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  Sindhu, Srikanth, Sen & Saina enter second round of German Open

  March 08, 2022 23:06 IST

  London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and former top 10 player H S Prannoy also made an impressive start at the USD 180,000 Super 300 badminton tournament.

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  Duplantis sets pole vault world record of 6.19m in Belgrade

  March 08, 2022 12:20 IST

  Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis broke his own world pole vault record with a 6.19-meter clearance at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting.

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  Rhythm and Anish win 25m rapid fire pistol mixed team gold as India top medal tally

  March 07, 2022 22:09 IST

  The Indian duo emerged victorious by a margin of 17-7 over Thailand in the gold medal match.

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  Vishwanath, Raman storm into semis of Asian Youth & Junior Boxing C'ships

  March 07, 2022 19:31 IST

  Vishwanath got the better of Tajikistan's Meroj Zoidov by a split 4-1 decision to secure his second successive medal at the prestigious continental championships.

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  International Judo Federation removes Putin, Rotenberg from all positions

  March 07, 2022 15:24 IST

  Earlier on February 27, Putin was suspended as honorary president and ambassador of the apex judo governing body.

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  German Open 2022: Sindhu, Srikanth and Lakshya lead India's campaign in Super 300 event

  March 07, 2022 14:31 IST

  Sindhu, seeded seventh, will open her campaign against Thailand's world no 11 Busanan Ongbamrungphan this week.

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  ISSF World Cup 2022: India win 3rd gold medal in Cairo

  March 07, 2022 10:03 IST

  The Indian trio of Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan clinched gold in the women's 25m pistol team event on the penultimate day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol competition.

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  Mary Kom to skip World Championship, Asian Games

  March 06, 2022 16:15 IST

  Mary Kom's aim is to give platform to upcoming boxers and focus on her preparations for the Commonwealth Games. 

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  Indian women's 25m pistol team to fight for gold in WC

  March 06, 2022 14:02 IST

  The trio topped the second qualification stage with a combined effort of 441 out of a possible 450 late on Saturday night, to set up the summit clash with Singapore, who also shot the same score, but with three lesser inner 10s than India.

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  WTT Contender 2022: India's mixed and women's doubles pairs win silver medals

  March 05, 2022 17:55 IST

  On Friday, Sreeja Akula and Selenadeepthi Selvakumar had won a women's doubles bronze after losing in the semifinals to Sutirtha and Ayhika.  

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  Kidambi Srikanth confident of winning Commonwealth Games gold again in 2022

  March 04, 2022 15:55 IST

  After struggling for the last few years, Srikanth finally got his rhythm back when he claimed the World Championship silver medal at Huelva, Spain. 

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  As war rages, Paralympics opening in Beijing without Russia

  March 04, 2022 13:21 IST

  Russia's invasion of Ukraine, shortly after the Winter Olympics wrapped up in Beijing, is roiling the world.

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  WTT Contender Muscat 2022: Sathiyan bows out; two Indian women's doubles pairs in medal round

  March 03, 2022 16:38 IST

  Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee, and Sreeja Akula and Selenadeepthi Selvakumar entered the medal round in women’s doubles.

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  Russian and Belarusian athletes out of Winter Paralympics in stunning about-face

  March 03, 2022 13:00 IST

  The reversal of decision comes less than 24 hours after the IPC on Wednesday announced it would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete when the Games open on Friday, but only as neutral athletes with colours, flags and other national symbols removed.

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  Russians face more sports sanctions, but not at Winter Paralympics

  March 03, 2022 11:26 IST

  The International Paralympic Committee, however, said Russians and Belarusians would be able to compete in Beijing as 'neutral athletes' without national symbols.

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  India's Shri Nivetha, Esha, Ruchita win gold in women's 10m air pistol team event

  March 03, 2022 10:05 IST

  The Indians shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish on the podium for the country's third medal, and second gold, in the year's first World Cup.

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  Ukrainian athletes join military after Russian invasion

  March 02, 2022 18:13 IST

  Yevhen Malyshev, a 19-year-old former athlete on Ukraine's junior biathlon team, died last week while serving the Ukraine army.

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  Russians, Belarusians compete as ''neutral athletes'' in China

  March 02, 2022 18:01 IST

  Russian athletes had already been slated to compete as RPC, short for the Russian Paralympic Committee, as punishment for the state-sponsored doping scandal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

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  Denied visa, SAI steps in to help race walker Amit travel to Oman for World Championship

  March 02, 2022 16:44 IST

  Amit, who is a part of the Indian team, is set to compete in the 10km race walk event of the championships, to be held on March 4 and 5. He was unable to travel to Oman because of COVID vaccination guidelines of that country.

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  My sole aim is to win gold at Paris Paralympics, says para shuttler Palak Kohli

  March 02, 2022 16:40 IST

  The youngest para-badminton player to qualify for the Paralympics at 18, Kohli is currently competing at the Spanish Para badminton International II in Vitoria.

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  Russian-led ISSF bans shooters from Russia, Belarus over Ukraine invasion

  March 02, 2022 12:51 IST

  The decision came even as a World Cup takes place in Cairo, Egypt where Russian shooters were competing till Tuesday. The statement from ISSF now indicates that they may no longer be able to continue in the event.

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  A glance at reaction of sports to Russian invasion

  March 02, 2022 9:46 IST

  FIFA and UEFA suspended the Soviet country from international football.

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  Ukraine's 20 athletes expected to make it for Paralympics

  March 01, 2022 22:04 IST

  Spence said the team was heading for the Chinese capital and could arrive as soon as Wednesday.

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  BWF suspends Russia, Belarus athletes from international badminton events

  March 01, 2022 21:25 IST

  The BWF said its decision was in line with the recent recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board, calling on international federations to suspend Russia.

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  Putin stripped of FINA order; Russia, Belarus can compete as neutrals

  March 01, 2022 21:04 IST

  The world aquatics body also announced that no athlete or aquatics official from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete under their countries' names but can participate as neutrals.

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  Saurabh Chaudhary claims gold in ISSF World Cup in Cairo

  March 01, 2022 16:56 IST

  The Asian Games gold medallist shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish ahead of Germany's Michael Schwald (6).

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  Russia out of skating events as sporting sanctions bite

  March 01, 2022 15:27 IST

  The ISU said no athletes from Russia or its ally Belarus “shall be invited or allowed to participate” in its events until further notice.  

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  Russia faces sports isolation over invasion of Ukraine

  March 01, 2022 13:55 IST

  The loss hasn't just been restricted to banning the Russian players to participate in big tournaments but the sporting events have also dropped Russian companies' sponsorships.