Indian chess player Gukesh scalps No. 2 Firouzja after blitzing No 1 Carlsen

Seventeen-year-old Indian chess player D Gukesh’s rising stature in the world got another boost when he defeated world No. 2 Alireza Firouzja, 19, in an over-the-board classical elite meet in Stavanger, Norway. The previous day, in the blitz...

India beat Pak to win junior Asian hockey

India, the defending champions, defeated Pakistan to win the Junior Asia Cup hockey championship in Salalah, Oman, in a hotly contested championship match. Playing in front of a packed house, India claimed their fourth continental crown with...

The Mumbai Cricket Association is coming up with a ‘special gift’ for cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who will celebrate his 50th birthday on April 24 this year. The MCA will erect a life-size statue of Tendulkar inside the iconic Wankhede...

Tata Group has bagged the title rights for the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL). The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah took to Twitter to make the announcement, expressing his confidence that the move will...

World champion Rudrankksh Patil braved exhaustion and fever to confirm his first World Cup individual gold in men’s 10m air rifle event at the ISSF World Cup in Cairo on last week. Rudrankksh, 19, earned a 629 points to place sixth in the eight-man...

At the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Sania Mirza bid an emotional farewell to the world stage as a golden glow lit up the breathtaking setting. That was the kind of career it was. In their first-round match, Sania and her close friend...

Unheralded Akshdeep Singh clinched the men’s 20km event gold with a national record time to qualify for this year’s World Championships as well as 2024 Paris Olympics on the opening day of the National Open Race Walking Championships.



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