Manu Bhaker with her new coach (Photo by Jelena Arunovic) BHOPAL: After adjusting the lighting at the MP State Shooting Academy final hall, two young electricians asked Manu Bhaker if she needed anything else. “Nahin,” the shooting star politely replied. The electricians were still waiting. Distracted, Manu suddenly realized it hadn’t hit home, and gave…
NEW DELHI: Former Asian silver medallist and Tokyo Olympian Shivpal Singh has been handed a 10-year suspension by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) Disciplinary Panel after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid methandienone in what has been deemed his second doping offence.The 31-year-old javelin thrower’s career now faces a major setback, with the length…
PV Sindhu lost her World Championships pre-quarterfinal match to Wang Zhi Yi. The Indian player questioned if her opponent’s late cramps were tactical. Wang Zhi Yi insisted her cramps were genuine and rejected any tactical suggestions. Sindhu felt she should have been more patient during crucial points. The defeat ended Sindhu’s unbeaten record against Chinese…
PV Sindhu in action on Day 4 of the BWF World Championships. (BAI) NEW DELHI: Up until the start of 2024, PV Sindhu had never lost to a Chinese shuttler at the Olympics and the BWF World Championships. An unblemished 9-0 record. Then she ran into He Bingjiao and that streak came to an end…
England’s Joe Root celebrates hitting a half century. (AP Photo) Joe Root added another landmark to his extraordinary Test career on Thursday, equalling Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar’s record for the most half-centuries in Test cricket during England’s first Test against Pakistan at Headingley.Root brought up his 68th Test fifty on the second day before…
A delegation of the Brazilian Football Confederation and others inspect the field at Salt lake Stadium, also known as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) A five-member delegation from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) spent more than two hours inspecting Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium on Thursday ahead of the much-anticipated India-Brazil football match on…
The US Open is set to offer the biggest prize in Grand Slam tennis history, with the 2026 singles champions taking home $5.5 million each as the total player compensation for the tournament rises to a record $108 million.The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced the prize-money structure on Thursday, ahead of the tournament’s start…
India hold England to 0-0 draw. (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: India secured their place in the second round of the Women’s Hockey World Cup after holding England to a tense 0-0 draw in their final Pool D match on Thursday, surviving a late onslaught to finish second in the group.The result took India’s…
Shubman Gill with Kirandeep Singh at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium in Mohali. (Special Arrangement) NEW DELHI: For Kirandeep Singh, the moment Shubman Gill noticed him was more than just another net session. It was the moment a youngster from Cholta Kalan, a village in Punjab’s Mohali district, began to believe that his cricketing dream…
(Pic credit: East Bengal) NEW DELHI: East Bengal FC scripted a new chapter in Indian football history on Thursday, producing a staggering 12-0 victory over Rovers FC of Guam in the AFC Women’s Champions League 2026-27 preliminary stage.The Moshal Girls’ emphatic triumph is now the biggest-ever victory by an Indian club in an Asian competition,…