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Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu’s weight class has been dropped from the 2028 Olympics and she is set to bulk up to the 53kg category for the 2028 Games. File | Photo Credit: PTI World and Olympic medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu is likely to switch to 53kg after the 2026 Asian Games. Following a change … Read more

Viswanathan Anand with Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. | Photo Credit: FIDE Viswanathan Anand believes the chess World Cup will inspire India’s budding players. “Most top players when they were young went somewhere and saw someone and they thought they wanted one day to be like that,” he said here on Tuesday, shortly before the … Read more

Gukesh and Nogerbek played out a draw.  | Photo Credit: FIDE Fans queued up to have a look at the young superstars of Indian chess at Resort Rio here on Tuesday. That queue, to see the likes of D. Gukesh, R. Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi, is getting longer, and longer, reflecting not just the newer … Read more

India must have become quite familiar to Arkady Dvorkovich by now. Since the country hosts major chess events regularly, the FIDE president often flies to the land where the game originated all those centuries ago. He made the ceremonial opening move of the World Cup at Resort Rio in North Goa over the weekend. Shortly … Read more

Chess World Cup 2025: Inspired Diptayan stuns Nepomniachtchi; So loses

Chess World Cup 2025: Praggnanandhaa survives a scare; Nihal crashes out

Archer Sheetal Devi from India prepares to fire during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Para-archer Sheetal Devi, the world compound champion born without arms, shattered another barrier on Thursday by being picked in the Indian able-bodied junior team for the upcoming Asia Cup Stage 3 in … Read more

Arjun Erigaisi needed just 30 moves to put it across Shamiddin Vokhidov. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar If there is a prize for the best start to the chess World Cup, Arjun Erigaisi should win it. The second seed posted his third win on the trot, to move a step closer to the fourth … Read more

India’s Rathika Suthanthira Seelan progressed to the semifinals of the NSW Open squash tournament with a straight-game win over local challenger Karen Bloom in Sydney on Friday (November 7, 2025). The 24-year-old Chennai player, who is seeded second, beat Karen 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 in 22 minutes in the quarterfinals of the PSA Challenger event. Meanwhile, … Read more

Pramod Bhagat. File | Photo Credit: Pallavi Hari Paralympic champion Pramod Bhagat bagged two gold medals while Sukant Kadam returned with a gold and a silver as India dominated the Australian Para Badminton International 2025, finishing on top of the medals tally. Bhagat clinched the men’s singles SL3 title after defeating compatriot Manoj Sarkar 21–15, … Read more

P.V. Sindhu had come close to winning a top tier title at Malaysia Masters last year, finishing runner-up. | Photo Credit: PTI Two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu has decided to withdraw from all remaining BWF Tour events in 2025 to focus on complete recovery from a foot injury that she sustained ahead of the European … Read more

Manush and Diya. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Indian duo of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale qualified for the mixed doubles event of the WTT Finals to be held in Hong Kong from December 10 to 14. No Indian in any category — singles or doubles — has made it to the WTT finals … Read more

Anahat Singh will meet fourth seed Briton Georgina Kennedy, ranked 10 in the world, in the last-four stage. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Reigning women’s national champion Anahat Singh continued her solid run at the Canadian Open, cruising into the semifinals of the USD 96,250 PSA Silver event with a dominant straight-games win over … Read more

A.R. Ilamparthi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A.R. Ilamparthi’s father Ravikumar was an elated man after his 16-year-old son became India’s 90th Grandmaster, by securing his final GM norm at the Bijeljina tournament in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday. Reacting to his feat, Ravikumar said that he was relieved that Ilamparthi had finally achieved the … Read more

The new trophy of the FIDE World Chess Cup being held in Panjim was christened as the Viswanathan Anand Trophy in honour of the five-time world champion. Photo: X/ The new trophy of the FIDE World Chess Cup being held in Panjim was on Friday (October 31, 2025) christened as the Viswanathan Anand trophy, in … Read more

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday announced the relaunch of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) in January 2026. The last edition was held in 2019 before being stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several top wrestlers, including World and Olympic medallists, are expected to participate in the PWL. Published – October 31, 2025 … Read more

Dazzling display: Delhi rose to the occasion when it mattered most. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR In a final that went down to the wire, Dabang Delhi K.C. managed to edge past Puneri Paltan 31-28 at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium on Friday to emerge champion in the 12th season of the Pro Kabaddi League … Read more

The Delhi High Court has expressed its disapproval over the “insensitive” approach of government authorities towards their employees, who bring recognition and honour to the country’s prestige through sporting excellence, by making them “run from pillar to post for what was legitimately due” to them. The court was hearing a case regarding a boxer who … Read more

India’s Lakshya Rajesh, Diksha Sudhakar and Shaina Manimuthu stormed into the girls’ quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia U-17 and U-15 Championships in Chengdu on Friday (October 25, 2025). The sixth seed Diksha showed her composure while outclassing Chinese Taipei’s Pin Hsuan Chiang 21-19 21-15 to secure a last-eight berth in the U-17 segment. Lakshya also … Read more

Bengaluru Torpedoes celebrate their win over Ahmedabad Defenders. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR Bengaluru Torpedoes put in a resolute performance to defeat Ahmedabad Defenders 10-15, 15-11, 15-13, 15-13 and reach the final of the Prime Volleyball League at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here on Friday. The two teams started on an even footing, before Angamuthu … Read more

Lakshya Rajesh and Diksha Sudhakar reached the pre-quarterfinals in the girls’ singles with contrasting wins while Jagsher Singh Khangurra made the same stage in the boys’ event on day two of the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Championships, here. In the U-17 girls’ singles, Lakshya eased past Chinese Taipei’s Kuan Yi Lin 21-17, 21-11, while … Read more