korea in the final standings Olympian Gurpreet Singh came agonisingly close to becoming the world champion in men’s 25m Centre Fire Pistol event but eventually got a silver after … Read more
Rory McIlroy’s banner year in golf ended with fitting drama Sunday when he eagled the last hole in regulation to force a playoff but lost out to Matt Fitzpatrick, who won the season-closing World Tour Championship for a third time. The consolation for McIlroy? A fourth straight Race to Dubai title — crowning him as … Read more
Shooter Dhanush Srikanth continued to excel and evolve on the global stage, winning the men’s 10m air rifle gold medal to open India’s account in the Deaflympics in Tokyo on Sunday. The 23-year-old, who made his Deaflympic debut at the age of 19 in 2022 in Caxias Do Sul (Brazil) and immediately made a huge … Read more
Giant-killing spree: Alcantara ended Harikrishna’s good run. | Photo Credit: FIDE Down to the last eight it is at the Chess World Cup. And only one of them is Indian: P. Harikrishna was knocked out by Mexico’s Jose Martinez Alcantara in the tie-breaks of the fifth round at Resort Rio here on Sunday. So the … Read more
Preeti in action against Nigina in the World Boxing Cup in Greater Noida on Sunday, November 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Asian Games bronze medallist Preeti Pawar is relieved to leave her forgettable Paris Olympics experience behind and make a fruitful return to international boxing. Preeti, who impressed everyone with her World championships … Read more
Southpaw Preeti, left, employed her jabs and backhand punches to good effect to score against the attacking Nigina in the World Boxing Cup Finals on Sunday, November 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement World champion Minakshi Hooda (48kg) asserted her class, while Paris Olympian Preeti Pawar (54kg) made a fine comeback to enter the … Read more
Special campaign: Nikhat said she wants to make her first home international tournament memorable. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Ahead of a busy 2026 calendar, studded with the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, Indian boxers will look to accumulate valuable ranking points as the World Boxing Cup Finals (WBCF) begins at the Shaheed Vijay Singh … Read more
Taking a breather: World rapid champion Humpy is on a break from chess at the moment. | Photo Credit: FIDE Koneru Humpy feels women’s chess could take a cue from women’s cricket. After making the inaugural ceremonial move of the second game of the fifth round of the chess World Cup at Resort Rio, she … Read more
Gurpreet Singh was the best Indian in action on Saturday at the ISSF World Championships in Cairo, with a ninth-place finish in the 25m standard pistol, a non-Olympic event. Gurpreet was tied on 571 points with Kevin Chapon of France, but finished lower due to fewer inner ten shots. Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Udayveer Sidhu … Read more
India’s Lakshya Sen. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen saw his fine run snapped after a draining three-game semifinal defeat to Japan’s world number 13 Kenta Nishimoto at the $475,000 Kumamoto Masters Japan in Kumamoto on Saturday (November 15, 2025). Seventh seed Sen, who endured a lean patch before rediscovering … Read more
Loek van Wely was once the World No. 10 in chess. He has worked as a second for Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky. He has coached Triveni Continental Kings to the title in both editions of the Global Chess League. The 53-year-old was in Goa recently as the second to fellow Dutchman Max … Read more
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday revoked the suspension on Paris Olympics bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat and promising wrestler Neha Sangwan for jumping their weight limits and getting disqualified at the World championships and World under-20 championships respectively. The WFI took the decision after receiving apology letters from the two wrestlers and consulting … Read more
Recurve individual male and female champions B. Dhiraj and Ankita Bhakat pose at the Asian archery championships in Dhaka on November 14, 2025. Photo: Special Arrangement Paris Olympians B. Dhiraj and Ankita Bhakat became the first-ever Indian male and female recurve archers to win individual titles at the Asian archery championships in Dhaka on Friday. … Read more
