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Khelo India Youth Games: Wrestlers of Haryana dominate
Chandigarh: Haryana completely dominated the wrestling matches played on Sunday during Khelo India Youth Games-2021.
Wrestlers from Haryana have shown their prowess to retain their place in the medal tally of Khelo India by winning 5 gold,…
Advantage Nadal, storms into 14th French Open final after Zverev is exhausted
Paris: Rafael Nadal reached the final of Roland-Garros for a record 14th time after third seed Alexander Zverev suffered a very deep ankle injury in the second set, here on Friday.
The World No. 5 was leading 7-6(8), 6-6, having forced…
Frenchman breaks bungee jumping record
Paris: France's Francois-Marie Dibon has set a new world record for the most number of bungee jumps in 24-hours.Dibon made 765 jumps in Pitlochry, Perthshire, easily beating the previous record set by New Zealander Mike Heard in 2017, who…
Nadal claims marathon win over Djokovic to reach 15th French Open semifinal
Paris: Rafael Nadal secured his 15th semifinal appearance by edging archrival Novak Djokovic in an epic quarterfinal clash in the early hours of Wednesday.
The No.5 seed won a breathtaking tiebreak in the fourth set to wrap up the victory…
India pull off stunning 2-1 victory over Japan
Jakarta: India pulled off a stunning 2-1 win in the Hero Asia Cup 2022 Super 4s match against Japan at the GBK Sports Complex Hockey Stadium here on Saturday.
Manjeet (8'), and Pawan Rajbhar (35') starred for India, scoring the two goals…
Pakistan beat Oman 5-2 in Asia Cup
Jakarta: Pakistan men’s hockey team got over their disappointment of not being able to make the qualification for the FIH Men’s World Cup as they beat Oman 5-2 in the 5th to 8th place match here in the Asia Cup at the GBK Sports Arena on…
Medvedev, Swiatek book pre-quarters berths, Badosa retires
Paris: World No 2 Daniil Medvedev reached the last-16 stage at Roland-Garros for a second consecutive year after routing Serbian No 28 seed Miomir Kecmanovic in round three here on Saturday.
Medvedev next meets 2014 US Open champion Marin…
TT: Uttar Pradesh girl Avani Tripathi lifts U-15 trophy
Indore: Meeting patience with patience, Avani Tripathi of Uttar Pradesh prevailed 4-2 over Sayanika Maji of Delhi to win gold and lift the Under15 Youth Girls trophy in the ongoing 83rd Cadet & Sub-Junior Nationals at the Abhay Prashal…
RCB’s Dinesh Karthik reprimanded for breaching IPL’s Code of Conduct
AHMEDABAD: Royal Challengers Bangalore keeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has been reprimanded for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during his team's Eliminator match against Lucknow Super Giants in Kolkata.
However, the BCCI press release…
Sadio Mane promises ‘special’ answer over future at Liverpool
LONDON: Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has promised a "special" answer over his future but first wants to focus on the Champions League final as he targets a fourth trophy this season for club and country.
The Senegal international,…
Rafa sets date with Auger-Aliassime in round IV of Roland Garros
Paris: Rafael Nadal on Friday set a date Felix Auger-Aliassime in the fourth round after he maintained his perfect set record this fortnight with a dominant 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over Botic van de Zandschulp at Roland Garros here on Friday.…
India crush Indonesia 16-0 to qualify for Super 4s
Jakarta: Needing a 15 goals margin win to qualify for Super 4s, new-look India achieved an impossible task by routing hosts Indonesia 16-0 in Asia Cup at the state-of-the-art GBK Sports Arena here on Thursday.
With this unbelievable…
Gundogan’s journey from being a migrant to City’s title decider
Europe: Six years ago, during a tense duel between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, Ilkay Gundogan was waiting in the tunnel for the second half to start. Just then Pep Guardiola, then Bayern’s manager, nudged him with his arm, as he…
India, Pak share honours in Asia Cup opener, colts show need for fine-tuning
Jakarta: India-Pakistan hockey matches are always robust encounters, full of adrenalin, eye-catching individual skill and end-to-end action. But given the generally callow nature of both teams at the Asia Cup and lack of coordination among…
Will Deepak Hooda, who had fought with Krunal last year, play for Baroda again?
Mumbai: Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) is trying to convince Deepak Hooda to come back and represent Baroda again in the forthcoming domestic season.
Hooda moved to Rajasthan last season after his spat with the Baroda skipper Krunal…
Hard work and no shortcuts reason for Arshdeep’s India selection
Mumbai: On Sunday evening, Punjab Kings medium pacer Arshdeep Singh called his mother Baljeet Kaur prior to the IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. While Kaur was in her evening prayers, her son would share the news of his selection in…
Sardar’s coaching debut major talking point as India face Pak in Asia Cup
Jakarata: Birendra Lakra and SV Sunil smiled sheepishly when asked how they felt playing in a team coached by former teammate and captain Sardar Singh. “It’s not weird under him. He’s a strict disciplinarian,” Sunil said. Lakra chipped in:…
IPL: MI knockout DC to give RCB playoff berth
Mumbai: Rishabh Pant would like to forget this game. First, he dropped the skier’s sitter off Kuldeep Yadav’s bowling to give Dewald Brevis a reprieve on 25. Shardul Thakur spared his captain’s blushes by removing the batsman a couple of…
French Open: Suffering in Spain, succeeding in Paris
Paris: Every year in the fashion capital of the world, on tastefully decorated courts, elegantly-dressed fans get enchanted by disheveled gritty men in dirt-stained clothes. Invariably, for close to three decades, the Parisians in their…
EPL title race: Klopp and Guardiola’s legacy will be beyond titles and numbers
London: At the final whistle of the first duel between Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp in the English Premier League, a scrappy game Liverpool nailed 1-0 at Anfield in December 2016, the DJ played out the Starship track Nothing Gonna Stop Us…