All England Open badminton: Sindhu, Sen sail into quarter-finals

Birmingham (IANS) World champion and fifth seed P.V. Sindhu on Thursday sailed into the women's singles quarter-finals of the All England Open badminton with a quick 21-8, 21-8 win against Line Christophersen of Denmark in a Round of 16 match…

Kamal, Sathiyan, Manika, Sutirtha qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Doha (IANS) Veteran table tennis player Sharath Kamal, Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Manika Batra have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics that starts from July 23 this year. Sathiyan qualified by finishing top of the South Asia group…

Nikhat beats world champ at Bosphorous Boxing tournament

Istanbul (IANS) Boxer Nikhat Zareen beat reigning world champion Paltceva Ekaterina to enter women's 51kg quarter-finals at the Bosphorus Boxing Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Asian Championships bronze medallist Nikhat caused a major…

Sania, Ankita to lead India in Billie Jean King Cup World Group playoff

New Delhi (IANS) Veteran tennis star Sania Mirza and the country's top-ranked women's singles and doubles player Ankita Raina will lead India in the Billie Jean King Cup World Group playoff tie against Latvia. The tie is set to be held on…

Yoga gave India unique recognition before world: Rijiju

New Delhi (IANS) Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that Yoga is the soft power and has given India a unique recognition before the international fraternity.

Launching 100 days' countdown to 7th International Day of Yoga (IDY)…

Mithali 2nd woman to score 10K international runs

Lucknow (IANS) Captain Mithali Raj on Friday became the second woman cricketer and the first from India to cross 10,000 runs in international cricket. Mithali's knock of 36 runs against South Africa in the third ODI on Friday took her career tally…

1st T20I: India, England open series at Motera

Ahmedabad (IANS) The world's two top-ranked T20 International teams, India (No. 2) and England (No. 1) clash in the first match of the five-match T20I series here at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera on Friday.

The visiting Englishmen…

Humpy wins BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award

New Delhi (IANS) Chess player Koneru Humpy won the BBC India Sportswoman of the Year award for 2020. The award was based on a public vote in which Humpy beat sprinter Dutee Chand, shooter Manu Bhaker, wrestler Vinesh Phogat and hockey captain Rani…

Vinesh storms to gold in Matteo Pelicone Ranking Series

New Delhi (IANS) Ace India wrestler Vinesh Phogat won her second gold medal in two weeks by storming to the 53kg title at the Matteo Pelicone Rankings Series in Rome. Vinesh, 26, beat Canada's Diana Weicker 4-0 and has thus won gold without dropping…

Focussed on Olympics, javelin ace Neeraj Chopra shuns mobile

New Delhi (IANS) To stay away from distraction, Olympic Games-bound star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra wouldn't interact with people on his cell phone, said his uncle on Sunday.

"With less than 140 days to go for the Tokyo Olympics, we…