Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, speaks at a news conference at the Miami Open tennis tournament, on March 20, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Novak Djokovic said on Thursday (March 201, 2025) that he disagreed with some aspects of a class-action lawsuit filed by the Professional Tennis Players’ Association’s (PTPA) against the sport’s governing bodies. The … Read more
Kerala’s Abhinav broke the boys’ heptathlon meet record. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Kerala’s Abhinav Sreeram broke the boys’ heptathlon record in the 20th National youth athletics championships at the Patliputra Sports Complex here on Tuesday. Abhinav, with a total of 4731 points, bettered the one-year-old record of Tamil Nadu’s P. Royshan (4664 points). Meanwhile … Read more
Tải app lucky88 là một trong những lựa chọn hàng đầu cho những ai yêu thích cá cược trực tuyến. Với giao diện thân thiện và tính năng đa dạng, app này không chỉ mang đến trải nghiệm giải trí mà còn giúp người dùng dễ dàng tham gia vào các trò chơi hấp dẫn. … Read more
Para athletes from more than 20 countries will participate in 90 events across three days as India hosts its first-ever World Para Athletics Grand Prix here from March 11 to 13. The athletes participating in the Grand Prix to be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium are from countries such as Germany, Japan, Australia, Saudi … Read more
Krishna Jaysankar (left) finished third | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Krishna Jayasankar became the new record-holder in indoor shot put among the Indian women. The 22-year-old, studying in USA, heaved the iron ball to a distance of 16.03m in the Mountain West Indoor track and field championship in Albuquerque (New Mexico) on Saturday. Krishna bettered … Read more
Midway through his event at the National Para Athletics Championships in Chennai recently, Navdeep Singh — India’s gold medallist in the javelin throw (T41 class for athletes with short stature) at the Paris Paralympics — was fairly relaxed. Seated in the company of the chief coach of the Indian national team Satyanarayana and Nishad … Read more
Ons Jabeur is a three-time Grand Slam finalist with more than $13 million in prize money by age 30, and as she looked out at the main court used for the Miami Open this week and next, she rattled off a lengthy list of things she thinks could be fixed in professional tennis to … Read more
Indian athlete Gulveer Singh has broken the 13-minute barrier in an indoor 5000m event. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medalist Gulveer Singh has broken the 13-minute barrier in an indoor 5000m event while improving his outdoor National record and earning a berth in the World Athletics championships, to be … Read more
Wild card Pablo Llamas Ruiz of Spain beat fifth seed Sumit Nagal 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the €91,250 Challenger tennis tournament in Murcia, Spain, on Wednesday. The results: €91,250 Challenger, Murcia, Spain: Singles (first round): Pablo Llamas Ruiz (Esp) bt Sumit Nagal 6-4, 6-1. $60,000 ITF women, Luan, China: Singles (first … Read more
Poland’s Iga Swiatek. File | Photo Credit: AP Iga Swiatek offered a revealing look at her emotional state in recent months — which included a doping suspension, coming to grips with knowing she might not return to No. 1 this season and “three weeks crying daily” — in a lengthy social media post that … Read more
The champion of the last tournament in Chandigarh, Jay Clarke of Britain, will start as the top seed in the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament to be played at the Gujarat University Tennis Academy from Tuesday. A bunch of Indian players Aryan Shah, Dev Javia, Prajwal Dev, Siddharth Vishwakarma and Sidharth Rawat, seeded fourth … Read more
The victorious Haryana contingent with its big prize. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Haryana won the overall team (men & women) titles (49 gold, 32 silver and 25 bronze) on the final day of the 23rd National para athletics championships at the Nehru Stadium here on Thursday. Tamil Nadu finished second (17, 18, 12) while … Read more
Lulu Sun of New Zealand, Thailand’s Mananchaya Sawangkaew and Lanlana Tararudee, Sohyun Park of Korea and Taiwan’s Joanna Garland will be some of the leading players in action in the Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania Group-1 women’s tennis tournament to be played at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune from April 8 to 12. The absence … Read more
The TCS World 10K Bengaluru carries a total prize money of $210,000. | Photo Credit: File PHOTO : SUDHAKARA JAIN The 17th edition of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) World 10K Bengaluru will be held here on April 27. The World Athletics Gold Label Road Race carries a total prize money of $210,000. The race … Read more
Jack Draper, of Great Britain, poses with the winner’s trophy at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament on March 16, 2025, in Indian Wells, California | Photo Credit: AP Jack Draper overwhelmed Holger Rune 6-2, 6-2 in a little more than an hour in the final of the BNP Paribas Open, achieving two big milestones … Read more
