A slew of dope cases rocked Indian athletics with junior national team chief coach Ramesh Nagpuri suspended by the NADA for “complicity” in doping while seven athletes were also in dock for “evading” tests . Two more coaches — Karamveer Singh and Rakesh — were also suspended for “complicity” and “administration of prohibited substances” respectively. … Read more
Servin Sebastian. | Photo Credit: File photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Servin Sebastian continued his good form this year and clocked another impressive performance to win the 20km event at the 12th Indian Open race walking competition here on Saturday. Sebastian clocked 1:21.46, close to his personal best of 1:21.23 that he managed at the National … Read more
KOCHI Long jumper M. Sreeshankar, the Commonwealth and Asian Games silver medallist, will miss the Asian Athletics Championships set to begin in the South Korean city of Gumi on May 27. Sreeshankar was forced to miss last year’s Paris Olympics with a knee injury — he underwent surgery for that in Qatar — and now … Read more
Avinash Mukund Sable. File. | Photo Credit: AP National record-holding 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable will feature in the season-opening Diamond League Meeting in Xiamen, China on April 26, which will have a top-class field, including reigning Olympic and world champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco. Paris Olympics and World Championships bronze medallist Abraham Kibiwot of … Read more
Vaidehi Chaudhari laid the foundation for India’s dominant performance. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Shrivalli Bhamidipaty starred in India’s victory. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Shrivalli Bhamidipaty played a spell-binding game for more than two hours and a half to beat Hong Yi Cody Wong 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3 to clinch the tie for India against … Read more
Aditya hit the sand at 7.74m to seal the long jump gold in the Indian Open athletics meet at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Participating in his first event since the 2024 Paris Olympics, much was expected from long jumper Jeswin Aldrin. The 23-year-old, however, failed to … Read more
Jeswin Aldrin has set his sights on qualifying for the | Photo Credit: File photo: K.R Deepak Having trained in Florida, USA for the last three months, Jeswin Aldrin is now looking forward to his first event of the season—the Indian Open Meetings at the Nehru Stadium here on April 15. The current National record … Read more
Amiya Mallick topped the field but the 32-year-old was far from his best, clocking 10.66 seconds to win the 100m at the third Indian Open athletics meet at the Birsa Munda Stadium here on Thursday. The former National record holder, with a personal best of 10.26s, was returning to action after 2023 and although he … Read more
Amiya will hope to prove he still has the speed to match the new group of Indians. | Photo Credit: File Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Veteran sprinter Amiya Kumar Mallick will return to action after a long break, hoping to prove he still has the speed to match the new group of Indians when he … Read more
Dipanshu Sharma continued his impressive form with a personal best throw of 75.04m to take top spot in men’s javelin at the 1st Indian Open athletics meet at the War Hero Stadium here on Tuesday. It is also the third best throw in the world in Under-20 this year, behind Ewald Jansen’s two throws. Among … Read more
With the top Indian track and field stars prioritising the Federation Cup later this month, the first Indian Open athletics meet here on Tuesday will be a chance for some of the rising stars to push themselves and improve performances. Among those will be Jyoti Rakesh, the 22-year old champion at the National Games and … Read more
Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo shakes hands with Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (down) after winning the Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament round of 32 tennis match on the Ranier III court at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. | Photo Credit: AFP Novak Djokovic’s latest bid to win a 100th career title ended on Wednesday (April … Read more
File photo of Gurindervir Singh. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Gurindervir Singh stormed into the record books, smashing the men’s 100m national record with a blistering 10.20-second run in a top-class field at the Indian Grand Prix 1, in Bengaluru on Friday (March 28, 2025). The 24-year-old Punjab sprinter, representing Reliance, eclipsed the previous … Read more
Women’s National 100m hurdles record holder Jyothi Yarraji is among the leading names who will compete in the Indian Grand Prix 1-2025 at SAI (NSSC) here on Thursday. Moumita Mondal, who finished second to Jyothi in the National Games last month, once again lines up against her rival. The women’s 100m hurdles field also includes … Read more
Sailing the Whitsunday islands. Surfing an iconic Gold Coast break. Rowing in a crocodile-inhabited river in Rockhampton. Extra tourism-focused venues and a new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium to be built in inner-city parkland have been unveiled as part of a major overhaul of planning for the 2032 Brisbane Games. David Crisafulli, the third premier of Queensland … Read more
