Two years after his Olympic dreams were dashed by a left patellar tendon rupture that almost ended his career, long jumper Murali Sreeshankar won a creditable silver at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Wednesday. Second-placed India’s Sreeshankar celebrates after competing in the men’s long jump final during the athletics event at the Scotstoun Stadium…
This week on the PGA Tour feels like a juxtaposition of debuts and farewells, the new and the fading. Defending champ Aldrich Potgieter sad to see Rocket Classic’s farewell Days after 21-year-old Jackson Koivun won for the first time as a pro, the tour arrives at a tournament won last year by a 20-year-old in…
Defending Washington Open champion Alex de Minaur beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday to set up an all-Australian quarter-final clash with teen Cruz Hewitt. De Minaur beats Tsitsipas to set up Hewitt clash in Washington Seeking to defend his crown in the US capital, top seed De Minaur broke back to take the…
Glasgow, Seasoned Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash failed to qualify for the men’s 200m freestyle finals at the Commonwealth Games, signing off a disappointing fifth in his heat and 20th overall here on Wednesday. Sajan Prakash fails to qualify for 200m freestyle finals; Aryan 7th in 1500m freestyle Only the eight fastest swimmers advance to the…
Glasgow, India scripted history in para athletics at the Commonwealth Games, securing a historic one-two finish in the men’s 100m T47 final as Dilip Mahadu Gavit won the gold and Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath claimed the silver. Rural Maharashtra athlete Gavit leads India”s historic 1-2 in men’s 100m T47 Gavit clocked a Games record and season-best…
New Delhi: Eight years after he first competed at the Commonwealth Games (CWG), Neeraj Chopra returns to the stage that launched him into the international limelight. Coming into that 2018 edition in Gold Coast, Chopra’s only international successes were at the U-20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland (2016) and the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar (2017)….
Mumbai: For Harjinder Kaur, this Commonwealth Games (CWG) carried greater importance. Not just because the weightlifter wanted to upgrade her bronze medal from four years ago. India’s Harjinder Kaur competes during the Women’s 69kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday. (PTI) “Because by the time the next CWG comes, I’ll…
Kate O’Connor cruised to heptathlon gold for Northern Ireland as Australia rounded off their best ever Commonwealth Games in the pool with nine more swimming gold medals on Wednesday for a total of 37. O’Connor wins Commonwealth heptathlon as Australia set new record for swimming golds O’Connor said she was “gutted” by her shot put…
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticises World Cup investment plan as fans accuse him of hypocrisy/ Image: AP Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has strongly criticised FIFA’s proposal to sell a minority stake in a new company that would manage the commercial rights to the World Cup and other major tournaments, arguing that football’s biggest…
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha leaves the field at half time during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match against Argentina in Miami Gardens, Fla., Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha is set to begin the next chapter of his career with Chilean giants Colo-Colo, but the name that made…
