Tour de France spectator flees France after causing crash

Paris (IANS) A Tour de France spectator, who held out a banner to relay a message to her grandparents during the first round of Tour de France but instead caused a big crash after a cyclist ran into it, is believed to have fled France to escape punitive…

Archery World Cup: Das, Deepika win mixed recurve team gold

Paris (IANS) India's husband-wife duo Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari won gold medal in the mixed recurve team event at the archery World Cup Stage 3 here on Sunday.

Das and Deepika combined well to score a 5-3 win over the Netherlands to…

Calls for Human Rights Commission to probe Aus swimmer's allegations

Canberra (IANS) Swimming Australia (SA) has said it is "deeply concerned" over allegations of abuse and mistreatment within the sport.

Nine Entertainment newspaper reported on Friday that six former swimmers have come forward with complaints…

World No.3 Simona Halep withdraws from Wimbledon

London (IANS) Defending Wimbledon women's champion Simona Halep of Romania on Friday announced her withdrawn from this year's Wimbledon due a calf injury.

"It is with great sadness that I'm announcing my withdrawal from The Championships…

Denis Shapovalov pulls out of Olympics due to Covid fears

Tokyo (IANS) World No. 14 men's tennis player, Denis Shapovalov of Canada, has pulled out of Tokyo Olympics citing "safety reasons" due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Making his announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, the 22-year-old Shapovalov…

Rani Rampal named women's hockey captain for Olympics

New Delhi (IANS) Hockey India (HI) on Monday named veteran striker Rani Rampal as the captain of the 16-member Indian women's hockey squad that will compete at the next month's Tokyo Olympic Games.

Defender Deep Grace Ekka and seasoned…

Karthik leaves fans entertained on commentary-box debut

Southampton (IANS) India cricketer Dinesh Karthik's stint in the commentary box during the second day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final between India and New Zealand saw him pull a fast one on fellow commentator and former England skipper…

Milkha Singh: The 'Flying Sikh' no one could catch

New Delhi (IANS) A glimpse into the stupendous athletics career of legendary Milkha Singh, who passed away on Friday aged 91, can be had from this mind boggling fact: his 400 metres Indian national record stood for 38 years and the 400m Asian record…

Punishment for cheating junior chess players will be decided by Central Council: AICF

Chennai (IANS) Stripping them of their national titles, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) Central Council will decide on further punishments for the chess players who had cheated during the online age group national championships, said the Secretary.

The infamy of timeless Tests

Ageas Bowl (Southampton) (IANS) In the period between the two World Wars, there arose a concept of timeless cricket Tests. In other words, matches played to a finish without any time restrictions.

The most infamous and longest of these was…