Italy’s Matteo Berrettini shakes hands with Serbia’s Novak Djokovic after winning his round of 32 match at the Qatar Open. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Novak Djokovic was upset by Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) at the Qatar Open in the Serb’s first match since exiting the Australian Open with a … Read more
Silver medalist Koki Ikeda, of Japan, poses during the medal ceremony for the men’s 20km race walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo. | Photo Credit: AP Japanese race walker Koki Ikeda, a former Olympic silver medalist, has been banned for four years for doping, the Athletic Integrity Unit said Friday. … Read more
Manas, right, gave a good account of himself against Harris. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Wild card Manas Dhamne went down fighting 4-6, 4-6 to top seed Billy Harris of Britain in the first round of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis tournament at the Balewadi Stadium on Tuesday. Despite the big difference … Read more
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after winning his round of 32 match against Croatia’s Marin Cilic. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz overcame Croatian veteran Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4 Monday to reach the round of 16 at the Qatar Open. The 36-year-old Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion who has fallen to No. 192 in the rankings, … Read more
Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia hits a return to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain during the final match at the Delray Beach Open tennis tournament Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Delray Beach, Fla. | Photo Credit: AP Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic saved two match points on the way to a gritty 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory over Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich … Read more
Novak Djokovic urged tennis authorities to overhaul the sport’s anti-doping system, pointing to “inconsistencies” in cases involving top stars Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP Novak Djokovic on Monday urged tennis authorities to overhaul the sport’s anti-doping system, pointing to “inconsistencies” in cases involving top stars Jannik Sinner and Iga … Read more
Going the distance: Sachin Yadav produced a personal best 84.39m and broke the meet record by more than two metres while winning the gold. | Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Thrilled! Haryana’s Pooja took gold in women’s high jump. | Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Tamil Nadu’s Vithya Ramraj won the women’s 400m hurdles. | Photo: RITU … Read more
Coppejans. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Eighth seed Alexis Galarneau of Canada proved too strong for wild card Karan Singh as he cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 victory in the first round of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis tournament at the Balewadi Stadium on Monday. There was no further good tiding for … Read more
Second seed Billy Harris fought his way to the final in the Delhi Challenger tennis tournament on Saturday. | Photo: Kamesh Srinivasan Second seeds NIki Poonacha and Courtney Lock were beaten 6-4, 6-3 by the unseeded Japanese duo of Masamichi Imamura and Rio Noguchi in the doubles final of the Dafanews $100,000 Delhi Open Challenger … Read more
Stunning performance: Chanda bettered her own three-year-old Games record and her personal best to win gold in the women’s 800m. | Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Praveen Chithravel clinched gold in men’s triple jump. | Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Sensational: Mohammed Afsal worked his way from the back of the pack to win the men’s 800m. … Read more
Champion Kyrian Jacquet receiving the Delhi Open Challenger trophy from the AITA president Anil Jain on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Kyrian Jacquet did it again within a fortnight. The 23-year-old Frenchman enjoyed the Indian conditions as he won his second successive title, beating second seed Billy Harris 6-4, 6-2 in the final of … Read more
Jannik Sinner’s long doping saga came to an end on Saturday after he agreed to a three-month ban from tennis. File photo | Photo Credit: Clive Brunskill Jannik Sinner’s long doping saga came to an end on Saturday after he agreed to a three-month ban from tennis, the world number one admitting “partial responsibility” for … Read more
Soaring high: Dev Kumar Meena set the first National athletics record of this edition while retaining his National Games gold. | PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR Short work: Tajinderpal Singh Toor comfortably won the men’s shot put gold with an opening effort. | PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR Extra special: Niharika Bashisht won the women’s triple jump, … Read more
File photo of Jannik Sinner. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Tennis world number one Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban for doping having tested positive for a banned substance last year following a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), it said on Saturday (February 15, 2025). WADA had appealed to the Court of … Read more
Maharashtra’s Aishwarya Mishra broke her own women’s 400m National Games record (clocking 51.12s) while winning the gold at the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Sunday, 09 February 2025. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR What a shocker! Quartermiler Aishwarya Mishra has thrown up many surprises in the past. She has skipped meets and then … Read more
