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Barcelona, July 22 (IANS): MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez recently underwent successful hand surgery after crashing at season-opening race in Jerez. There has been no return date announced yet for the eight-time world champion as a metal plate wa...
22 Jul 2020
Belgrade, July 19 (IANS): World No 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has returned to training after recovering from coronavirus. Boris Bosnjakovic, the head coach at the Novak Tennis Centre in Belgrade posted pictures on his Instagram handle of the Serb...
19 Jul 2020
Mogyorod, July 19 (IANS): Six-time champion Lewis Hamilton is after legendary Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of seven F1 championships this season but on Sunday, he equalled the German’s record of most wins at a single circuit by wi...
19 Jul 2020
London, July 18 (IANS): In what could be the biggest positive news for sports fans in England, spectators could return to stands October onwards. So far, fans have had to be content with following all live sporting action on TV or OTT platforms. Engl...
18 Jul 2020
London, July 17 (IANS): Four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel has said that he is in no hurry to make a decision on his future. Vettel, who will leave Ferrari at the end of this season, has been linked with Racing Point, who will be renamed as As...
17 Jul 2020
Lexington (US), July 17 (IANS): Twenty three-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams will make her return to WTA tennis at the upcoming inaugural edition of the Top Seed Open. The tournament organisers announced on Thursday that US Open champions Wi...
17 Jul 2020
Jerez, July 17 (IANS): Reigning champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) said it is great to be back on the track ahead of the Spanish GP which begins on Saturday. Marquez will once again be the favourite to clinch the MotoGP crown when the revamped...
17 Jul 2020
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS): The Sports Ministry will assist and fund states in achieving excellence in “one or two sports” that they have adopted in accordance to the ‘One State One Sport’ policy, Union Sports Minister Kiren Ri...
14 Jul 2020
New York, July 12 (IANS): NBA superstar LeBron James will be one of 17 players who will not be wearing a social justice message on the back of his jersey when the season resumes in Orlando, Florida. James said that he felt doing so did not resonate w...
12 Jul 2020
New York, July 11 (IANS): Tennis great Chris Evert feels Serena Williams can make the most of this Covid-19 induced lockdown and aim to clinch a 24th Grand Slam title. “Maybe she will be calmer out there,” she was quoted as saying by BBC....
11 Jul 2020
Zurich, July 11 (IANS): Tennis legend Roger Federer feels it is good for the sport that players are getting financially stronger and can compete in that aspect with other disciplines. The 20-time Grand Slam champion recently was in the top spot on th...
11 Jul 2020
Tokyo, July 9 (IANS): A Tokyo Olympics spokesperson said on Thursday that reports of organisers securing all venues for the postponed Games are “optimistic” but nothing has been officially announced yet. While organisers had previously an...
09 Jul 2020
Mumbai, July 7 (IANS): About 12 years ago, a young boxer from Haryana wrote his name in the history books of Indian sport after winning the country’s maiden Olympic medal in boxing. Vijender Singh’s bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympi...
07 Jul 2020
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS): With an eye on the Tokyo Olympics, Sports Authority of India (SAI) in its endeavour to support Indian athletes for their Olympic preparation is opening Dr. Karni Singh shooting range from Wednesday for Olympic-bound shooters...
07 Jul 2020
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS): Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday launched India’s National Anti-Doping Agency’s (NADA) first mobile app. The app aims to create a bridge between athletes and the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) by prov...
30 Jun 2020
Ranchi, June 30 (PTI): Budding athlete Geeta Kumari was forced to sell vegetables in the streets of Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district to make ends meet. Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s intervention helped Kumari to get INR 50,000 from the Ramgar...
30 Jun 2020
Monte Carlo, June 29 (IANS): German tennis player Alexander Zverev has been facing a lot of criticism after images and video emerged on social media wherein he can been seen partying just days after apologising for his participation in the ill-fated ...
29 Jun 2020
London, June 28 (IANS): Andy Murray has pulled out of third place play-off with Cameron Norrie in the Battle of the Brits exhibition tournament, the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) said on Sunday. “Andy Murray pulls out of third place play-off wi...
28 Jun 2020
Sydney, June 25 (IANS): Australia tennis star Nick Kyrgios hit out at World No.1 Novak Djokovic’s father after the latter blamed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov for Adria Open fiasco. Djokovic, Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Victor Troicki have all tested...
25 Jun 2020
London, June 23 (IANS): Former World No.1 Andy Murray said he is ready to participate at this year’s US Open if he is assured by the authorities that it will be safe to travel to New York considering the coronavirus threat. It was recently anno...
23 Jun 2020
London, June 23 (IANS): World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has tested positive for coronavirus after his Adria Tour tennis project held two events while ignoring social distancing, as per a Daily Mail report. Earlier, Viktor Troicki became the l...
23 Jun 2020
New Delhi, June 22 (PTI): Asserting that sports can help win the battle against coronavirus pandemic in the absence of a vaccine, Olympic and World Championships silver medallist shuttler PV Sindhu on Monday urged everyone to make physical activity a...
22 Jun 2020
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS): Tennis legend Leander Paes on Saturday said he has been working on a ‘new version’ of himself during this Covid-19 induced lockdown period to keep himself ready for the rigours of the sport once it resumes. Paes, ...
20 Jun 2020
New York, June 20 (IANS): The US Open organisers have said they could a better communication with the wheelchair athletes before announcing they would not be part of this year’s scaled-down event at the Flushing Meadows in New York, adding that...
20 Jun 2020
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS): The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has recommended Kidambi Srikanth for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award following player’s apology to the federation for his conduct during the Asian Championship earlier this y...
19 Jun 2020
