The Australian state of Victoria pulled out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games citing major cost blow-outs, leaving organisers fuming as they scrambled to keep the multi-sport event afloat.
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5th Dec 2025 | Updated at 03:31am 5th Dec 2025
Double gold for India at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest
- 25 Sep 2024
India made history by achieving a double gold in the Chess Olympiad, winning outright in both the open and women's sections. Both Indian teams dominated in the final round, securing convincing 3½-½ victories. In the open section, Dommaraju Gukesh...
Neeraj finishes second in Diamond League, misses crown by 1 cm
- 18 Sep 2024
Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra agonisingly missed the Diamond League crown by just one centimeter as he finished second for the second consecutive year with a throw of 87.86m in the season finale Diamond League series at Brussels.
India thrash Australia in first test
- 27 Nov 2024
In the five-day (July 12 to 16) Asian Athletics Championships 2023 held in Bangkok, India finished third with a total of 27 medals, including six gold, 12 silver and nine bronze medals, in the second best ever performance.
Off-spinner R Ashwin run through the ill-equipped West Indies batting line-up by claiming seven wickets for 71 runs to set-up an innings and 141 run victory...
Lakshya Sen ended his year-long title drought with a stunning 21-18, 22-20 win over All England champion Li Shi Feng in the Canada Open BWF Super-500 final...
The West Indies will not be part of the upcoming ODI World Cup for the first time in the history of the tournament after being eliminated from the qualifiers, a result that has plunged the Caribbean region’s cricket to an unimaginable low. Clive...
Olympic javelin throw gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, who had been out of action for a month due to injury, sent a message to his rivals ahead of the upcoming...
Indian offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin has maintained the top spot among bowlers, while England’s Joe Root toppled Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne to become the world’s top-ranked batter in the ICC Test rankings.
Spin duo of Shreyanka Patil and Mannat Kashyap starred with the ball after a sedate batting effort to guide the India U-23 team to the Women’s Emerging Asia Cup T20 title with a 31-run win over Bangladesh in the final. Electing to bat, India...
World No. 1 javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who is recovering from a muscle strain, is likely to return to action for the sixth stage of the Wanda Diamond League in Lausanne on June 30.
Indian fencing’s torch-bearer CA Bhavani Devi made history on Monday, bagging the country’s first-ever medal at the Asian Fencing Championships. The Chennai Olympian won a bronze at the prestigious tournament being held in Wuxi, China this year....
