Star pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, while American gymnast Simone Biles bagged the top women’s honour at the Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony here on Monday (April 21, 2025). The 25-year-old Duplantis, regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time, was fourth-time lucky after being nominated […]
Rohit Sharma at a press conference to announce the T20 Mumbai League in Mumbai on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI Rohit Sharma has referred to the recent announcement of a stand being named after him at the Wankhede Stadium – alma mater of Mumbai cricket for half a century – as an ‘unreal feeling’ and […]
On a day that saw top seed Koneru Humpy being held to a draw by compatriot and fifth seed R. Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh proved the lone winner for India at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess at Amanora-The Fern in Pune. Divya, who is playing in her home State of Maharashtra, won against Bulgaria’s Nurgyul […]
Mangalore BC defeated VBC (Mandya) in the final to emerge as the Karnataka rural basketball league champion for men at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium courts here on Sunday. The result: Final: Mangalore BC 90 (Prastik 31, Shashank Rai 19) bt VBC (Mandya) 58 (Shashank Gowda 20). Published – April 07, 2025 10:38 am IST Source link
Javi Hernandez celebrates the winning strike for Jamshedpur in the first leg of the ISL semifinal against Mohun Bagan Super Giant in Jamshedpur on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement : Javi Hernandez produced a fantastic goal in added time to help Jamshedpur FC snatch a 2-1 win against the league shield champion Mohun Bagan Super Giant […]
Three-day international surfing festival is India’s only global surfing competition. (REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE) The second edition of the International Surfing Festival Kerala — Varkala organised by the Kerala Tourism Department and Kerala Adventure Tourism Promotion Society (KATPS) is set to begin at Edava Beach in Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram, on April 10 after a successful outing last year, […]
Japan’s Honoka Hashimoto. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Japan’s Honoka Hashimoto was a revelation in the WTT Star Contender Chennai held at the Nehru Stadium here recently. World ranked 30, Hashimoto put up a masterclass in defensive play by reaching the women’s singles final, losing to Miwa Harimoto of Japan, seeded two. Unheralded, Hashimoto had […]
Olympian Deepak Punia, a former 86kg World championships silver medallist, confirmed another medal by entering the 92kg final on his return to international competition. | Photo Credit: ANI Udit collected a silver medal in the men’s freestyle 61kg category at the Asian wrestling championships in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday (March 30, 2025). Udit, a 57kg […]
Mumbai Indians Hardik Pandya with Head Coach Mahela Jayawardene during the practice session ahead of IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat Titans will look to preserve its spotless home record against Mumbai Indians as […]
India men’s head coach Gautam Gambhir and chairman of the national selection panel Ajit Agarkar are set to discuss the prolonged central contracts for the ongoing cycle with the BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia in Guwahati on Saturday. Earlier in the week, the BCCI announced the annual retainer for women, days after The Hindu reported that […]
