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UTT 2024: Puneri Paltan clinch 10-5 win over Ahmedabad SG Pipers

Ayhika Mukherjee maintained her giant-killing ways in her first match of the season, beating World no. 13 and three-time Olympian, Bernadette Szocs, 3-0. Ayhika's win set up a triumph for Puneri Paltan Table Tennis in their opening tie of the Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium.

2024-08-23T15:22:32.539680+00:00 IST

Gaurav Khanna aims high for Paris Paralympics

As the Paris Paralympics approach, the Indian para-badminton team, led by Head Coach Gaurav Khanna, is gearing up for what promises to be one of their most challenging and rewarding competitions to date.

2024-08-23T15:05:09.941995+00:00 IST

"Our four women wrestlers have made the...": Priyanka Gandhi

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday congratulated Aditi Kumari, Neha Sangwan, Pulkit and Manasi Lathar for displaying a stupendous performance at the U17 World Wrestling Championships.

2024-08-23T13:17:25.901317+00:00 IST

Asian Surfing C'ships: Kishore becomes first Indian to reach SFs

Hailing from Tamil Nadu, Kishore is competing in the U-18 Boys category at the championship being held in Thulusdhoo, Maldives. With eight Indians competing across four categories in the event, which serves as a qualifier for the Asian Games 2026, Kishore Kumar remains the sole Indian surfer keeping the country's hopes alive

2024-08-23T13:14:55.279095+00:00 IST

UTT 2024: Dabang Delhi TTC kick campaign off against U Mumba TT

Heavyweights will collide when former winners Dabang Delhi TTC take on U Mumba TT in the teams' first tie of the Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 season at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai

2024-08-23T12:31:16.349773+00:00 IST

Bhawna Jat gets 16-month ban by NADA for whereabouts failures

Indian race walker Bhawna Jat has received a 16-month ban from the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on Friday for whereabouts failures.

2024-08-23T12:01:49.397815+00:00 IST

Avani congratulates Manu ‘for breaking barriers’ at Paris 2024

Shooter Avani became the first Indian woman to clinch a pair of medals at a single Paralympics when she won the 10m air rifle gold and the 50m rifle three-position bronze in the SH1 category at the Tokyo Games. This category is for rifle shooters with lower limb impairment e.g. amputations or paraplegia with the ability to hold their gun without difficulty and shoot from a standing or sitting position

2024-08-23T11:35:45.181901+00:00 IST

UTT: Bengaluru Smashers, Chennai Lions to clash in southern derby

Bengaluru Smashers will face Chennai Lions in Southern derby in Ultimate Table Tennis 2024. The tie will feature Indian greats Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra, as well as foreign stars Alvaro Robles, Lily Zhang, and Sakura Mori among others.

2024-08-23T08:45:36.907737+00:00 IST

Viacom18 delivers historic Olympics presentation

Over 17 crore viewers came to JioCinema and Sports18 Network amassing an unprecedented watch time of over 1500 crore minutes as more people watched Olympics content for longer than ever before in India.

2024-08-23T08:03:17.130767+00:00 IST

Dhruv shoots 67 to emerge joint leader along with Gandas on day-3

Gurugram's Dhruv Sheoran shot a brilliant five-under 67 to move up two spots and emerge joint leader at a total of 13-under 203 on day three of the Chennai Pro Championship 2024 being played at the TNGF Cosmo Golf Course in Chennai.

2024-08-23T07:56:57.978716+00:00 IST

"The feeling was not great at first...": Neeraj Chopra

Following the silver medal in the recently concluded Paris Olympics, Neeraj registered his season-best throw in the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on Friday where he managed a distance of 89.49 metres.

2024-08-23T05:27:37.740434+00:00 IST

U17 World Wrestling C'ships: Indian women wrestlers secure 4 gold

For India, Mansi Lather (women's freestyle 73 kg), Pulkit (women's freestyle 65 kg), Neha Sangwan (women's freestyle 57 kg) and Aditi Kumari (women's freestyle 43 kg) secured gold medals, as per Olympics.com.

2024-08-23T03:12:19.863803+00:00 IST

I hope kabaddi will be part of 2036 Olympics: Michal Spiczko

President of the Kabaddi Federation of Poland, Michal Spiczko is hopeful that Kabaddi will be a part of the 2036 Olympics.

2024-08-22T21:02:37.521276+00:00 IST

Neeraj Chopra finishes second in Lausanne Diamond League

Following the silver medal in the recently concluded Paris Olympics, India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra registered his season-best throw in the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on Friday where he managed a distance of 89.49 metres.

2024-08-22T21:02:10.500494+00:00 IST

"PM Modi was proud that we introduced Kabaddi to Europe"

PM Modi commended Spiczko and Kalbarczyk for their dedication towards advancing Kabaddi in Poland and popularising the sport in Europe, an official release said.

2024-08-22T20:41:58.574383+00:00 IST

Harmeet, Liu guide Goa to victory over Jaipur in UTT 2024

Harmeet Desai bounced back in style after an early setback, partnering Yangzi Liu to success in the mixed doubles round, and helped reigning champions Athlead Goa Challengers beat debutants Jaipur Patriots in the first tie of IndianOil Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium.

2024-08-22T19:02:17.212998+00:00 IST

Parth Jindal leads funding round in PadelPark India

adelPark India, an ecosystem and market leader dedicated to the sport of Padel in India received a boost with a fresh round of funding, led by Parth Jindal, Founder of JSW Sports and Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) on Thursday.

2024-08-22T17:40:59.472425+00:00 IST

‘India, Poland connected by Kabaddi’, says PM ModI

A day after he spoke of connection between India and Poland through kabaddi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Michal Spiczko, President of the Kabaddi Federation of Poland, and its Board member Anna Kalbarczyk in Warsaw

2024-08-22T17:31:41.370808+00:00 IST

Important week for Theegala, Bhatia, Rai at BMW Champs on PGA

Sahith Theegala and Akshay Bhatia who failed to make it to the top-10 last week at the St Jude Championships, the first of the three Play-offs events, will be looking for a better showing as they move towards the finale at the Tour Championships after that

2024-08-22T15:25:45.990599+00:00 IST

Kartik to lead Indian challenge at Asia Pacific Amateur golf

As of date Kartik Singh is the highest ranked Indian at 199 while the other three players to have received the invitation for this prestigious event are Krishnav Nikhil Chopra and Vedant Sirohi, both past participants in the event and Rakshit Dahiya will be in the four-player team

2024-08-22T14:14:43.393062+00:00 IST

Two Indians reach QFs of Asian Surfing C'ships. make history

The competition which is a qualifier for the Asian Games 2026 is being held at Thulusdhoo in Maldives had eight Indians in the fray across four categories, as per a press release from the Surfing Federation of India (SFI).

2024-08-22T14:05:44.313575+00:00 IST