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Manika Batra achieves new career-high in ITTF world rankings

Manika's standing in global table tennis improved massively following an impressive Saudi Smash tournament recently, as she became the first Indian singles player to reach the quarterfinals of a World Table Tennis Grand Smash event. In her run, she defeated world number two Wang Manyu of China in the round of 32 and world number 14 Nina Mittelham of Germany in the pre-quarterfinals before succumbing to world number five Hina Hayata from Japan in her final eight clash.

2024-05-14T10:52:11.638459+00:00 IST

Koneru, Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali set to compete in Norway Chess

The event will feature world number one Magnus Carlsen (Norway), world number three Hikaru Nakamura (USA), current World Champion Ding Liren (China), Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun (China), Lei Tingjie (China) among others

2024-05-13T18:24:50.089622+00:00 IST

Thailand Open: Chirag-Satwik, HS Prannoy to spearhead India

The fifth-seed Prannoy is currently India's highest-ranked singles shuttler. But despite his status as world number nine, he will be starting in the qualifiers.

2024-05-13T17:50:34.770418+00:00 IST

McIlroy win the Wells Fargo Championships 2024

Rory McIlroy overturned a two-shot deficit as he played his final 11 holes in six-under to win the Wells Fargo Championships by a whopping five shots despite a closing double bogey.

2024-05-13T17:47:51.236568+00:00 IST

Nikhat Zareen off to flying start during Elorda Cup 2024

Minakshi (48kg) also made her way into the next round with a 4-1 victory over Gassymova Roxana of Kazakhstan.

2024-05-13T15:32:45.416819+00:00 IST

Annu Rani finishes sixth in German javelin throw meet

Indian javelin thrower Annu Rani started her season with a 60.68m mark and finished sixth at the Hylo Javelin Meeting 2024 in Offenburg, Germany on Sunday.

2024-05-13T12:43:02.817523+00:00 IST

Praggnanandhaa finishes fourth in Rapid and Blitz tournament

Arjun finished at the fifth spot, while Gukesh D, the winner of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024 and the youngest-ever challenger to the world title held by Ding Liren, finished at the 10th spot.

2024-05-13T12:40:37.014070+00:00 IST

Federation Cup: Santosh Kumar secures gold in men's 400 m hurdles

Santosh, a bronze medalist in the Asian Championships, secured the top spot in the final by clocking timings of 50.04 seconds, which also is his personal best. India's national record in this category at this competition stands at 48.80s, set by Ayyasamy Dharun during the Federation Cup 2019 in Patiala, as per Olympics.com.

2024-05-13T11:41:34.151754+00:00 IST

World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers: India secure two quotas

Nisha and Aman took the number of quotas by Indian wrestlers to six. This Istanbul meet was the final chance for India to get Paris 2024 quotas for wrestling, as per Olympics.com.

2024-05-12T17:58:45.753838+00:00 IST

McIlroy chases Schauffele for fourth win at Wells Fargo C'ship

Xander Schauffele, a seven-time PGA TOUR winner, maintained his position at the top of the leaderboard for a third straight day but his round of 70 saw his overnight four-shot advantage cut to one by World No. 2 and three-time Wells Fargo winner Rory McIlroy, who carded a 67 to go bogey-free for the second straight day in the USD 20 million Signature event. McIlroy had a bogey-free 68 on the second day

2024-05-12T17:47:37.098800+00:00 IST

French MotoGP: Martin astounds as Marquez pounces late on Bagnaia

It was an epic showdown at the Grand Prix de France that gave everything you could ask for, with a titanic three-way battle deciding the victory. After a sensational pace throughout the race, Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) stormed to win the French GP in front of a new record at Le Mans with 297,471 fans watching the action unfold across the weekend

2024-05-12T17:39:12.022470+00:00 IST

Repsol Honda Team focus on Le Mans learnings

Luca Marini made it two finishes from two starts at the French GP while teammate Joan Mir crashed showing top-ten pace and focusing on positives

2024-05-12T16:49:40.065900+00:00 IST

Kim Hyung says technical training helping India for Olympic medal

Kim Hyung Tak, with more than 40 years of coaching experience at various levels, conducted a coaches' seminar at the Sports Authority of India's National Centre of Excellence in Sonepat, Haryana. More than 30 coaches attended

2024-05-12T15:45:21.993979+00:00 IST

India’s Pranavi finishes tied 7th in Aramco Series Korea

Pranavi Urs had a sedate front nine with a birdie on the sixth and a bogey on the ninth. She birdied three times on the 14th, 16th and 17th with no bogeys for a 69

2024-05-12T15:25:42.479274+00:00 IST

Esha, Anish register second win in Olympic Selection Trials

Both Esha Singh and Anish Bhanwala registered their second Olympic Selection Trial (OST) win, posting victories in the women's 25m pistol and men's 25m rapid-fire pistol (RFP) OST T3 matches respectively. While Anish had won the first trial in the same event in Delhi, Esha had won the second trial in the women's 10m air pistol, also at the Karni Singh range in Delhi

2024-05-12T15:09:38.677250+00:00 IST

Urwashi, Suraj secure singles titles at Poona Club Open 2024

The 28-year-old Urwashi was the top-seed at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Challengers Tour event, defeated USA's young sensation Diya Yadav by 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5). This is the first-ever edition of the Poona Club Open squash tournament, as per Olympics.com.

2024-05-12T15:09:18.192288+00:00 IST

Honda's Marini perseveres for important Sprint data

The Repsol Honda Team now turn their attention to Sunday's French Grand Prix, 27 laps of the Le Mans circuit scheduled to start at 14:00 Local Time. Forecasts are beginning to darken and the unpredictability of a flag-to-flag could open endless possibilities

2024-05-12T13:05:27.442414+00:00 IST

Sports stars extend heartfelt wishes to moms on Mother's Day

The sports fraternity took to their official social media handles to wish their mothers on the auspicious occasion of Mother's Day, celebrated annually to honour maternal bonds and the influence of mothers in society.

2024-05-12T12:18:46.702009+00:00 IST

Theegala rises to Tied-7th at Wells Fargo, Schauffele in lead

Olympic champion Xander Schauffele (65-67), who is seeking an eighth PGA TOUR title, leads by four strokes over world No. 2 Rory McIlroy and Jason Day following a near-faultless 67 for 11-under

2024-05-12T10:52:48.404243+00:00 IST

KM Deeksha breaks National Record in women's 1500m event

Deeksha finished third with a time of 4:04.78.

2024-05-12T06:40:27.116045+00:00 IST

Wrestler Aman Sehrawat seals Paris 2024 Olympics quota

Asian champion Aman Sehrawat secured a Paris 2024 quota for India in the men's 57kg freestyle category at the World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday.

2024-05-12T03:47:25.799384+00:00 IST