FIFA World Cup: French record breakers set for semifinal with Morocco

Doha (Qatar) (IANS) France go into their World Cup semifinals against Morocco as the favourites to repeat their place in the final from 2018, when they also won the title.

The French also reached the final of the 2016 European Championship,…

J&K's Ayeera Chishti creates history by winning medal at World Junior Wushu Medal

Srinagar (IANS) Ayeera Chishti, a world-class Wushu athlete from Jammu and Kashmir, has made the name of the country and the union territory famous by winning a bronze medal at the 8th World Junior Wushu Championship.

She has become the first…

Australia complete West Indies sweep to close in on World Test Championship final

Adelaide (IANS) Australia have moved one step closer to cementing their spot at next year's ICC World Test Championship final with a dominant 419-run victory over the West Indies in the second Test here on Sunday.

The World Test Championship…

IOC to look to allow Russian, Belarus athletes to participate internationally

Luasanne (IANS) The 11th Olympic Summit saw all representatives supporting the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to follow up on an initiative of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in international…

PT Usha becomes first woman IOA president

New Delhi (IANS) Legendary athlete PT Usha was on Saturday officially elected as the first woman president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) during the governing body's polls.

Usha -- a multiple Asian Games gold medallist -- was declared…

Indigenous sport kabaddi triumphs over a global marquee sporting event in latest viewership data

New Delhi (IANS) The latest viewership data revealed by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) for week 47 threw up an interesting story. The opening day of the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar registered a reach of 9.7 million (BARC data:…

BWF World Tour Finals: Prannoy beats Axelsen to end campaign on a winning note

Bangkok (Thailand) (IANS) India's HS Prannoy ended his campaign in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals 2022 on a happy note with a superb victory against World No.1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in a Group Stage match at Court 1…

FIFA World Cup: Netherlands keeper Noppert plays down Messi threat in quarterfinals

Doha (Qatar) (IANS) The Netherlands goalkeeper Andries Noppert said he is not overly concerned about the threat posed by Argentina captain Lionel Messi ahead of the team's World Cup quarterfinal duel on Friday.

Messi has been in impressive…

World Weightlifting Championships: Mirabai Chanu clinches silver despite wrist pain

Bogota (Colombia) (IANS) Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu battled wrist pain to clinch a silver medal in the women's 49kg division at the World Weightlifting Championships 2022, here.

Mirabai lifted a total weight of 200kg (87kg snatch…

FIFA World Cup: La Liga has second-most players in Qatar 2022 after the group stage

Mumbai (IANS) After the end of the group stage of the FIFA World Cup, and with half of the teams already eliminated from the event, Spain's La Liga remains the league that brings the second-most international players to the event in Qatar.