Men's Jr Asia Cup: Indian hockey team starts campaign with massive win

Salalah (Oman) (IANS) India kicked off their campaign in the Men's Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament here with a solid 18-0 win against Chinese Taipei in their first Pool A match.

Araijeet Singh Hundal (19', 19', 30', 59) starred…

Indian women's hockey team loses 2-3 to Australia 'A' in a closely-fought match

Adelaide (IANS) The Indian women's hockey team put up a second-half fight but went down to Australia 'A' 3-2 in the closely-fought encounter in the fourth game of their current tour, here on Thursday.

Salima Tete (40') and Sangita…

Lajong on cloud nine, proud to represent Meghalaya in I-League again

New Delhi (IANS) After the final whistle at the SSA Football Ground in Shillong, despite the fist pumps, the jumping high fives and the obvious jubilation, there is no way Shillong Lajong's players could have known they had finally broken through…

Indian para shooters eye 100th medal, leave for Changwon World Cup

New Delhi (IANS) With their sights set on the 100th medal, a 27-member Indian shooting para sport team led by Paralympic champions Avani Lekhara and Manish Narwal left for Changwon for the first World Cup of the season.

The team, which included…

KIUG 2022: Chingakham Jetlee Singh, son of a dhaba owner, ready to shine his sword

Lucknow (IANS) Fencer Chingakham Jetlee Singh, who made his way from Manipur to the Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune at the age of 15, is all set to showcase his skills once again at the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2022 slated to take place,…

European Rally Championship: Team MRF Tyres takes victory in Rally Poland

Warsaw (Poland) (IANS) Martins Sesks and co-driver Renars Francis put on a masterclass to finish first in the Rally of Poland as Team MRF Tyres took a dominant victory in the third round of the FIA European Rally Championship.

The Latvian duo…

India's Parul Chaudhary wins 3000m steeplechase gold at New York athletics meet

Mumbai (IANS) Indian distance runner Parul Chaudhary gave another glimpse of her superb form in the run-up to the Asian Games by winning the 3000m steeplechase title in Track Night meet in New York.

Parul clocked 9 minutes 41.88 seconds to…

Hockey: Indian women put up a solid show, hold Australia 1-1 in third test match

Adelaide (IANS) World No. 8 India women's team put up a brilliant show to hold World No.3 Australia 1-1 in the third match of their three-match bilateral series here, coming back from a goal down to hold the hosts to a draw on Sunday.

With…

Archery World Cup: Prathamesh wins compound individual gold; Jyothi-Ojas top mixed team event

Shanghai (China) (IANS) Indian archer Prathamesh Jawkar won the Individual Men's Compound gold medal while Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Pravin Deotale combined to clinch the Compound Mixed Team crown at the Archery World Cup 2023 Stage 2, here…

Federation Cup athletics: Jyothi Yarraji wins second gold in 200m; Rohit Yadav bags javelin gold

Ranchi (IANS) For the second consecutive day Andhra Pradesh's 23-year-old 100m hurdles specialist Jyothi Yarraji hogged the limelight at the 26th National Federation Cup Athletics Championship, claiming a gold medal in the women's 200m here…