Indian Grandmasters Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi and R Praggnanandhaa were held to draws in their second round matches in the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament here. World No.1 Magnus Carlsen, however, scored his first win on Sunday. Gujrathi drew in 27...

Real Madrid were crowned Spanish Super Cup champions after goals from Luka Modric and Karim Benzema earned them a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Real took the lead in the 38th minute after Rodrygo sprinted...

Swamped by India’s singles results at all times, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty ensured they asserted their class on the India Open, beating three-time World Champions Hendra Setiawan and Mohamad Ahsan, ‘the Daddies’, 21-16, 26-24 in the final. Forever in...

The Indian Super League (ISL) match between ATK Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC was postponed due to the surge in Covid-19 on Saturday, hours before their kickoff. This was their second successive fixture to be postponed. Earlier, ATKMB’s match against...

Reigning World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen progressed to the men’s singles summit clash with a thrilling win but it was curtains for two-time Olympics medallist PV Sindhu at the India Open here today. The 20-year-old Sen rallied his way...

Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu and world championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen registered contrasting wins to advance to the women’s and men’s singles semifinals, respectively, at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton on Friday. Top seed Sindhu, a former world...

Facing criticism from human rights groups, the president of Spain’s soccer federation defended the return of the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia as Real Madrid prepared to play Athletic Bilbao in Sunday’s final. Amnesty International had asked the four...

Chandigarh junior men’s team claimed a silver medal in the 71st Junior National Basketball Championship, which concluded in Indore. In the final match, city lads faced a (60-82) defeat against Rajasthan. Chandigarh skipper and international player Amarendra Nayak (17 points)...

Two-time Olympics medallist PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy advanced to the quarterfinals but the promising Malvika Bansod ended her idol Saina Nehwal’s campaign at the India Open badminton tournament here today. Former champion and 2012 Olympics bronze medallist...

Federico Valverde finished off a stunning move in extra time to give Real Madrid a 3-2 victory over arch-rivals Barcelona in an exhilarating Spanish Super Cup semi-final on Wednesday. Real advanced to Sunday’s final against the winners of Thursday’s clash...