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