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  Saina Nehwal loses to world no. 1 Tai Tzu-ying, crashes out of All England Championships

  March 14, 2018 19:29 IST

  The World No.11 shuttler Nehwal, had a tough time countering the Taiwan ace as she lost 11-21, 18-21.

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  Rahul Dravid, Saina Nehwal among many duped by Bengaluru investment firm: Report

  March 14, 2018 12:36 IST

  Police officials have said that Dravid and his kin had invested Rs 35 crores in the firm and managed to claim Rs 20 crores.

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  All England Championship: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth gun for glory

  March 13, 2018 13:51 IST

  Sindhu and Srikanth are expected to have easy first round outings against relatively unheralded opponents but the road is tricky for former finalist Saina Nehwal, who will face none other than world no 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei.

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  Sreejesh makes comeback, Sardar dropped from CWG bound squad

  March 13, 2018 13:40 IST

  Sardar's exclusion was on expected lines as he performed below-par at this year's Azlan Shah tournament.

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  India finish top of ISSF Shooting World Cup medals tally

  March 12, 2018 14:22 IST

  The Indian contingent will leave Guadalajara a happy lot as for the first time in the history of the sport, they have emerged triumphant in a global event.

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  PM Modi to inaugurate Mary Kom's academy in presence of Vijender Singh, Sushil Kumar

  March 12, 2018 12:16 IST

  The most recent chapter of Mary Kom's extraordinary life journey was becoming a Rajya Sabha MP in 2016 and winning her fifth Asian Championships gold medal a year later.

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  Abhinav Bindra lauds India's show in ISSF World Cup, says shooting is in safe hands

  March 11, 2018 11:59 IST

  The Beijing Olympics 10m air rifle gold medallist also had words of appreciation for the coaches and support staff of the shooting contingent.

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  Akhil Sheoran wins gold in 50m Rifle 3P at Shooting World Cup

  March 11, 2018 12:11 IST

  Sheoran, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, got 151.6 points in kneeling, 155.1 in prone and 148.9 in the standing elimination round of the championship.

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  Winning Commonwealth Games gold more important than being world No 1, says Kidambi Srikanth

  March 09, 2018 23:32 IST

  The 25-year old shuttler, who won four Super Series titles last year, is yet to win the coveted All England Championships or an Olympic medal to achieve the legendary status.

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  Sharath Kamal stuns World No. 7 Koki Niwa at Qatar Open

  March 09, 2018 16:44 IST

  For Sharath, who did not have a good track record against Koki Nowa, the win looked rather sweet as he was down in most games.

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  Anjum Moudgil wins silver in women's rifle 3 positions at ISSF Shooting World Cup

  March 09, 2018 10:51 IST

  It was Anjum's first World Cup medal as she battled windy conditions to shoot 454.2 in the 45-shot final to finish behind former junior world champion Chinas Ruijiao Pei (455.4).

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  After CWG snub, boxer Gaurav Bidhuri sets sights on Tokyo Olympics

  March 08, 2018 17:52 IST

  Boxing Federation of India had selected the CWG boxing contingent on the basis of a points system put in place before the national championships last year and Bidhuri was excluded from the team as he did not have the required points.

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  Seema Punia to be dope-tested by NADA ahead of Commonwealth Games

  March 08, 2018 15:46 IST

  Punai has been a regular in CWG since 2006 and has always been on the podium- winning a silver (60.56m) in Melbourne, a bronze at Delhi 2010 Games and a silver in 2014 Glasgow.

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  Mary Kom, Manoj Kumar to lead India's charge in boxing at Commonwealth Games

  March 07, 2018 17:36 IST

  Seasoned boxers MC Mary Kom and Manoj Kumar will lead India's charge in boxing sport at the Commonwealth Games.

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  ISSF World Cup: India's men trap shooters finish outside medal rounds

  March 07, 2018 14:54 IST

  In the Men's trap, Zoravar Singh Sandhu was the best Indian finisher shooting a score of 114 out of 125 in qualifying to end in 32nd position.

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  'It just happens,' says Manu Bhaker after winning second gold medal in ISSF World Cup

  March 06, 2018 10:50 IST

  Partnering Om Prakash Mitharval, the Indian teenager clinched the 10m air pistol mixed team title, a day after she won the women's 10m air pistol individual gold.

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  ISSF Shooting World Cup: 16-year-old Manu Bhaker clinches second gold medal

  March 06, 2018 8:31 IST

  Manu Bhaker clinched her second gold medal when she partnered Om Prakash Mitharval for the 10m Air Pistol mixed team event.

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  Viswanathan Anand wins Tal Memorial Rapid Chess tournament

  March 05, 2018 12:28 IST

  The Indian Grandmaster Anand defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk and Daniil Dubov of Russia and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States en route to his final score.

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  16-year-old Manu Bhaker bags gold in 10m Air Pistol event in ISSF World Cup

  March 05, 2018 10:13 IST

  The young Indian shooter finished with a final score of 237.5 compared to home-favourite Alejandra Zavala's 237.1 to win the gold in women’s 10m Air Pistol final on Sunday.

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  No medal on last day, India conclude Asian Wrestling Championships with eight medals

  March 04, 2018 21:12 IST

  Besides the rich haul of eight medals, Navjot Kaur had scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold in the senior continental championship as she clinched the yellow metal in the 65kg freestyle category.

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  Roger Bannister, first to run sub 4-minute mile, dies at 88

  March 04, 2018 20:55 IST

  Bannister died peacefully in Oxford on Saturday at the age of 88. He was "surrounded by his family who was as loved by him, as he was loved by them," the family said.

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  PV Sindhu sets sights on All England Championships, CWG

  March 04, 2018 18:34 IST

  Sindhu, who had achieved a career-high global ranking of number 2, had last week said that her dream was to reach the top spot.

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  ISSF World Cup: Shahzar Rizvi wins gold; bronze for Jitu Rai and Mehuli Ghosh

  March 04, 2018 13:57 IST

  The Meerut-based Rizvi shot a world record 242. 3 in the 10m air pistol event's final to beat reigning Olympic champion Christian Reitz of Germany, 239.7, to win the top prize.

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  Bajrang Punia, Vinod Kumar win a bronze each in Asian Wrestling Championships

  March 03, 2018 22:50 IST

  The two medals took India's tally to eight -- gold and silver each with six bronze medals.

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  Snooker Team World Cup: Pankaj Advani leads India to victory against Pakistan

  March 03, 2018 12:31 IST

  Thanks to a well-crafted 39 break from Chandra and a classy clearance of the final colours by Advani, the Indian hopes were kept alive.

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  Navjot Kaur wins gold at Asian Wrestling Championships; Sakshi Malik claims bronze

  March 02, 2018 21:15 IST

  Navjot thrashed Japan's Miya Imai 9-1 in the final to emerge champion in the women's 65-kilogram category to clinch gold.

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  India to meet Pakistan in final of World Cup Team Snooker

  March 02, 2018 22:16 IST

  Advani and Chandra won their single matches but the duo went down in the doubles frame.

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  Vinesh Phogat bags silver at Asian Wrestling Championships

  March 01, 2018 23:37 IST

  Phogat lost to Chinese wrestler Chun Lei by a narrow margin of 3-2 in women final of the 50kg category (freestyle).