BBA student Agasara Nandini of Telangana SWREIS wins gold at 26th Asian Athletics Championships in South Korea

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

French Open 2025 doubles finals: Granollers and Zeballos defy their ages to win title

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

Tagger, McDonald win French Open junior titles

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

Asian champion at 18, Pooja has dreams, big and high

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

French Open | No. 2 Gauff faces No. 1 Sabalenka in women’s final

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

Sumit Nagal in Heilbronn Challenger second round

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

Title-holder Swiatek to face Sabalenka in semifinals after 26th straight win at Roland-Garros

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

French Open: Alcaraz, Swiatek and Sabalenka in semi-final hunt

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

Aryan Shah loses to fourth seed in Coquimbo ITF semifinals

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

French Open: Sabalenka, Zheng sizzle on sunny day

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

French Open: Defending champion Alcaraz labors into fourth round

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

Sinner sends Gasquet into retirement, Djokovic marches on

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

Daily Quiz | On French Open tournament

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

Asian Athletics Championships: Mixed 4×400 relay retains gold

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

Tejaswin satisfied with silver, Vishal disappointed at missing podium

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