Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Damir Dzumhur during their third-round match of the French Tennis Open at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, May 30, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the fourth round of the French Open after labouring past Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 … Read more
Novak Djokovic dealt with a blister on his big left toe that required a medical timeout in the third set, then was one point from being forced to a fourth, before closing out a 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (1) victory over Corentin Moutet at the French Open on Thursday (May 29, 2025). Djokovic said it took … Read more
Italy’s Jannik Sinner returns the ball to France’s Richard Gasquet during their second round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris on May 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP French Open veteran Richard Gasquet’s career ended in defeat by Jannik Sinner, while seasoned campaigner Novak Djokovic continued his bid for … Read more
Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s 4x400m men’s relay team, comprising Rince Joseph, Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu Thekkinalil Saji, and Mohit Kumar, stormed into the final of the 26th Asian Athletics Championships with its best ever effort to top the heat on Thursday (May 29, 2025). The quartet will start from lane … Read more
Daily Quiz | On French Open tournament 1 / 6 | What is the other name for the French Open tournament? 2 / 6 | Which is the type of court in this tournament? 3 / 6 | What are the names of the trophies for both men’s and women’s singles called? Answer : Men’s … Read more
Coco Gauff of United States plays a backhand against Olivia Gadecki of Australia during the Women’s Singles First Round match during Day Three of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros on May 27, 2025 in Paris, France | Photo Credit: Getty Images Coco Gauff forgot to take her rackets to the court but reminded … Read more
Tejaswin Shankar bagged a silver medal in the decathlon at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea. | Photo Credit: Asian Athletics Reigning champion India successfully defended its title in the 4x400m mixed relay for the country’s second gold at the Asian Athletics Championships on Day Two of the competition in Gumi, South Korea, … Read more
Vishal, centre, was not enthused with his performance. | Photo Credit: File photo A personal best, becoming India’s best male quartermiler this season, and a gold in the relay notwithstanding, T.K. Vishal was not ecstatic at the end of Day Two of the Asian Athletics Championships. The 21-year old, part of the AFI’s plan to … Read more
Anjali Rathi beat Paris Sorbet of France 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Monastir, Tunisia, on Tuesday. The results: $30,000 ITF men, Coquimbo, Chile: Singles (first round): Aryan Shah bt Benjamin Perez (Chi) 6-0, 6-2. $15,000 ITF men, Kayseri, Turkey: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ali Habib (GBR) & Aryan … Read more
Gulveer celebrates his maiden international gold. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement India’s best track athlete this season so far, Gulveer Singh continued his impressive performance with the country’s first gold at the Asian Athletics Championships, winning the 10,000m on the opening day of the competition in Gumi, South Korea, on Tuesday. Having missed the automatic … Read more
Sneha. | Photo Credit: Stan Rayan Quartermiler Sneha Kolleri has been forced out of the Indian team for this week’s Asian Athletics Championships in South Korea after testing positive for a banned substance. “I came to know that she is not coming to Korea because she failed a dope test,” a top source told The … Read more
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz returns the ball to Italy’s Giulio Zeppieri during their first round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris on May 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Iga Swiatek, who has struggled lately, and Carlos Alcaraz, who has not, got off to good starts in their French Open … Read more
Former tennis player and record French Open winner Rafael Nadal with Switzerland’s Roger Federer, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Britain’s Andy Murray during a tribute ceremony at Roland Garros, in Paris, France on May 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Rafael Nadal was given a rousing reception as the ‘King of Clay’ stepped onto Court Philippe … Read more
Uttar Pradesh’s Sachin Yadav during his gold winning effort in the men’s javelin throw and creating a games record at the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Wednesday, 12 February 2025. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR There will be 60 Indians in action over five days at the upcoming Asian Athletics Championships in Korea, … Read more
Slow-and-steady: Bartonietz said youngsters need a year for general preparation before starting event-specific training. | Photo Credit: IIS Klaus Bartonietz decided to step away from coaching last year after a five-year stint with Neeraj Chopra, but the German biomechanics expert is back in India, in a new role, aiming to guide the next generation of … Read more
All in: Sneha motored past Vithya to win gold at 23. 59s. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Kerala’s K. Sneha clocked her personal best to upset international R. Vithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) in the women’s 200m race in the Indian Grand Prix series-2 at the LNCPE Athletics Stadium on Saturday. Sneha had never run under 24s, … Read more
Neeraj Chopra competes in the Doha Diamond League meet. | Photo Credit: AFP Before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics if anyone had predicted that javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra would win an Olympic gold, he would have been laughed at. For, independent India had never won an Olympic medal in athletics back then. But long before that, … Read more
Canada’s Victoria Mboko serves against New Zealand’s Lulu Sun during their first round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, on May 25, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Victoria Mboko is still just 18, still rather new to the top level of professional tennis, and yet with a big serve, … Read more
Mohammed Afsal had a small smile on his lips as he topped the 800m heats at the recent National Federation Athletics Championships in Kochi. His time, 1:46.70s, was more than a second faster than the Athletics Federation of India’s qualification standard (1:47.77) for this month-end’s Asian Championships in Gumi, South Korea. Afsal, the Asian Games … Read more
India’s Neeraj Chopra in action during the Men’s Javelin Throw. | Photo Credit: Reuters Neeraj Chopra finally breached the elusive 90m frontier with a 90.23m throw but the trailblazing Indian had to settle for a second place behind Germany’s Julian Weber in a dramatic men’s javelin contest at the Doha leg of the prestigious Diamond … Read more
A file image of Karan Singh | Photo Credit: PTI Fourth seed Renta Tokuda of Japan overcame a tough start to beat top seed Karan Singh 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-1 in the final of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sunday (May 25, 2025). The defeat apart, it has been a commendable … Read more
Winner Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with the trophy after the final match of the ATP 250 Geneva Open tennis against Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, in Geneva, Switzerland on May 24, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Novak Djokovic made more tennis history by winning a 100th career singles title on Saturday (May 24, 2025) and … Read more
Women’s tennis, compared to the men’s game, hasn’t had a single dominating force on clay. No female player has really come close to being as synonymous with the surface as Spaniard Rafael Nadal, whose giant shadow hovers over every inch of red dirt all over the world. This is not to say that there have … Read more
The Indian team went down 1-2 to New Zealand, following a 9-11 loss in the super tie-break of doubles in the ninth to 12th place play-off match of the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup under-16 tennis tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Friday. Tavish Pahwa put India on par after Prakaash Sarran had lost the first singles. … Read more
Animesh Kujur starts as the overwhelming favourite to win a sprint double. | Photo Credit: R. K. Nithin Thiruvananthapuram: The absence of several prominent stars and a lacklustre field in many events have diminished the excitement surrounding the Indian Grand Prix – 2 which will get under way at the LNCPE Athletics Stadium here on Saturday. … Read more
India beat Malaysia 3-0 in the last Group-C league match in the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup under-16 boys’ tennis tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday. It was India’s first win in the four-team league phase. Korea and Uzbekistan qualified for the quarterfinals from the group. Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and China were … Read more
Third seed Korea defeated seventh seed India 3-0 in a Group C league match of the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup under-16 boys tennis tournament at Shymkent (Kazakhstan) on Tuesday. It was the second defeat in two matches for India, following the one against unseeded Uzbekistan. With both Korea and Uzbekistan registering two wins each, India … Read more
Watching Jasmine Paolini compete on a tennis court is like watching a child at play. All of 5’4”, she is a bundle of joy; she glides across the surface as if she has rollerskates on, caresses the ball more than hitting it and breaks into an innocent smile — often in disbelief — whenever she … Read more