On the evening of the Republic Day in Surat, a bespectacled Manush Shah — having opted for a time-out after losing his first championship point — did his reverse-spin forehand serve, Payas Jain returned it to the southpaw’s backhand, Manush turned around and sealed the issue with a trademark down-the-line forehand top-spin winner. As the…
Suryaksh Rawat of Uttarakhand upset second-seeded Karnataka’s D. S. Saneeth in the men’s badminton semifinals of the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Monday. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Tamil Nadu’s S. Rudramayan created a National record by lifting 175kg in the snatch event of the men’s +109k event in the National Games. |…
R Praggnanandhaa. File. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa came from behind to beat world champion D. Gukesh 2-1 in the tiebreaker to win the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament on Sunday (February 2, 2025). There was huge drama typical of two young players looking to win each and every tiebreak game after…
Great going: The Tamil Nadu’s women players celebrate their triumph. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR All smiles: The Tamil Nadu women’s basketballers with their gold medals. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Victorious: The victorious Punjab men’s basketball team. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Looking stronger with many new coming in, Punjab shocked…
In 2022, just as she got ready to leave home to catch a flight for the World Championship, shooter Rahi Sarnobat felt very uneasy. There was a tingling feeling in her right hand and she felt something was wrong in her heart too. “I was at the door and suddenly I thought I was going…
World champion D Gukesh | Photo Credit: PTI World champion D Gukesh maintained his half-point lead with an easy draw against Wei Yi of China, while R Praggnanandhaa outwitted top seed Fabiano Caruana of the United States to come within striking distance of the leader after the 11th round of Tata Steel Masters. Playing the…
Power-packed: Niemann strikes a rousing tee-shot on the 16th hole. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Joaquin Niemann tackled the tricky course with great poise as he led with a 6-under 138 on the second day of the $2 million International Series golf championship at the DLF Club on Friday. The 26-year-old Chilean, who has four…
Anish on his way to the men’s 25m rapid fire gold at the 38th National Games in Dehradhun on Thursday. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Narmada Nithin Raju certainly knows how to handle pressure. While Olympians Ramita Jindal and Elavenil Valarivan wobbled under pressure, the Chennai girl came up with a consistent performance to…
The Kerala women’s basketball team in discussion after a training session on Monday. | Photo Credit: Stan Rayan For someone from the warm South, it’s very cold out here in Dehradun. With such weather, one wondered how the swimmers would manage life during their competition in the 38th National Games which Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Indian Grandmaster Vaishali. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev’s refusal to shake hands with Indian GM R Vaishali stirred up a controversy at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament before the Uzbek apologised, saying that he meant no disrespect and didn’t respond to the gesture because of “religious reasons”. In a video…
