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Great day for me and squash: Joshna after Padma Shri honour

Chinappa won the Asian Games bronze in Hangzhou last year along with Tanvi Khanna and Anahat Singh in a team event.

2024-05-09T18:08:35.188472+00:00 IST

Saudi Smash 2024: Manika Batra loses to Hina Hayata

Star Indian table tennis player Manika Batra's journey at the Saudi Smash 2024 came to an end after she suffered a loss in the women's singles quarter-final match on Thursday.

2024-05-09T15:44:38.226606+00:00 IST

"We have two great drivers": McLaren driver Lando Norris

Days after winning his first Formula One race, British driver Lando Norris believed McLaren could "100 per cent" win the constructor championship of the upcoming F1 season. In the recently concluded Miami Grand Prix, Norris won his first F1 race after beating Red Bull driver Max Verstappen.

2024-05-09T14:20:47.026672+00:00 IST

India set to get first-ever professional pickleball league

Pickleball, a racquet sport, combines elements of tennis, table tennis, and badminton and has gained significant traction globally.

2024-05-09T12:56:50.218827+00:00 IST

"In Paris Olympics anything is possible": 'Golden Boy' Neeraj

Leading the challenge will be world and Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and his comrade-in-arm, Kishore Jena. The events, including the Federation Cup in Bhubaneswar on May 14-15, leading to Paris 2024 will also evaluate the returns from some intense overseas training under top coaches.

2024-05-09T09:55:23.689740+00:00 IST

Meritus Cup karting: Gurugram’s Aarav Dewan tops Round 2 with win

For the 14-year Aarav Dewan, a Class 8 student of Heritage Experiential School, this is his first career win at a national-level event. He won the final race and came third in the Super Heat. He emerged as the championship leader with a total of 61 points in the OK class. Arafath, who led the table with 32 points after Round 1, is second with 58 points

2024-05-09T08:45:39.908473+00:00 IST

"We have to improve our timing": Rajiv Arokia

Indian men's 4x400m relay team, which includes Muhammad Anas Yahiya, Muhammad Ajmal, Arokia Rajiv, and Amoj Jacob, finished second in their heat with a combined time of 3 minutes and 3.23 seconds.

2024-05-09T07:10:46.131235+00:00 IST

"Focused on performing better in Olympics": Rupal, Jyothika

Indian women's 4x400m relay team comprising Rupal Chaudhary, M R Poovamma, Jyothika Sri Dandi, and Subha Venkatesan finish second at the World Athletics Relays held here at Nassau, Bahamas to earning a ticket to the Paris Games.

2024-05-09T06:26:11.601045+00:00 IST

India fields 14-man squads at World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers

The 14 wrestlers include Aman Sehrawat and Deepak Punia, as per Olympics.com. The event will conclude on May 12. The two finalists in each weight divisions will earn the Olympic quotas for their respective nations, with three quotas on offer in each weight class. The third quota will go to the winner of the playoff match between two bronze medalists of a particular weight class.

2024-05-08T10:57:32.017708+00:00 IST

Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena set to compete in Federation Cup 2024

Before the Federation Cup, Neeraj's season will begin on May 10 at the Doha Diamond League.

2024-05-08T09:28:37.235682+00:00 IST

International Open FIDE chess tournament organized in Srinagar

The third Kashmir International Chess Tournament is being held in the Indoor Stadium Polo ground from May 4 to 9.

2024-05-08T09:24:59.936248+00:00 IST

Saina Nehwal, Rajkumar Rao urge people to come out and vote

During the 'Run for Viksit Bharat' event, ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal said that voting is really important and everyone should vote in order to make the country better.

2024-05-08T05:56:17.071110+00:00 IST

Mir, Marini back in saddle for Le Mans

Joan Mir did well in front of his home fans to recover to two-point scoring results in the Sprint and the Spanish Grand Prix. Recreating that form and improving over the course of the French GP weekend will be the objective again. Last race showed what Mir and his team can do over the course of a weekend, building each session to maximise the potential of their package

2024-05-07T18:24:56.417995+00:00 IST

Remarkable debut for Kavin Quintal at FIM JuniorGP Stk C'ship

Kavin Quintal clocked 23:19.001 for the 11 laps, just 34.866sec adrift of the winner Adrian Rodriguez of Spain and just 16.092sec off fifth-placed Lorenzo Della Porta, the current championship leader and 2019 Moto3 Champion. Covering a distance of 46 km over 11 laps, Kavin displayed enough mastery in wet conditions and clocked a top speed of 219.4 kph

2024-05-07T16:58:23.154266+00:00 IST

Olympic-bound Preeti shines as seven Indian U-22 boxers clinch g

Seven Indian U-22 boxers, including Olympic-bound boxer Preeti, clinched gold medals as the Indian contingent concluded their highly successful campaign with an impressive 43 medals at the ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

2024-05-07T15:22:42.733250+00:00 IST

"Paris 2024 Olympics will be best for Indian table tennis"

Paris Olympics will be taking place this year from July 26 to August 11. Paris 2024 will mark the first time that India will have representation in the table tennis team events at the Olympics, having achieved the quotas on basis of their rankings in March. Both the men's and women's team events were introduced in the Olympic programme at Beijing 2008.

2024-05-07T12:22:28.126152+00:00 IST

Done quite a lot of damage: Horner on Verstappen's car

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner stated that Max Verstappen's car sustained "quite a lot of damage" after colliding with a bollard during the Miami Grand Prix.

2024-05-07T11:24:40.925379+00:00 IST

"We are bit on observation mode at the moment": Toto Wolff

Reigning world champion Verstappen is under contract with Red Bull until the conclusion of the 2028 season.

2024-05-07T10:29:19.063939+00:00 IST

Rivaba Jadeja casts her vote in third phase of Lok Sabha election

Star India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba Jadeja cast her vote at the polling station in Jamnagar.

2024-05-07T04:46:57.585795+00:00 IST

He definitely deserves it: Verstappen heaps praise on Norris

Norris was under pressure from Verstappen, but he held on to first place and performed a solid effort over the final laps to capture the checkered flag.

2024-05-06T16:13:56.779018+00:00 IST