Nishant Dev of India. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Star Indian boxer Nishant Dev made a smashing professional debut as he demolished USA’s Alton Wiggins in the super-welterweight category at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. In a dominating debut, Dev won the contest with a few seconds left in the first of the six-round…
Warriors players and support staff savour their triumph. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP The 5,000-seater Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Stadium here was packed to the rafters on Sunday to witness history unfold as Odisha Warriors took on JSW Soorma Hockey Club in the summit clash of the inaugural season of the only commercial women’s…
Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. File | Photo Credit: PTI Admitting that its operations were being conducted from the residence of former chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Thursday (January 24, 2025) said this was a temporary arrangement and the…
Grandmaster D. Gukesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI World champion D Gukesh played out a draw with overnight joint leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan, while R. Praggnanandhaa signed peace with defending champion Wei Yi of China in the sixth round of the Tata Steel chess tournament. With only decisive game in the 14-player round-robin tournament…
Gukesh has been in sublime form ever since he beat China’s Ding Liren to clinch the world title in Singapore in December last year. File | Photo Credit: PTI Continuing his rapid rise, world champion D. Gukesh dethroned compatriot Arjun Erigiasi to become the highest-ranked Indian chess player, at fourth, in the latest FIDE rankings…
Sharath Kamal. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM The WTT Star Contender table tennis event will be held at the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai for the first time from March 25 to 30. The previous two editions (2023 & 2024) were held in Goa. The qualifying rounds will be held on March…
Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra announced his wedding to tennis player Himani Mor in an intimate ceremony on January 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Javelin superstar Neeraj Chopra tied the knot with tennis player Himani Mor couple of days back in an intimate ceremony that has taken everyone by surprise. The 27-year-old Chopra announced the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted this picture congratulating the Indian Men’s team on winning the Kho Kho World Cup, in New Delhi on January 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian men’s team beat Nepal 54-36 in the final to win the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup title in New Delhi on Sunday (January…
Nicholas Bandurak drew first blood for Kalinga Lancers. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Thierry Brinkman struck a magnificent brace as Vedanta Kalinga Lancers decimated Delhi SG Pipers 5-1 in the Hockey India League at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium here on Thursday. Lancers’ third win improved their position to the third spot, while Pipers, who…
 The Kho Kho World Cup is in its inaugural edition in India, but Argentina’s Mariano Pascual has been at a World Cup in India before. That was in 2016, when Pascual was part of Argentina’s kabaddi team for the third edition of the World Cup in Ahmedabad. It wasn’t a particularly memorable campaign as the…