Arjuna awardee wrestler Pooja Dhanda tied the knot with Abhishek Boora, a businessman from Ghirai village in the district, on November 13, 2025.Source: Instagram/@Spoojadhanda0007 Arjuna awardee wrestler Pooja Dhanda has tied the nuptial knot with the wedding ceremony held at a private resort in Hisar. Pooja, a resident of Sunder Nagar in Hisar, married Abhishek … Read more
Atanu Das in action. The trio of Yashdeep Bhoge, Atanu Das and Rahul rallied from 2-4 down to script a dramatic 5-4 victory over a South Korean second-string side comprising Seo Mingi, Kim Yechan and Jang Jiho, breaking Korea’s stranglehold at the Asian Archery Championship since 2009 | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Indian men’s … Read more
File photo of Anupama Ramachandran. | Photo Credit: The Hindu India’s Anupama Ramachandran held her nerve under pressure to beat Hong Kong’s Ng On Yee to clinch the World snooker title in Doha on Thursday (November 13, 2025). The 23-year-old Chennai girl edged out On Yee 3-2 to become the first Indian woman to annex … Read more
Daniil Dubov stunned third seed Praggnanandhaa with black pieces in the second tie-break game. | Photo Credit: FIDE A runner-up in the last edition, R. Praggnanandhaa began as one of the strongest favourites at the Chess World Cup. He has had some fabulous results this year too, but not on Thursday. The third seed from … Read more
File photo of Jyothi Surekha Vennam. | Photo Credit: PTI Seasoned compound archers V. Jyothi Surekha and Abhishek Verma led India to claim four medals, including three gold, at the Asian archery championships in Dhaka on Thursday (November 13, 2025). Jyothi secured the women’s individual and team gold medals, while Verma played his part in … Read more
Harikrishna is one of the three Indians who will play Thursday’s tie-breakers. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar No Indian won on Wednesday. That is something you hardly get to say in chess these days, but that has been the case for the last two days. Two Indians, in fact, were knocked out of the Chess … Read more
Esha Singh and Samrat Rana combined to claim silver in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, going down 10-16 to the Chinese pair of Qianxun Yao and Kai Hu in the gold medal match at the ISSF World Championships in Cairo on Tuesday. Samrat, who had won the individual gold a day earlier ahead … Read more
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Indians ensured multiple medals for the country in recurve men’s and women’s individual and compound women’s individual and men’s team events at the Asian archery championships in Dhaka on Tuesday. Important results: Recurve: Individual: Men: B. Dhiraj got a bye (1st rd), bt Jora Jumayev (Tkm) 6-0 (2nd rd), bt Lam Dorji (Bhu) 6-2 (3rd … Read more
Samrat Rana, left, and Varun Tomar. | Photo Credit: ISSF Youngster Samrat Rana clinched India’s maiden gold in an Olympic event, winning the 10m air pistol with a total of 243.7 points at the ISSF World Championships in Cairo on Monday while Varun Tomar won bronze to add two medals to India’s tally. The 20-year … Read more
The stadium was built in 1982 for the Asian Games and upgraded in 2010. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: REUTERS The iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the heart of the national capital is set to make way for a world-class Sports City complete with infrastructure and residential facilities if a Sports Ministry proposal gets through. … Read more
Indian recurve men’s and compound women’s teams reached respective title clashes at the Asian archery championships on Monday. India will meet Korea in both the finals. The results: Recurve: Team: Men: India (Yashdeep Bhoge, Atanu Das, Rahul) bt Turkmenistan 6-2 (1st round), bt Malaysia 6-0 (quarterfinal), bt Kazakhstan 5-3 (semifinal). Compound: Team: Women: India (Deepshikha, V. Jyothi Surekha, … Read more
Karthik drew the first tie-breaker game against his Romanian rival before winning the second with black pieces to seal his spot in the round-of-32. | Photo Credit: FIDE Arpora (Goa): It wasn’t the best of days for India at the chess World Cup. Of the three men that played the tie-breakers of the third round … Read more