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Agasara Nandini | Photo Credit: Handle @revanth_anumula on X Agasara Nandini, a third-year BBA student at the Social Welfare Residential Degree College, Sangareddy, won gold at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships 2025 being held in Gumi, South Korea. Ms. Nandini won the gold medal in the heptathlon with a personal best of 5,941 points. She … Read more

Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka sits on the bench after losing the final match against U.S.’ Coco Gauff at the French Open 2025 women final in Paris on June 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP While Coco Gauff was taking selfies on Court Philippe-Chatrier to celebrate her triumph on the Parisian clay, her opponent on the other … Read more

Winners Spain’s Marcel Granollers and Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos celebrate with the trophy after the men’s doubles final match of the French Tennis Open against Britain’s Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, on June 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Veterans Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos won the French Open doubles … Read more

PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 07: Coco Gauff of United States with the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen trophy after her victory over Aryna Sabalenka in the Women’s Singles Final match on Day Fourteen of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros on June 07, 2025 in Paris, France. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Coco Gauff won the … Read more

Austria’s Lilli Tagger holds the trophy after winning the girls’ singles final match of the French Tennis Open at the Roland-Garros in Paris, on June 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Lilli Tagger of Austria has won the girls’ title at the French Open without dropping a set in the tournament. Making her junior Roland-Garros … Read more

In the autumn of 2022, when 20-time Major winner Roger Federer announced his retirement, the world of tennis slipped into a state of near-eternal lament. There was the disappointment of not being able to watch one of the greatest players live anymore, but it was also about the end of the famed 40-match Federer-Rafael Nadal … Read more

Pooja clinched gold in the high jump event at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea. | Photo Credit: AFI/Special Arrangement She had already assured herself of gold with her first jump itself at the 1.89m mark but Pooja wasn’t done yet. The 18-year old, newly crowned champion at the Asian Athletics Championships in … Read more

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic after losing his semifinal match against Italy’s Jannik Sinner at the French Open 2025 tennis championship in Paris. | Photo Credit: Reuters Novak Djokovic is unsure he will play at the French Open ever again after losing to top-ranked Jannik Sinner in the semifinals. The 24-time Grand Slam champion cast doubt on … Read more

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz plays a shot against Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti during their semifinal match of the French Tennis Open at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, June 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Carlos Alcaraz promised a spectacular Roland Garros final against top seed Jannik Sinner after the reigning champion advanced past an injured Lorenzo … Read more

Coco Gauff celebrates winning the semifinal match of the French Tennis Open against France’s Lois Boisson at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris on June 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The biggest difference Coco Gauff sees between the player who lost her first Grand Slam final at the 2022 French Open at age 18, and … Read more

Gulveer Singh emulated Lakshmanan Govindan’s feat. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Gulveer Singh became only the second Indian to claim the 5,000m-10,000m double gold at the Asian Athletics Championships and high jumper Pooja had the distinction of being the country’s youngest champion in this edition as India added three gold and a silver to its … Read more

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates as she won the semifinal match of the French Tennis Open against Poland’s Iga Swiatek at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, on June 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka ended Iga Swiatek’s 26-match French Open unbeaten streak and reached the final in Paris for the first … Read more

Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates after winning the quarterfinal match of the French Tennis Open against Madison Keys of the U.S. at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP That No. 2 seed Coco Gauff reached Thursday’s (June 4, 2025) French Open semifinals should surprise no one. Her … Read more

Rupal, Subha, Jisna and Rajitha took India to the 400m relay gold. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Some of the country’s biggest medal hopes duly delivered on the big stage as India added six medals to its tally including three gold on day three of the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on Thursday. … Read more

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in action during his French Open quarterfinal match against Germany’s Alexander Zverev at Roland Garros, in Paris, France, on June 4, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Three-time champion Novak Djokovic kept up his quest for a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam title, battling past third seed Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 on … Read more

Sumit Nagal beat Tom Gentzsch 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the €145,250 Challenger tennis tournament in Heilbronn, Germany. In the $60,000 ITF women’s event in Sumter, USA, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Katherine Sebov beat second seeds Ayana Akli and Dalayna Hewitt 7-6(6), 6-4 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals. The results: €145,250 Challenger, Heilbronn, Germany: Singles … Read more

Poland’s Iga Swiatek throws a tennis ball towards spectators after winning her quarter final match against Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on June 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Four-time champion Iga Swiatek’s 26th successive win at Roland-Garros set up a French Open semifinal clash against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka on Tuesday. Swiatek defeated Elina Svitolina 6-1, 7-5 … Read more

Carlos Alcaraz of Spain plays a forehand during a practice session on Day Nine of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros on June 02, 2025 in Paris, France | Photo Credit: Getty Images Carlos Alcaraz expects a stiff challenge from Tommy Paul in the French Open quarter-finals on Tuesday (June 3, 2025), as women’s … Read more

Fourth seed Luciano Ambrogi of Argentina beat seventh seed Aryan Shah 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinals of the $30,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament on clay in Coquimbo, Chile. The results: $100,000 Challenger, Little Rock: Doubles (quarterfinals): Niki Poonacha & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Finn Reynolds & James Watt (Nzl) 2-6, 6-2, [11-9]. $30,000 ITF men, Coquimbo: … Read more

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus serves against Serbia’s Olga Danilovic during their third round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris on May 30, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Aryna Sabalenka experienced late resistance in her meeting with unseeded Olga Danilovic but won 6-2 6-3 and kept alive her hopes of … Read more

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

Ilkel puts it across Mukund in the first round

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