Indian Open | Amiya and Srabani claim titles

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Amiya Mallick topped the field but the 32-year-old was far from his best, clocking 10.66 seconds to win the 100m at the third Indian Open athletics meet at the Birsa Munda Stadium here on Thursday. The former National record holder, with a personal best of 10.26s, was returning to action after 2023 and although he … Read more

Indian Open – The Hindu

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Amiya will hope to prove he still has the speed to match the new group of Indians. | Photo Credit: File Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Veteran sprinter Amiya Kumar Mallick will return to action after a long break, hoping to prove he still has the speed to match the new group of Indians when he … Read more

Dipanshu breaches the 75m mark in javelin, takes gold

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Dipanshu Sharma continued his impressive form with a personal best throw of 75.04m to take top spot in men’s javelin at the 1st Indian Open athletics meet at the War Hero Stadium here on Tuesday. It is also the third best throw in the world in Under-20 this year, behind Ewald Jansen’s two throws. Among … Read more

Jyoti, Dipanshu among favourites at the Indian Open 

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With the top Indian track and field stars prioritising the Federation Cup later this month, the first Indian Open athletics meet here on Tuesday will be a chance for some of the rising stars to push themselves and improve performances. Among those will be Jyoti Rakesh, the 22-year old champion at the National Games and … Read more

Indian Grand Prix 1: Gurindervir smashes men’s 100m national record, clocks 10.20s

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File photo of Gurindervir Singh. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Gurindervir Singh stormed into the record books, smashing the men’s 100m national record with a blistering 10.20-second run in a top-class field at the Indian Grand Prix 1, in Bengaluru on Friday (March 28, 2025). The 24-year-old Punjab sprinter, representing Reliance, eclipsed the previous … Read more

Leading stars for Indian Grand Prix 1 meet

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Women’s National 100m hurdles record holder Jyothi Yarraji is among the leading names who will compete in the Indian Grand Prix 1-2025 at SAI (NSSC) here on Thursday.  Moumita Mondal, who finished second to Jyothi in the National Games last month, once again lines up against her rival. The women’s 100m hurdles field also includes … Read more

Olympics 2032: A new Olympic stadium and a crocodile-inhabited rowing course unveiled in Brisbane 2032 overhaul

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Sailing the Whitsunday islands. Surfing an iconic Gold Coast break. Rowing in a crocodile-inhabited river in Rockhampton. Extra tourism-focused venues and a new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium to be built in inner-city parkland have been unveiled as part of a major overhaul of planning for the 2032 Brisbane Games. David Crisafulli, the third premier of Queensland … Read more

Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare win it for India against Thailand

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Mananchaya Sawangkaew kept Thailand in the battle by winning the second singles. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Prarthana Thombare and Ankita Raina won a thriller against Thailand to keep India in the race in the Asia-Oceania Billie Jean King Cup tennis in Pune on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare … Read more

Lulu does the star turn as New Zealand bounces back to down India

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Shrivalli Bhamidipaty gave a bright start for India. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Lulu Sun won both her singles and doubles matches to clinch the tie for New Zealand against India in the Billie Jean King Cup on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan The Indian team went down fighting 1-2 in a thriller against … Read more

Rupal, Manu hog the limelight

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Uttar Pradesh’s Rupal stormed to victory in the women’s 400m event in the 6th Indian Open 400m competition in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN Thiruvananthapuram Uttar Pradesh’s Rupal Chaudhary started her season on a promising note by winning the women’s event in the 6th Indian Open 400m competition 2025 at the LNCPE … Read more

Will the Indian girls make the cut this time at home?

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Sahaja Yamalapalli and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty listen to captain Vishal Uppal on the eve of the Asia-Oceania Billie Jean King Cup tennis in Pune, on Monday. | Photo: Kamesh Srinivasan It will be a test of fire for India to ride on home advantage, and its collective strength as a team, in the Asia-Oceania Billie Jean … Read more

Chirag sets up a last-four meeting with Clarke

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Chirag exults during his quarterfinal match against Ishaque Eqbal at the SM Krishna Memorial Open tennis tournament in Bengaluru on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement India’s Chirag Duhan entered his maiden ITF M25 singles semifinal following a 6-2, 7-6(1) victory over compatriot Ishaque Eqbal at the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open tennis tournament here on … Read more

Riya beats Fontenel, enters second round

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Riya Bhatia beat Chelsea Fontenel of Switzerland 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Bujumbura, Burundi. The results: $680,140 ATP, Houston, USA: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Federico Gomez (Arg) & Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) bt Sriram Balaji & Miguel Reyes-Varela (Mex) 7-6(3), 6-3. €145,250 Challenger, Menorca, Spain: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Daniel Cukierman … Read more

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar tumble early

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Top seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth were beaten 6-2, 6-0 by wild card entrants Andrea Vavassori and Matteo Vavassori in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €145,250 Challenger tennis tournament in Menorca, Spain. The results: $680,140 ATP, Houston: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rafael Matos & Marcelo Zormann (Bra) bt Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Rithvik Bollipalli 7-5, … Read more

Indian Open 400m competition from today

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As a new season unfurls, the quartermilers will be again in the limelight as the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) looks to rejig the 4×400 relay squads after a poor show in the Paris Olympics. Despite being the season-opener, the 6th Indian Open 400m competition 2025, which gets underway at the LNCPE Athletics stadium on … Read more

Aryan Shah wins ITF title in Ahmedabad

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Aryan Shah with his reward. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Fifth seed Aryan Shah outplayed top seed and the champion of the last two tournaments, Jay Clarke of Britain, 6-1, 6-3 in the final of the $30,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Altevol Academy on Sunday. It was the second singles title in the … Read more

Novak Djokovic reaches Miami Open semifinals after beating Sebastian Korda in push for 7th title

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Sebastian Korda during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. | Photo Credit: AP Novak Djokovic is finding a higher gear in South Florida after a sluggish start to 2025. Djokovic, gunning for his seventh Miami Open title, dispatched American Sebastian Korda … Read more

ITF Masters World Championships – The Hindu

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The Indian medallists in the ITF Masters World Championship in Turkey. From left: Jitin Bishnoi, Akshitha Basavaraju, Chandril Sood, Lakshit Sood, Mishal Javia, Kartikeya Verma. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has congratulated the Indian players for winning two silver and two bronze medals in the recent ITF Masters World … Read more

Jay Clarke wins second successive title

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Alexandr Binda and champion Jay Clarke in the ITF men’s tennis tournament in Ahmedabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Top seed Jay Clarke of Britain beat second seed Alexandr Binda of Italy 6-3, 7-6(4) in the final of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Gujarat University Tennis Academy on Sunday. It … Read more

Athletics Integrity Unit bans two more Indian athletes

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Indian long-distance runners Pradhan Kirulkar and Vivek More have been banned for three and five years respectively by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after they tested positive for prohibited substances. Both athletes’ positive results were from in-competition tests conducted during the Pune Half Marathon on December 15, 2024, adding to a recent surge in doping … Read more

National youth athletics | Suraj breaks 1000m national record

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Suraj Singh. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Uttarakhand’s Suraj Singh broke the under-18 boys’ 1000m National record on his way to gold in the 20th National youth athletics championships which concluded at the Patliputra Sports Complex here on Wednesday. Haryana won the overall team title while UP’s Nitin Gupta (boys, 5000m race walk) and Tamil … Read more