India is set to host four major shooting events between 2025 and 2028. However, it was baffling why the hosting rights for all those championships were awarded to New Delhi alone, especially when the entire community had appeared overtly enthusiastic about participating at a new venue a few years back. The Madhya Pradesh State Shooting…
The Supreme Court on Monday quashed an FIR against badminton player Lakshya Sen, his family members, and coach in the birth certificate forgery case. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar said the continuation of criminal proceedings against Lakshya is unwarranted and amounts to abuse of the process of court. The top court…
England captain Ben Stokes, seeing the fourth Test at Manchester heading to a sure draw, decided to extend an invitation to draw the match to give his bowlers some added rest. India had Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar on strike, both inching closer to their individual centuries. The Indian management decided to hold off on…
Luka Majcen played the perfect super-sub role as he found the winner in the last minute of the added time to help Diamond Harbour FC (DHFC) beat Mohammedan Sporting 2-1 and make a memorable debut in Durand Cup 2025 at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Monday. Mohammedan led the opening half of the Group…
“Divya Deshmukh,” said the little girl dressed in a pink frock and overcoat when asked what her name was. The year was 2013. She had just won the National Under-9 Girls’ Chess Championship at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai, held as one of the side events of the World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and…
The Indian national team will find out its group stage opponents on Tuesday during the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 draw ceremony. The Blue Tigresses qualified for the continental tournament — first time through the qualifiers route — after beating higher-ranked Thailand in a decisive qualifier. Who will represent India at the AFC Women’s Asian…
Having made it to the Indian team for the World Boxing Championships, Nikhat Zareen believes that she heads to Liverpool, England, with a renewed sense of belief in her ability to bag yet another medal on the global stage. “I’m looking forward to being back on the international scene after a long time. Everyone wants…
Two days. Two gold medals. Summer McIntosh is off to a perfect start at the Swimming World Championships in her attempt to win five individual gold medals, a feat only achieved by American legend Michael Phelps. The 18-year-old Canadian took the 200-metre individual medley on Monday, clocking 2:06.69. The victory matched the gold she won…
Indian pacer Khaleel Ahmed cut short his spell with Essex, citing personal reasons, announced the English team on Monday. Khaleel represented Essex in two matches, taking just four wickets at an average of 64.50 after signing a two-month contract in June. The left-arm quick was supposed to continue with the team for the remainder of the…
Abundantly talented but more significantly, incredibly cool in crunch situations, that’s how India’s 88th Grandmaster and World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh was described by her formative coach Srinath Narayanan, who feels the 19-year-old chess wizard’s composure is comparable only to cricket great MS Dhoni. Divya became a part of the growing list of young achievers…