Vasanthi K. with the medals she has won over the years. | Photo Credit: SURESH ALLEPPEY Vasanthi K., a 75-year-old woman from Varanad, near Cherthala, in Alappuzha, has experienced a journey to success that was far from smooth. As a child, she faced stiff opposition from her family, who, adhering to societal norms of the … Read more
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
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
Ankita Raina and Naiktha Bains failed to clear the first hurdle. | Photo Credit: File photo Bengaluru: The Indian pair of Sahaja Yamalapalli and Vaishnavi Adkar frittered away the advantage against Fruhvirtova sisters, Brenda and Linda, in the opening round of the doubles action of the $100,000 KPB Trust Women’s Open tennis tournament at the … Read more
File photo of Olympian Ankita Dhyani (748). | Photo Credit: The Hindu Several talented athletes are eager to prove their worth in the Indian Open under-23 athletics event, starting at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna on Saturday (September 28, 2024). Olympian Ankita Dhyani, who competed in 5000m in Paris but will try her hand … Read more
Madison Keys of the U.S. celebrates after defeating Elina Svitolina of Ukraine during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on January 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Madison Keys is back into the Australian Open semifinals for a third time after her 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win Wednesday over Elina … Read more
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
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
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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
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
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