New Delhi: After three days of record-breaking performances, India’s track and field athletes got a rude reality check on the concluding day of Federation Cup in Ranchi with a number of them missing the Commonwealth Games cut. Samardeep Singh Gill. (PTI) The biggest disappointment came in men’s javelin, considered India’s only worthwhile event internationally. In…
Injured forwards Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams were included in Spain’s FIFA World Cup squad announced on Monday, though for the first time the team will travel without any Real Madrid CF players.Both Yamal and Williams suffered muscle injuries towards the end of the season, but Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said he expects…
Mumbai: “Like a cold shower”. It’s a phrase Iga Swiatek has used at least twice over the last couple of months. Once, speaking in Stuttgart and summarising how she felt earlier in the year when she wasn’t playing well. And then, speaking in Paris a few days ago and describing her performance in Rome last…
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has reorganised its daily operations, giving the N S Johal-led Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Division responsibility for 27 Olympic sports disciplines. The division has also been asked to handle governance-related issues in national federations whenever directed by the sports ministry.According to an order issued by sports secretary Hari…
Mumbai: Since March, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi has been consistently playing clay court tournaments. She has fared pretty well too. Of the seven tournaments she played, she reached a quarter-final, two semi-finals, and won the title at the J300 event in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France. Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi. (HT) Clay can be a difficult surface to adjust to,…
Despite ending their IPL 2026 campaign with a 40-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata on Sunday, Delhi Capitals once again finished outside the playoffs. DC ended sixth in the table with seven wins and seven defeats, extending their playoff drought to five straight seasons. It was also the second consecutive season in which…
Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the biggest clash of the Indian Premier League 2026 playoffs as defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru take on Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 1 at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Tuesday. The winner will seal a direct berth in the final,…
Da Nang , India’s stellar run continued at the U23 Asian Wrestling Championships as Mansi Lather, Kajal and Sumit clinched gold medals to headline a dominant showing on the second day of the competition here on Sunday. Mansi Lather, Kajal, Sumit strike gold at U23 Asian Wrestling Championships Mansi put up a dominant display in…
Key quotes from the first day of the French Open at Roland Garros on Sunday: Who said what: French Open day 1 “I didn’t speak with on the phone yet, but I obviously texted, and most of my friends and most of the people who have because the majority of Kyiv suffered from something like…
Jasprit Bumrah (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Known for giving batters a tough time, rattling stumps and troubling them with toe-crushing yorkers, Jasprit Bumrah did not have the best of campaigns with the ball in Indian Premier League 2026 as he managed to claim just four wickets in the tournament.However, former South Africa pacer Dale…
