Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Algarve (Portugal), Oct. 25 (IANS): Lewis Hamilton on Sunday surpassed Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher for most race wins in the sport by taking the top spot at the Portuguese Grand Prix and taking his 92nd victory. Hamilton, who started at the 9...
25 Oct 2020
Ostrava (Czech Republic), Oct. 24 (PTI/AP): Third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka recovered from a slow start to stage a big comeback, defeating qualifier Sara Sorribes Tormo 0-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the Ostrava Open quarterfinals. The 73rd-ranked Sorribes Tormo from...
24 Oct 2020
Belgrade, Oct. 21 (IANS): World no.1 Novak Djokovic said that he will not defend his Paris Masters title this season as he doesn’t stand to lose any points due to the ATP Tour’s revised ranking system. “I won’t play in Paris a...
21 Oct 2020
Tokyo, Oct. 21 (PTI/AP): Tokyo Olympic officials want the world to know they are working on measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic at next year’s games, even if they don’t know exactly what they will be. Tokyo organisers showcased a few...
21 Oct 2020
New Delhi, Oct. 20 (PTI): World Champion P V Sindhu on Tuesday said she is in London to work on her nutrition and recovery needs with due consent of her family and coaches, denying reports of a fallout with either of the two even though her father sp...
20 Oct 2020
New Delhi, Oct. 20 (IANS): Indian Judo team will be participating in the Budapest Grand Slam — which contributes to the Olympic qualification — between October 23 and October 25. This will be the first tournament that the Indian judokas w...
20 Oct 2020
Sydney, Oct. 16 (IANS): Australia’s three biggest golf tournaments have fallen victim to the Covid-19 pandemic as it was announced on Friday that men’s and women’s Australian Open and the PGA Championship, have been cancelled. All w...
16 Oct 2020
Copenhagen, Oct. 14 (IANS): Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth came out with a commanding performance as he registered a straight-games win over England’s Toby Penty in his opening round match at the Denmark Open. Srikanth, the former world n...
14 Oct 2020
New Delhi, Oct. 13 (IANS): The two-month national camp for core Olympic shooters will begin at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range from Thursday. All Tokyo Olympic quota winners will be a part of the camp which will run till December 17. The camp will...
13 Oct 2020
Dimapur, Oct. 13 (EMN): Doom Eternal, the first-person shooter video game by Bethesda, can apparently be played on a fridge. Yes, aside from storing your steak, peanut butter and beer, now you can play Doom Eternal on your fridge as one Instagram use...
13 Oct 2020
New Delhi, Oct. 11 (IANS): With para badminton all set for a debut at the Paralympics this year, India’s Manasi Joshi was training hard to give her best in Tokyo. The Covid-19 pandemic outbreak though postponed the Games to next year. Originall...
11 Oct 2020
Nurburg (Germany), Oct. 11 (IANS): Lewis Hamilton on Sunday equalled German Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 race wins with his victory at the Eiffel Grand Prix. Hamilton finished nearly 4.5 seconds ahead of second placed Max V...
11 Oct 2020
Paris, Oct. 10 (IANS): Iga Swiatek on Saturday became the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam as she beat Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1. Swiatek, 19, is the youngest French Open champion since Rafael Nadal in 2005, who was also aged 19. After racing to a ...
10 Oct 2020
Orlando, Oct. 10 (IANS): With 16.8 seconds left and 108-109 on the scoreboard, all that Los Angeles Lakers had to do was get one basket to clinch their record-equalling 17th NBA title. However, it wasn’t to be as Miami Heat held their nerves to...
10 Oct 2020
New Delhi, Oct. 9 (IANS): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has stated that the government is committed to provide a sports ecosystem of global standards for athletes. Rijiju made these comments during the 53rd Governing Body Meeting of the Sports A...
09 Oct 2020
Orlando, Oct. 7 (IANS): After facing a loss in Game 3 — mostly due to an exceptional performance from Jimmy Butler — LA Lakers’ star duo LeBron James (28p, 8a, 12r) and Anthony Davis (22p, 4a, 9r) helped their team take one step clo...
07 Oct 2020
New Delhi, Oct. 7 (PTI): India’s Olympic-bound boxers, except for an indisposed M C Mary Kom and two others, will travel to Italy and France starting next week on a 52-day training-cum-competition trip as they gear up for the Tokyo Games. Mary ...
07 Oct 2020
New Delhi, Oct. 5 (IANS): Competitive tennis will make a return after an eight-month Covid-19 hiatus as the All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Monday announced the resumption of the domestic circuit from November 16. The tournaments will initiall...
05 Oct 2020
New Delhi, Oct. 3 (PTI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju is hopeful that the country will be able to conduct sporting competitions by early next year. Sporting action in India was halted in March, when camps were shut down due to the Covid-19 pand...
03 Oct 2020
New Delhi, Sep. 30 (PTI): Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday unveiled the new Sports Authority of India (SAI) logo, which has been changed for the first time since the apex sports body’s inception in 1982. The new logo highlights ‘...
30 Sep 2020
Paris, Sep. 30 (IANS): Twenty three-time grand slam champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the ongoing French Open due to achilles injury. Williams, bidding for her 24th Grand Slam title, announced her withdrawal ahead of her second-round match ...
30 Sep 2020
New Delhi, Sep. 29 (PTI): The women’s national wrestling camp will finally begin at the SAI Centre in Lucknow from October 10, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) said on Tuesday, with a warning that the grapplers who miss it will not be co...
29 Sep 2020
New Delhi, Sep. 29 (IANS): The Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has sanctioned weightlifter Mirabai Chanu’s proposal of INR 40 lakhs for a two-month overseas training program in Kansas, US along with her coach a...
29 Sep 2020
New Delhi, Sep. 27 (IANS): The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Sunday announced it will resume sporting activities of Tokyo Olympics bound para-athletes and athletes at National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) across the country starting on October 5....
27 Sep 2020
Sochi, Sep. 27 (IANS): Valterri Bottas on Sunday secured his second win of the 2020 season at the Russian Grand Prix after a 10-second penalty that his Mercedes team mate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton sustained meant that the Brit finished t...
27 Sep 2020
