The road to Formula One, the pinnacle of single-seater racing, is one of the most challenging in sports. While the pathway to get there is structured through various levels in junior formulae, getting through those in the shortest time frame is the challenge most young racing drivers face. Ever since Max Verstappen burst onto the scene […]
Ritvik Gupta and Swara Karmarkar guided Kolkata ThunderBlades to a 5-4 victory over Dempo Goa Challengers in the league stage of the Dream UTT Juniors table tennis tournament at the EKA Arena on Thursday. The Kolkata team completed its league engagements with 26 points, while Dempo Goa Challengers wound up with 27 points. Both should […]
The Neeraj Chopra Classic international javelin competition will be held on July 5 at Bengaluru’s Sree Kanteerava Stadium, JSW Sports announced on Tuesday. The event was originally scheduled for May 24 but had to be put off after cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan erupted. Alongside Neeraj Chopra, the meet is set to see participation […]
New Zealand’s Kane Williamson celebrates after scoring a century during the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Ex-captain Kane Williamson has again rejected a central contract with New Zealand Cricket and likely will miss the […]
Paris Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Aman Sehrawat (57kg) claimed a bronze in the Ulaanbaatar Open Ranking Series on Sunday. On his comeback to competition after the Olympics last year, Aman defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Almaz Smanbekov 11-1 before being pinned by another Olympian and Pan-American champion, Mexico’s Roman Gulliermo Bravo Young, in the semifinals. However, he bounced […]
Freestyle wrestler Jaskaran Singh, the 2023 Asian under-20 champion in 65kg, has been handed a three-year suspension for testing positive for a banned substance. Jaskaran tested positive for SARMS LGD-4033 (ligandrol) metabolite (which improves muscle mass) following an in-competition test during the 2023 Asian championships in Amman, the International Testing Agency (ITA), on behalf of […]
Indian badminton due of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in action during the quarter final of men’s doubles match at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2025. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The celebrated pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will make a much-anticipated return to elite competition after shaking off fitness concerns when the […]
A little after 1.30 pm on Saturday, Ajit Agarkar formalised what everyone invested in Indian cricket knew was a foregone conclusion. The chairman of selectors officially announced Shubman Gill’s coronation as India’s 37th Test captain, making the 25-year-old the fifth youngest to occupy the hottest sporting seat in the country. Gill is already a semi-veteran, […]
Aryan Shah outplayed Thiago Cigarran of Argentina 6-1, 6-2 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $30,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Coquimbo, Chile. In the €91,250 Challenger in Skopje, North Macedonia,, Rithvik Bollipalli and Vijay Sundar Prashanth scored a thrilling 6-7(4), 7-5, [10-8] victory over Neil Oberleitner and David Pichler in the doubles quarterfinals. Sriram Balaji […]
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is likely to resume before the next weekend, at select venues in India, based on the government clearance. The decision is likely to be formalised by the IPL Governing Council in the next couple of days, provided it gets the government nod. Multiple members of various IPL franchise contingents confirmed […]
