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15th DGC Junior/Sub-Junior Golf Tournament 2025 kickstarts

Over 180 golfers, aged between 6 and 22 years, will participate in this three-day, 18-holes-per-day tournament played on both the Lodhi and Peacock Courses. Usha has been in longstanding association of over three decades with the Delhi Golf Club . The ceremonial tee-off was done by top junior talent - Kashika Misra, India's No. 1 in IGU Category A, and Deepak Yadav, a course record holder and new pro who recently shot 10-under at the NCR Cup.

2025-07-22T09:21:19.735272+00:00 IST

China Open: Prannoy crawls his way to victory, Lakshya exits

India's Lakshya Sen struggled against home favourite Li Shi Feng and was defeated in the Round of 32 of the China Open, while HS Prannoy asserted his authority and cruised into the next round on Tuesday.

2025-07-22T09:02:04.121735+00:00 IST

Chennai Grand Masters returns with biggest field yet

With its largest field and prize pool yet, the Chennai Grand Masters, India's most prestigious classical chess tournament, returns for its third edition from August 6 to 15 at the Hyatt Regency Chennai.

2025-07-22T08:41:33.186160+00:00 IST

Divya Deshmukh defeats Harika Dronavalli

Divya Deshmukh produced a remarkable performance to defeat GM Harika Dronavalli in the Quarterfinals of the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025, winning both the tie-break games to advance to the semifinals. With this victory, Divya has become only the second Indian woman after GM Koneru Humpy to reach the semifinals of the FIDE Women's World Cup tournament.

2025-07-21T15:56:39.259221+00:00 IST

Indian Pickleball stars shine with multiple medals in Malaysia

Indian pickleball players have made the nation proud with outstanding performances at two major international events - the Grand Rally International Tournament and the WPC Grand Slam, both held in Malaysia, as well as the Asian Pickleball University Championship in Da Nang, Vietnam. The tournaments witnessed exceptional displays of skill, teamwork, and determination by the Indian contingent.

2025-07-21T11:42:43.754791+00:00 IST

Aronian wins Freestyle Chess Grand Slam

Indian Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggnanandhaa finished at sixth and seventh position respectively in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas

2025-07-21T09:48:14.159725+00:00 IST

Anush clinches victory at Jubilaumsturnier Hofgeismar Open

Indian dressage star Anush Agarwalla added another feather to his cap by securing first place at the Jubilaumsturnier Hofgeismar Open with an impressive 69.841 per cent.

2025-07-21T09:29:33.643446+00:00 IST

India go down fighting by six points in narrow reverse to Japan

In a closely contested tie under the relay scoring system, India came out strong after a narrow 11-9 loss in the opening match.

2025-07-21T09:00:20.192131+00:00 IST

India set to host FIDE World Cup 2025

India is set to host the FIDE World Cup 2025, scheduled for October 30 to November 27.

2025-07-21T08:01:20.879710+00:00 IST

India ends Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial 2025 with 10 medals

Sumit, U-23 Asian Champion, clinched a silver medal in the 60kg Greco-Roman category at the Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial 2025 wrestling tournament in Budapest, Hungary.

2025-07-21T03:51:56.978513+00:00 IST

Humpy scripts history, Harika vs Divya heads to tiebreaks at Women's Chess World Cup

There were a couple of minor inaccuracies along the way, but Humpy kept things under control, playing safe and smart. Eventually, her opponent settled for a draw, which confirmed Humpy's passage into the final four.

2025-07-20T17:30:48.330456+00:00 IST

Celebrating chess around the World

Chess, one of the oldest and most popular board games, is a strategic two-player game played on a 64-square checkerboard.

2025-07-20T16:27:35.584632+00:00 IST

Bagnaia bags Brno pole from Q1 as Marc Marquez crashes

Despite the final time attack lap Turn 13 crash, the championship leader will launch from P2 on the grid as the factory Ducati duo are joined on the front row by Fabio Quartararo.

2025-07-20T14:28:43.527060+00:00 IST

Anahat to lead Indian squad at World Junior Squash Championships

Anahat Singh will lead India's 12-member squad, which will participate in the World Junior Individual Squash Championships 2025, scheduled to take place in Cairo, Egypt, from Monday.

2025-07-20T13:23:28.898216+00:00 IST

Mandaviya encourages youth to take up cycling

The 32nd edition of the Fit India Sundays on Cycle culminated in a grand celebration of fitness and a strong message against substance abuse with Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Mansukh Mandaviya riding a cycle along with a massive crowd of over 3000 individuals here at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus in Varanasi, according to a release from SAI media.

2025-07-20T12:42:32.215422+00:00 IST

India beat Hong Kong China 110-100 to top group D

India and Hong Kong China had already qualified for the knock-out stage before they faced off on Sunday, but it was important to maintain the winning momentum, and India understandably fielded a strong squad against Hong Kong China.

2025-07-20T11:29:08.924207+00:00 IST

Murali Sreeshankar wins gold in Long Jump in Portugal

India's Murali Sreeshankar made a triumphant return to international competition by winning the men's long jump at the Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto 2025 in Maia, Portugal, on Saturday.

2025-07-20T10:48:45.461750+00:00 IST

Thymen Arensman wins Stage 14 of Tour de France

The main beneficiary of the yellow jersey's largesse was the Dutchman Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers), who held on for a maiden Tour stage win from the day's breakaway as Pogacar willingly settled for second place ahead of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) at the ski resort of Superbagneres, back on the race for the first time in 36 years, as per a press release from the Tour de France.

2025-07-20T09:46:46.582481+00:00 IST

Marathon legend Fauja Singh’s last rites held in Jalandhar

The last rites of 114-year-old marathon legend Fauja Singh were held in Jalandhar on Sunday, following his tragic death in a road accident on July 14.

2025-07-20T09:15:29.337655+00:00 IST

Kho Kho expands global presence with debut in Singapore

An exhibition match was played between the Kho Kho Association of Singapore and the Kho Kho Association of Malaysia, in which the national side of Singapore made its first appearance against the Malaysian side, who had participated in the inaugural edition of the Kho Kho World Cup 2025, held in India.

2025-07-20T09:06:14.345537+00:00 IST

Kiran strikes gold in Women’s 400m at Indian Open Athletics 2025

Olympian Kiran Pahal clinched the gold medal in the women's 400m event in Patna on Saturday at the Indian Open Athletics 2025 tournament, finishing with a time of 54.93 seconds, as per Olympics.com.

2025-07-20T07:34:21.347743+00:00 IST