Mirra Andreeva, of Russia, returns to Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, during the final match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Sunday, March 16, 2025, in Indian Wells, Calif. | Photo Credit: AP Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva came back to beat No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday … Read more
Top seed Jay Clarke of Britain beat third seed Woobin Shin of Korea 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-0 in the final of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Sunday. It was the 13th singles title in the professional circuit for the 26-year-old Briton who was ranked a career-best 153 in 2019. Published … Read more
N. Sriram Balaji from Team India in action during Davis Cup 2025 World group Playoff against Thomas Setodji and Padio Isak from Team Togo at DLTA Complex in New Delhi on February 02, 2025. Photo: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap/ The Hindu Sriram Balaji in partnership with Miguel Reyes-Varela of Mexico beat Tristan Boyer and Govind Nanda … Read more
Ankita Raina in action during WTA Mumbai Open round of 16 match against Rebecca Marino held at CCI in Mumbai. Photo: EMMANUAL YOGINI/The Hindu Ankita Raina in partnership with Priska Nugroho of Indonesia beat the top seeds Yiming Dang and Yidi Yang in the doubles quarterfinals of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Shenzhen, … Read more
Nitin Kumar Sinha beat fourth seed Dev Javia 6-4 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Thursday. In the quarterfinals, Nitin will play Stefan Vujic of Australia who beat sixth seed Siddharth Vishwakarma for the loss of six games. Madhwin Kamath, Manish Sureshkumar, Ishaque Eqbal and … Read more
Yuki Bhambri. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Andre Goransson of Sweden knocked out the second seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten 6-2, 5-7, [10-5] in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $13,042,410 ATP tennis tournament in Indian Wells, USA. The Indo-Swedish pair was scheduled to play Fernando Romboli of Brazil … Read more
Champion smile: Ekaterina Makarova and champion Kristina Dmitruk in the ITF women’s tennis tournament in Gurugram on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Kristina Dmitruk came up with a flawless display to outplay second seed Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the $30,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Tennis Project, Baliyawas, on … Read more
Siddhant Banthia and Alexander Donski. Photo: Special Arrangement Siddhant Banthia in partnership with Alexander Donski of Bulgaria beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux of France and Zdenek Kolar of Czech Republic 6-4, 5-7, [10-8] in the doubles final of the $160,000 Challenger tennis tournament on clay in KIgali, Rwanda, on Saturday. It was the maiden Challenger doubles title … Read more
Ekaterina Makarova made the singles final and won the doubles final in the ITF women’s tennis tournament in Gurugram on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Second seed Ekaterina Makarova recovered from a slow start to beat Antonia Schmidt of Germany 7-6(3), 6-3 in the semifinals of the $30,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the … Read more
On March 1, Indian men’s tennis enjoyed a rare moment of glorious sunshine. At the Dubai ATP 500, Yuki Bhambri — alongside Australian Alexei Popyrin — won his biggest doubles crown till date. At the Chile Open ATP 250, Rithvik Bollipalli — partnering Colombian Nicolas Barrientos — claimed his second career title, and at the … Read more
Kristina Dmitruk made the semifinals of the ITF women’s tennis tournament in Gurugram on Friday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Kristina Dmitruk continued to assert the versatility of her game as she eased past Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-0, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the $30,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Tennis Project, Baliyawas, on Friday. … Read more
Former Australian tennis champion Fred Stolle. File. | Photo Credit: AP Fred Stolle, a two-time major winner and member of three Davis Cup-winning teams, has died, Tennis Australia said Thursday. He was 86. Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley described Stolle as an “iconic figure” in tennis as a player and later as a commentator for … Read more
Sahaja Yamalapalli. | Photo: Kamesh Srinivasan Sahaja Yamalapalli sustained an attacking game, unleashing fierce forehand, to out-gun top seed Carlota Cirez of Spain 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $30,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Tennis Project, Baliyawas, on Wednesday. On a day when the gusty winds caused havoc at the arena, … Read more
Emma Raducanu of Great Britain reacts while playing against Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in their second round match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on February 18, 2025 | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu said she could not see the ball through tears and was barely able … Read more