The Indian campaign at the Archery World Cup Stage-3 ended without a medal with the exit of the country’s recurve individual archers on Saturday. Simranjeet Kaur, who was beaten 6-5 (shoot-off 11-8) by former World and Olympic champion An San of Korea in the quarterfinals, was the best Indian performer of the day. The results: […]
File photo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were pleased with the way they challenged their higher-ranked opponents despite not being at their physical best, marking a promising comeback at the Singapore Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on […]
H.S. Prannoy. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar H.S. Prannoy and Satish Karunakaran registered stunning wins to enter the second round of men’s singles, but it was curtains for double Olympic-medallist P.V. Sindhu as she crashed out with an opening loss at the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday (May 21, […]
Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa posing after winning first Grand Chess Tour tournament. | Photo Credit: X/@rpraggnachess Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France to win his first-ever tournament on the Grand Chess Tour by showcasing his supremacy in the Superbet Classic in Romania. The Indian, after drawing with the Armenian-American GM Levon Aronianin in the final […]
Kynan Chenai. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Olympian Kynan Chenai and Sabeera Haris clinched the bronze medal for India in the trap mixed team event as the ISSF Shotgun World Cup concluded here on Sunday. Kynan and Sabeera defeated the Turkish duo of Tolga Tuncer and Pelin Kaya 34-33 in the contest for third […]
Tanvi Khanna. File. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran Indian squash player Tanvi Khanna caused a major upset, defeating top seed N Ching Cheng of Hong Kong in the opening round of the World Championship Qualifying Event (Asia) in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Tanvi, ranked 134th in the world defeated the Hong Kong player, ranked 76th, […]
A stellar start for India at Archery World Cup Stage 1 with a creditable four medals— 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. Photo: X/@india_archery India wrapped up their campaign at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 with a creditable four medals, including a silver in the men’s recurve team event and a bronze by […]
Vijayveer Sidhu with the gold. | Photo Credit: ISSF Vijayveer Sidhu defeated Riccardo Mazzetti of Italy 29-28 for the 25m rapid fire pistol gold in the shooting World Cup in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Vijayveer had overcome a slow start, when he had got only one point out of five in the first […]
India pulled off a coup, displaying spunk and excellent end-game skills to outwit Bahrain 81-77 in a thriller on Saturday night to qualify for the FIBA men’s Asia Cup 2025. | Photo Credit: X@BFI_basketball India pulled off a coup, displaying spunk and excellent end-game skills to outwit Bahrain 81-77 in a thriller on Saturday night […]
File photo | Puja Tomar of India | Photo Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Nine months after she made history becoming the first Indian to win a fight at the Ultimate Fighting Championships – the most prestigious mixed martial arts promotion – Puja Tomar is ready to prove her record setting achievement was no flash in […]
