India’s Bhavtegh Singh Gill made a perfect start to his campaign at the ISSF World Championship for Shotgun, hitting all 50 targets on the opening day of the men’s skeet qualification here on Friday. A two-time junior world championship medallist, Bhavtegh’s perfect round saw him join elite company in four-time Olympic champion and three-time world…
India’s men’s team has already scripted a hat-trick of bronze medals at the Asian Table Tennis Championships, while the women opened their account with a podium finish in the previous edition. As the continental event returns to home soil, coach Sourav Chakraborty is hopeful of not just a repeat — but an upgrade. “Last time…
The R. Premadasa Stadium has been a panacea for the overdosing-on-runs high that ODI cricket has found itself in, particularly in the women’s game, in recent times. Even technically adept sides like Australia and India have found the going tough, with intermittent wet weather softening a surface that already tends to play low and slow….
Left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi will make a return to Test cricket after nearly 17 months as Pakistan will go in with two spinners and two pacers in the first Test against South Africa, beginning October 12 in Lahore. Despite all the talk about preparing spin pitches and including four specialist spinners in their…
Norwegian Football Federation president Lise Klaveness is looking forward to meeting her Israeli counterpart ahead of a World Cup qualifier between the two on Saturday following the announcement of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, she told Reuters. The Norwegian FA said in August that it would donate profits from ticket sales from Saturday’s…
India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant could return to competitive cricket during the Ranji Trophy later this month after being sidelined due to injury for almost three months. Pant has been out of action since the fourth Test against England in Manchester in July, during which he fractured his foot while batting. He missed the fifth and…
France’s Arthur Rinderknech joined his cousin in the semifinals of the Shanghai Masters on Friday as he claimed the scalp of another seed in Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, 6-3, 6-4. Rinderknech, ranked 54th at the beginning of the tournament, has had a dream run in Shanghai, including beating world number three Alexander Zverev. The 30-year-old’s success…
With an eye on the upcoming Junior World Cup, the P.R. Sreejesh-coached Indian hockey team will hope to better the bronze-winning show of the previous edition when it takes the field in the Sultan of Johor Cup, starting with a clash against England here on Saturday. Sreejesh feels the Sultan of Johor Cup will provide…
Aryna Sabalenka extended her unbeaten run at the Wuhan Open to 20 matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Elena Rybakina on Friday, keeping alive her quest for a fourth straight title and setting up a semifinal clash with Jessica Pegula. In the 13th chapter of a rivalry that has played out on the biggest…
The Indian women’s cricket team’s misfiring top-order batters have been defended by its wicketkeeper, Richa Ghosh, who said that the scratchy outings in the ongoing ODI World Cup do not define them. Despite playing on a rather easy-paced track, India’s top batters failed to fire for the third successive time in the World Cup as…