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Lovepreet Singh (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: “Little disappointed that I couldn’t lift in my final attempt,” said Lovepreet Singh after narrowly missing out on the gold medal in the men’s +110kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. The Punjab lifter settled for silver after finishing just one kilogram behind New Zealand’s…

Representational photo (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old aspiring woman cricketer allegedly died by suicide in Nagpur after reportedly being upset over not getting selected for a higher-level team. The incident came to light on Thursday morning in Laxmi Nagar under the Bajaj Nagar police station area. The deceased, Aditi Chaukhande, was originally from…

MS Dhoni and Stephen Fleming (PTI Photo) Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes newly-appointed Test coach Stephen Fleming should have taken charge immediately instead of delaying his arrival until England’s tour of South Africa later this year.Fleming was named England’s new Test coach after Brendon McCullum was removed from the role earlier this month, though…

Uefa and its 55 member associations voted unanimously on Thursday to boycott every Fifa tournament if the world governing body goes ahead with a plan to sell a stake in the world cup and its other competitions to private investors – a decision that threatens to sink the proposal and trigger another crisis for Fifa…

All three Indians have made it to the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games javelin final scheduled to be held in the wee hours of Saturday. Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra, Rohit Yadav, Yash Vir Singh, all have made it to the final after participating in an 18-man qualifier on Thursday. With a second throw of 79.61m,…

Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra qualified for the men’s javelin throw final at the Commonwealth Games 2026 despite difficult weather conditions in Glasgow. After finishing fifth in the qualification round with a best throw of 79.61m, the Olympic champion said the cold and changing winds made it tough for all athletes. However,…

Glasgow, India’s long wait for a maiden Commonwealth Games medal in men’s shot put continued as Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Samardeep Singh Gill finished fifth and seventh respectively in the final here on Thursday. India”s wait for maiden CWG shot put medal continues as Toor, Samardeep miss podium India had never won…

Seema Kaliramna (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Indian discus thrower Seema Kaliramna won bronze medal in the women’s discus throw at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. She secured third place with a best throw of 58.65m.Seema had only two valid throws in six attempts. After starting with a foul, Seema reached 57.32m and then…

Perched near the top of the vertiginous media tribune in Berlin, Zinedine Zidane’s feather-touch of a penalty happened in front of us. The headbutt didn’t. As if refusing to acknowledge what happened, the stadium giant screen went blank and the Russian journalist sitting alongside asked: ”Did Zidane just hit him?” Zinedine Zidane waves to fans…

New India jersey (ANI Photo) Bengaluru: Indian hockey has changed its colours. In place of the legacy blue, a norm since 1926 and a shade instantly identified with the country’s stickmen and women, is saffron, starting from the FIH World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands in a fortnight. The new kits arrived at the…