Odisha’s Animesh Kujur, centre, wins the men’s 100m gold at the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Saturday, 08 February 2025. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Can’t be! That’s what everyone who were watching the men’s 100m final from the trackside appeared to say as the results came up on the giant screen a … Read more
When Toni Nadal reaches out to say that he has been watching your game, following your on-court progress, and that he will be seeing you at the prestigious Rafa Nadal Academy soon, it’s not just any phone call. It’s confirmation that you are not just another player in the crowd. During a single, unforgettable week … Read more
Good going: Poonacha and Lock combined well throughout the tournament. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Niki Poonacha kept the Indian hopes alive as he made the doubles final in partnership with Courtney Lock of Zimbabwe, beating third seeds Jay Clarke and Johannes Ingildsen 6-2, 7-6(1) in the $100,000 Delhi Open Challenger tennis tournament at the … Read more
Shintaro Mochizuki recovered in time to reach the quarterfinals of Delhi Open Challenger tennis on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Shintaro Mochizuki of Japan stopped the fine run of qualifier Hynek Barton of Czech Republic 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Dafanews $100,000 Delhi Open Challenger tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex … Read more
Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Elena Rybakina said on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) that she was “disappointed” with the WTA Tour’s decision to ban her former coach Stefano Vukov following the governing body’s investigation into a potential breach of its code of conduct. “I’m just disappointed with the situation, and … Read more
Asian champion sprint hurdler Jyothi Yarraji, Asian Games 800m silver medallist Mohammed Afsal, Asiad triple jump bronze medallist Praveen Chithravel and star quartermiler Vithya Ramraj are some of the stars who will be in action in the National Games athletics competition which begins at the Maharana Pratap Sports Complex here on Saturday. While the men’s … Read more
Services’ Ishaque Eqbal capped a fine run and won the tennis men’s singles title. | Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Vaidehee Chaudhari of Gujrat won women’s tennis gold. | Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Services’ Ishaque Eqbal capped a fine run and won the tennis men’s singles title in the National Games at the Parade Ground Stadium … Read more
Winning start: Mukund stayed focused to turn the match around in his favour. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan After a hesitant start when he had lost the first set, and had dropped serve in the first game of the second, Davis Cupper S. Mukund bounced back strongly to outwit lucky-loser Sascha Wayenburg of France 4-6, … Read more
Skatov sailed into the second round on Monday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Eighth seed Timofei Skatov proved a hard nut to crack for Karan Singh as the Kazakh ran away a 6-4, 6-0 victor in the first round of the Dafa News $100,000 Delhi Open Challenger tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Monday. … Read more
Scintillating show: Jacquet pocketed the title at a canter. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Kyrian Jacquet ensured that it was a rather memorable maiden visit to the SDAT tennis stadium for budding nine-year-old fan Tamara, as the Frenchman beat Swede Elias Ymer 7-6(1), 6-4 in the final to clinch the Chennai Open ATP Challenger … Read more
Aryan Shah. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan It will be another big opportunity for the cream of Indian tennis to capitalise on a high-quality event in the Dafanews $100,000 Delhi Open Challenger tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex from Monday. The opposition will be stiff as two of the three Indian wild cards run into … Read more
The work talks about the lives and achievements of 82 of the world’s most iconic and decorated Olympic stars. Following up on his well-received book on India’s Olympic Medal Winners, Vijayan Bala has now come out with a successor, this time recounting the Olympic history and stars from across the globe. History and Stars of … Read more
Gujarat’s top-seeded Vaidehee Chaudhari and Zeel Desai defeated Haryana’s Anjali Rathi and Aditi Tyagi and entered the women’s doubles final of the National Games tennis competition here on Sunday. The results: Women’s doubles semifinals: Vaidehee Chaudhari & Zeel Desai (Guj) bt Anjali Rathi & Aditi Tyagi (Har) 6-1, 7-6 (5); Pooja Ingale & Akansha Nitture … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami during the opening ceremony of the 38th National Games in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. | Photo Credit: YouTube/@narendramodi A modest but colourful opening ceremony showcasing Uttarakhand’s religious heritage and bio-diversity kicked off the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Tuesday with guest of honour Prime Minister … Read more
Jil Teichmann proved too good for India’s Maaya Rajeshwaran in the singles semifinals of the Mumbai Open WTA 125 on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A huge cry of ‘vamos’ echoed around the court while the fans, who had gathered to rally behind 15-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran, looked on in disbelief. Soon, the silence was broken by a big … Read more