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
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
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 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
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
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is seen with Paris Olympics gold medalist Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem | Photo Credit: PTI Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra says nothing went wrong in his silver-winning performance in the Paris Olympics final earlier this year and Pakistani Arshad Nadeem emerged champion as the “day belonged to him”. Chopra became the … Read more
Novak Djokovic of Serbia shakes hands with Alexander Zverev of Germany after retiring from the Men’s Singles Semifinal during day 13 of the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 24, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Novak Djokovic retired injured after losing the first set 7-6(5) against Alex Zverev on … Read more
Quietly, Jashbir Nayak has made rapid progress in the decathlon in about a year’s time. The Odisha athlete, who secured a silver medal with 6443 points in the Indian Open under-23 championships in Chandigarh last year, improved his performance significantly to win the gold this year in Patna with a new meet record — boasting … Read more
Italy’s Jannik Sinner plays a shot during the semifinal match against U.S. Ben Shelton at the Australian Open tennis championship 2025 in Melbourne on January 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Defending champion Jannik Sinner continued his sizzling Australian Open run with a 7-6(2) 6-2 6-2 win over American 21st seed Ben Shelton to … Read more
Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on November 9, 2024 roped in Jan Zelezny, one of the greatest the sport has produced, as coach to help prepare him for the upcoming season. | Photo Credit: AP Just days after he penned a heartfelt note of thanks to long-time coach Klaus Bartonietz, Neeraj Chopra on Saturday … Read more
Captain Rohit Rajpal, Chirag Duhan, Karan Singh, Yuvan Nandal, Ramkumar Ramanathan and coach Ashutosh Singh during a training session at the DLTA Complex on Friday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan The centre court at the DLTA Complex was basking in bright sunshine, and there was no trace of pollution on Friday, as the Indian players … Read more
Vismaya (right) was a star of the Indian 4x400m women’s relay team that won the gold at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta | Photo Credit: File photo V.K. Vismaya, who anchored the Indian women’s 4x400m relay team to gold at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, has tested positive for dope. The 27-year-old quartermiler was … Read more
Faisal Qamar and Jagmeet Singh won the men’s doubles title. Photo: Special arrangement | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The seasoned J. Vishnu Vardhan, the top seed, will meet second-seeded Nitin Kumar Sinha in the men’s singles final of the Naushad Mather memorial National-ranking tennis tournament at the Regional Sports Centre here on Saturday. Both Vishnu … Read more
After 2018 Asian Games gold medallist V.K. Vismaya, 21-year-old quartermiler Summy has also tested positive for a banned substance. According to sources, the Services athlete, who achieved her personal best of 53.18 in the heats before winning a silver with 53.46 at the National Federation athletics meet in Bhubaneswar in May last, was tested out-of-competition … Read more
Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates after defeating Ben Shelton of the U.S. in their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Defending champion Jannik Sinner will look to seal back-to-back Australian Open titles and deny second seed Alexander Zverev a maiden Grand Slam … Read more
SB College’s Benjamin Babu on his way to the 3000m steeple chase record at the MG University athletics championships in Pala on Tuesday. Photo: Stan Rayan | Photo Credit: Stan Rayan Alphonsa’s Akhila Raju bettered the women’s discus throw record by more than six metres. Photo: Stan Rayan | Photo Credit: Stan Rayan Maharaja’s V.S. … Read more
When Madison Keys stepped into Rod Laver Arena at 7:37 p.m. on Saturday night ahead of the Australian Open final, she strode right past the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup, the trophy that goes to the women’s champion and was placed on a pedestal near the entrance to the court. Keys didn’t break stride. Didn’t stop to stare. That bit … Read more
Several up-and-coming athletes, including under-20 National record holder pole vaulter Dev Meena and South Asian junior championships silver medallist 100m hurdler Sabita Toppo, promise quality action in the 39th National junior athletics championship starting here on Saturday. With the Kalinga Stadium buzzing due to the presence of around 2000 athletes from four age groups, the … Read more
Madison Keys of the U.S. poses with runner-up Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka as she celebrates winning the final. | Photo Credit: Reuters Aryna Sabalenka said trying to out-muscle a similarly powerful Madison Keys in the Australian Open final was the wrong approach and she should have been more tactical after her bid to claim a third … Read more
In April 2022, the legendary Carl Lewis put out a blunt statement on social media platform X (then Twitter) that long jump was the hardest event in track and field. “There have been 5 male world record holders [sic: breakers] in the long jump since 1936,” Lewis said. “The present outdoor record is 31 years … Read more
Taylor Townsend of the U.S. and Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova pose as they celebrate with the trophy after winning the women’s doubles final against Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. | Photo Credit: Reuters Top seeds Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend claimed the women’s doubles crown at the Australian Open on Sunday after beating … Read more
Impressive: Odisha’s Pratik Maharana clocked his personal best (21.28) while claiming the win. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Local favourite Pratik Maharana defied a sore back to script a new meet record while securing the under-18 men’s 200m gold medal on the concluding day of the National junior athletics championships at the Kalinga Stadium here … Read more
Italy’s Jannik Sinner poses with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup at trophy presentation following the men’s singles finals against Germany’s Alexander Zverev at the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne on January 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Jannik Sinner claimed his second consecutive Australian Open championship on Sunday (January 26, 2025), … Read more
Looking forward to the Los Angeles Olympics, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is all set to give promising athletes a chance with an aim to raise the performance of the men’s 4x400m relay team. The relay team, which reached the 2023 World championships by setting an Asian record of 2:59.05, disappointed at the Paris … Read more
The country’s No. 1 player, Ankita Raina will open against seventh seed Elena Pridankina in the NECC $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament to be played at the Deccan Gymkhana in Pune from Monday. Three of the other four Indians, making their entry through wild cards, Sahaja Yamalapalli, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaishnavi Adkar have drawn qualifiers … Read more
A competitive field, including the in-form defending champions Daniel Ebenyo and Sutume Kebede, poses a threat to event records on a flatter course and in cooler weather in the Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata to be held here on Sunday. Ebenyo and Sutume are keen to run fast and lower their own event records, 1:11.13 … Read more
Maria celebrates with her family. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR A relentless Tatjana Maria wore down an inconsistent Leolia Jeanjean in the final of the $100,000 KPB Trust Women’s Open at the KSLTA courts here on Sunday. The champion won $15,239 and 100 WTA ranking points, while Jeanjean had to settle for $8,147 and … Read more