Mananchaya Sawangkaew kept Thailand in the battle by winning the second singles. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Prarthana Thombare and Ankita Raina won a thriller against Thailand to keep India in the race in the Asia-Oceania Billie Jean King Cup tennis in Pune on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare … Read more
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty gave a bright start for India. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Lulu Sun won both her singles and doubles matches to clinch the tie for New Zealand against India in the Billie Jean King Cup on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan The Indian team went down fighting 1-2 in a thriller against … Read more
Uttar Pradesh’s Rupal stormed to victory in the women’s 400m event in the 6th Indian Open 400m competition in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Thiruvananthapuram Uttar Pradesh’s Rupal Chaudhary started her season on a promising note by winning the women’s event in the 6th Indian Open 400m competition 2025 at the LNCPE … Read more
Sahaja Yamalapalli and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty listen to captain Vishal Uppal on the eve of the Asia-Oceania Billie Jean King Cup tennis in Pune, on Monday. | Photo: Kamesh Srinivasan It will be a test of fire for India to ride on home advantage, and its collective strength as a team, in the Asia-Oceania Billie Jean … Read more
Chirag exults during his quarterfinal match against Ishaque Eqbal at the SM Krishna Memorial Open tennis tournament in Bengaluru on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement India’s Chirag Duhan entered his maiden ITF M25 singles semifinal following a 6-2, 7-6(1) victory over compatriot Ishaque Eqbal at the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open tennis tournament here on … Read more
Riya Bhatia beat Chelsea Fontenel of Switzerland 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Bujumbura, Burundi. The results: $680,140 ATP, Houston, USA: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Federico Gomez (Arg) & Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) bt Sriram Balaji & Miguel Reyes-Varela (Mex) 7-6(3), 6-3. €145,250 Challenger, Menorca, Spain: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Daniel Cukierman … Read more
Top seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth were beaten 6-2, 6-0 by wild card entrants Andrea Vavassori and Matteo Vavassori in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €145,250 Challenger tennis tournament in Menorca, Spain. The results: $680,140 ATP, Houston: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rafael Matos & Marcelo Zormann (Bra) bt Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Rithvik Bollipalli 7-5, … Read more
As a new season unfurls, the quartermilers will be again in the limelight as the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) looks to rejig the 4×400 relay squads after a poor show in the Paris Olympics. Despite being the season-opener, the 6th Indian Open 400m competition 2025, which gets underway at the LNCPE Athletics stadium on … Read more
Jakub Mensik, of Czech Republic, holds the Butch Buchholz Championship Trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, left, in the men’s singles final match at the Miami Open tennis tournament on March 30, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. | Photo Credit: AP Novak Djokovic fell short in his bid to claim a 100th ATP title … Read more
Czech Republic’s Jakub Mensik plays a shot against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles final match at the Miami Open tennis tournament, on March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Czech teenager Jakub Mensik upset Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4) to win the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday (March 30, … Read more
Just in time: Aboobacker reserved his best for the last and clinched the win. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Commonwealth Games silver medallist Abdulla Aboobacker equalled his personal best of 17.19m to win the men’s triple jump gold at the 4th Indian Open Jumps Competition at the Anju Bobby George Foundation here on Saturday. … Read more
Aryan Shah with his reward. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Fifth seed Aryan Shah outplayed top seed and the champion of the last two tournaments, Jay Clarke of Britain, 6-1, 6-3 in the final of the $30,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Altevol Academy on Sunday. It was the second singles title in the … Read more
KTA secretary John Nechupadom. Photo: | Photo Credit: Stan Rayan Just 11 and very promising, Aishwarya Sajeev Nair has won many age-group tournaments but on Sunday she stood out as tennis history was being made in Kerala at the Regional Sports Centre here. The KTA all-Kerala under-12 tournament, which concluded on Sunday, was the Kerala … Read more
Anirudh Chandrasekar in Challenger doubles final in Spain