Star athlete, Hima Das, who is the World Junior 400-metre champion and Asian Games silver medallist, has shifted to 200m from her pet 400m category as she looks forward to focusing on the speed and the endurance bit for the...

The Indian U-17 women’s football team played out a 3-3 draw against Romania in a friendly match in Turkler, Turkey on Sunday. Mariyammal Balamurugan scored a brace while Sumati Kumari struck the other goal for India. The first half began...

Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy inflicted a defeat on Valentina Gunina of Russia in the eighth round of the second Cairns Cup here, jumping into sole lead with 5.5 points and a round to play. In a huge upset, 16-year old...

Kawhi Leonard stole the show on the floor and Hall of Famer Magic Johnson took centre stage in an emotional pre-game ceremony on a night the NBA paid tribute to the late Kobe Bryant. Chicago’s favourite son Anthony Davis sank...

Assam fencers won a Bronze medal in the epee boys category in 30th Senior National Fencing Championships held at Delhi recently. The medal-winning team was represented by Partha Roktim Hazarika, Bijay Das Panika, Mandeep Das and T.Shyam Singh

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi continued to lead the standings in the Masters Category of the Prague Chess Festival after sharing a point with Swedish GM Nils Grandelius in the fourth round. Pentala Harikrishna, the other Indian in the 10-player field,...

Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal, the country’s squash aces, reigned supreme in the 77th Senior National Championship at the ISA courts here, claiming their 18th and 13th titles respectively. Chinappa, the torch-bearer for Indian women’s squash for close to two...

The Indian para badminton contingent returned with a rich haul of 11 medals from the BWF Brazil Para Badminton International that was staged in Sao Paulo from 10th February to 16th February. With four gold medals, five silvers and two...

Though Jai Hind high school beat Vidya Bhavan high school by 70 runs in the group B league match, the team has nothing much to cheer about as it gave away 38 extras. The match saw 66 extras and its...

Tanvi Khanna pulled off a surprise win over second-seeded Sunayna Kuruvilla, winning in five games to reach the women’s singles final of the Senior National Squash Championship at the ISA courts in Chennai on Friday. The top-seeds in the men’s...