South Asian Junior meet | Siddharth, Pooja and Abinaya break meet records

Siddharth Choudhary, men’s shot put gold winner. | Photo Credit: K. Keerthivasan India’s Siddharth Choudhary and Pooja created new meet records in the men’s shot put and women’s high jump events respectively in the South Asian junior athletics meet here on Wednesday. In the last event of the day, Abinaya Rajarajan of India clinched the … Read more

Australian Open tennis championship Day 8 on January 19, 2025: Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff to meet in semifinal if they win their quarterfinal match

Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka celebrates after defeating Russia’s Mirra Andreeva during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on January 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP World number one Aryna Sabalenka swept into the Australian Open quarterfinals on Sunday (January 19, 2025) and was joined by Coco Gauff, while Novak … Read more

Australian Open 2025: Bopanna-Shuai enter mixed doubles quarterfinals

File photo of Rohan Bopanna. | Photo Credit: AP Veteran Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Zhang Shuai entered the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event at the Australian Open after they got a walkover in a second round match in Melbourne on Sunday (January 19, 2025). Bopanna and Shuai were up … Read more

India dominates South Asian junior athletics meet

As expected, India dominated the South Asian junior athletics meet which concluded here on Friday, bagging a total of 48 medals (21 gold, 22 silver and five bronze medals). Sri Lanka finished second with nine gold, nine silver and 17 bronze. Bangladesh came third with three bronze medals. In the men’s 4x100m relay on Friday, … Read more

Neeraj Chopra narrowly misses Diamond League title by 1 cm

Neeraj Chopra, who added a silver to his Olympic medal tally in Paris following a historic gold in the Tokyo Games, thus ended his season on a high | Photo Credit: Reuters Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra gonisingly missed the Diamond League crown by just one centimeter as he finished second for the second … Read more

Neeraj Chopra took part in Diamond League final with fracture in hand

Neeraj Chopra of India is competing in the men’s javelin throw final at the Doha Diamond League. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Double Olympic medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Sunday (September 15, 2024) revealed that he took part in the Diamond League season finale despite a hand injury sustained during a training session. … Read more

Sebastian Coe, multi-millionaire Johan Eliasch among seven candidates for IOC presidency

World athletics chief Sebastian Coe and six others are among the top contenders for next year’s IOC presidency election. | Photo Credit: Reuters World athletics chief Sebastian Coe, multi-millionaire and Olympic newcomer Johan Eliasch and Zimbabwe’s Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry are among seven candidates for next year’s International Olympic Committee presidency election, the IOC said … Read more

Djokovic outlasts Alcaraz to reach Australian Open semifinals

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning his quarter-final match against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz | Photo Credit: Reuters Novak Djokovic on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) won a generational clash against Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open that he said was worthy of the final to close in on a record 25th Grand Slam title with Alexander … Read more

High-flying Unnathi and her progression into a new challenge

Track athlete Unnathi Aiyappa is adept at two events — 200m sprint and 100m hurdles. She has the medals to prove it. In the last six months, Unnathi has stepped on the podium in international and domestic competitions. She won bronze in the 100m hurdles at the Asian Under-20 championships in Dubai, and created meet … Read more

Indian Open under-23 – The Hindu

Poorva bettered Sharvari’s mark of 13.16m with an effort of 13.25m. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Poorva Sawant clinched the women’s triple jump gold with a new meet record even as the men’s pole vault final was postponed for the day as the pit reached the venue late, on the first day of the Indian … Read more

Australian Open 2025: Iga Swiatek charges into semi-finals

Iga Swiatek, left, of Poland, is congratulated by Emma Navarro of the U.S. following their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A rampaging Iga Swiatek stormed into her second Australian Open semi-final with a 6-1 6-2 centre-court demolition of eighth seed Emma … Read more

Sinner stops De Minaur and surges into Australian Open semis

Jannik Sinner, left, of Italy is congratulated by Alex de Minaur of Australia following their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Defending champion Jannik Sinner dismissed eighth seed Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-2 6-1 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals and … Read more

Athletics | Jyoti, Manna and Nayak set new meet records

Jyoti, who won the javelin throw, in action in the 4th National Open U-23 Athletics Championships 2024 at Patna on September 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Jyoti (javelin), Tushar Kanti Manna (400m) and Jashbir Nayak (decathlon) set new meet records in the Indian Open under-23 athletics meet at the Patliputra Sports Complex here … Read more

Indian team prepares for Davis Cup tie against Togo

The Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Togo to be played on the hard courts at the DLTA Complex on February 1 and 2 may not be that much of a challenge for the host, but Indian tennis is looking to capitalise on the event to strengthen its roots. To that extent, three bright … Read more

Indian Open u-23 meet – The Hindu

Animesh Kujur who won the gold medal in the 200m race event in the Fourth National Open U-23 Athletics Championships 2024 at Patna on September 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy PATNA Animesh Kujur bettered his own meet record in 200m to secure his first set of sprint double gold medals in the Indian … Read more

KPB Trust Women’s Open | Winning starts for Ankita and Sahaja

Hanging tough: Ankita overcame a bout of nausea and Kudashova. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Indians Ankita Raina and Sahaja Yamalapalli recorded victories in the first round of the $100,000 KPB Trust Women’s Open tennis tournament at the KSLTA courts here on Wednesday.  Ankita, the highest-ranked Indian, defeated Russian qualifier Daria Kudashova 7-6(2), 7-6(4). Ankita did … Read more

Arjun on a record-breaking spree, sprint double for Ashlin

Arjun Pradeep broke the under-20 men’s 400m and 400m hurdles meet records. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Thiruvananthapuram’s Arjun Pradeep broke the 10-year-old under-20 men’s 400m hurdles meet record in the 68th Kerala State junior athletics championships which concluded at the Calicut University Stadium here on Sunday. Arjun had earlier bettered the 19-year-old 400m meet … Read more

Aryna Sabalenka, Madison Keys set up 2025 Australian Open title clash

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka (right) and Madison Keys in action during their semi-final matches on January 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys made sluggish starts on Thursday (January 23, 2025) but sealed contrasting victories to set up an Australian Open final showdown that will pit two of the … Read more