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Youth Women's Nat'l Boxing C'ship: Nikita, Kirti advance to final

Asian Junior Champions Nikita & Kirti advance to final with dominating wins at the sixth Youth Women's National Boxing Championship. Asian Junior Championship silver medallist Supriya also secures her berth in the final.

2023-07-01T11:11:53.921684+00:00 IST

Avinash Sable set to compete in Stockholm Diamond League 2023

According to Olympics.com, Avinash Sable will participate in the second Diamond League competition of the season. The 28-year-old Sable competed in the Rabat Diamond League leg in May where he finished 10th with a time of 8:17.18s in his first 3000m steeplechase race of the year.

2023-07-01T11:03:39.068020+00:00 IST

Puja faces Feofanova ahead of MFN's first all-women's main event

Puja Tomar versus Anastasia Feofanova will be MFN's first-ever all-women's Main Event, while both UFC prospects, Mochamed Machaev versus Khabibullo Azizov will be in action in the co-main event at Matrix Fight Night 12

2023-07-01T10:38:05.235116+00:00 IST

Pranavi, Vani best among Indians on storm-hit day at Finland

Diksha Dagar who had 13 birdies and an eagle last week had no birdies in her round of 74 and will need a solid second round to make the cut. Among other Indians, Pranavi Urs playing on a sponsor's exemption shot even par 72 and was T-55 as was Vani Kapoor.

2023-07-01T10:07:35.029298+00:00 IST

Anuradha, Kunal Rana win on final day of group A trials

Anuradha Devi led a Haryana sweep in the women's event while Kunal after a seesaw battle with Uttar Pradesh's Varun Tomar, clinched it in the final 24th shot to emerge triumphant. Kunal Rana shot 586 in qualification to top the field, even as another Haryana shooter Sumit, also finished on the same score, but took second position on lesser inner 10s.

2023-07-01T10:06:14.029155+00:00 IST

Anurag Thakur lauds Neeraj for winning Lausanne Diamond League

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur congratulated India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for a title win at the Lausanne Diamond League 2023 on Friday. He also lauded the efforts of Long jump athlete Sreeshankar who finished fifth in the event.

2023-07-01T09:43:25.652497+00:00 IST

GCL: Open race for top as Triveni Continental Kings join leaders

Day nine of the Global Chess League started with the favourites suffering surprising defeats. The team of Chingari Gulf Titans stunned Mumba Masters with 12:3, while SG Alpine Warriors were upstaged by Triveni Continental Kings. For the second time in this event, world no. 1 Magnus Carlsen lost to Levon Aronian, following a huge blunder.

2023-07-01T09:18:47.313509+00:00 IST

Sports Hostel Bhubaneswar lift AOICWC trophy with 21 medals

The state-level tournament saw over 200 talented weightlifters from 10 districts and 20 weightlifting clubs across Odisha showcase their skills and compete for supremacy.

2023-07-01T08:04:37.571067+00:00 IST

SAI helps Krishnan get injury assessment, surgery under CAIMS

Vikas Krishnan, who is part of the ongoing Boxing National Camp in SAI NSNIS Patiala Centre had got his left distal biceps tendon injured during a sparring session on June 23 after which he was recommended an MRI by the team doctor to get clarity on the extent of his injury.

2023-07-01T06:51:48.236247+00:00 IST

Sreeshankar comes in 5th position in Long Jump

In the Diamond League, Long jump athlete Sreeshankar finished in the sixth position with a best jump of 7.88 m.

2023-06-30T20:17:10.260760+00:00 IST

Lausanne Diamond League: Neeraj Chopra clinches title

Neeraj was making a return from an injury that had caused him to miss some competitions after his win at Diamond League 2023 event in Doha in May.

2023-06-30T20:13:06.162543+00:00 IST

Verstappen takes pole in qualifying; Leclerc gives tough fight

Red Bull F1 team driver Max Verstappen took pole position in the Austrian Grand Prix qualifying on Friday.

2023-06-30T18:00:29.071067+00:00 IST

Global Chess League: Day nine a day of upsets as Carlsen loses

The famous Indian tennis player, Mahesh Bhupathi, a long-time friend of Vishwanathan Anand, visited the event and made a ceremonial first move in the match between SG Alpine Warriors and Triveni Continental Kings.

2023-06-30T17:10:54.705334+00:00 IST

"Huge effort by everyone,": Ferrari F1 team driver Carlos Sainz

Carlos Sainz driver of Formula 1 team Scuderia Ferrari is all pumped up to give positive results to his team in the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday In a recent interview with Formula 1, Carlos Sainz was impressed with his team as he said, it has been a huge effort by everyone.

2023-06-30T16:11:35.073535+00:00 IST

Elorda Cup: Vijay Kumar storms into semifinal of tournament

He will now go head-to-head against Beknur Ozhanov of Kazakhstan in the semi-finals on Saturday

2023-06-30T15:50:37.323344+00:00 IST

6th Youth Women's National Boxing C'ship: 9 Haryana boxers in SF

In the 50kg category, Anshu of Haryana triumphed over Kafi of Madhya Pradesh with a 5:0 win. She will take on Khushi Jadhav of Maharashtra in the semis.

2023-06-30T15:10:12.569327+00:00 IST

"Max Verstappen is number one, two and three...": Mercedes' George

The upcoming Austrian Grand Prix is set to take place on Sunday, and ahead of the race, top Formula 1 drivers shared their top three picks for the best drivers of the season so far.

2023-06-30T13:21:24.210741+00:00 IST

"Need to perform & do best," says Red Bull F1 team driver

Netherlands racer Two-time world champion Max Verstappen from Red Bull Racing offered some words of motivation to compatriot Nyck de Vries from AlphaTauri, struggling in Formula 1, saying that he needs to perform well and do the best he can.

2023-06-30T12:57:49.264034+00:00 IST

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma visits BAI office

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who happens to be the president of the Badminton Association of India, visited the BAI office here on Friday morning.

2023-06-30T10:30:57.343409+00:00 IST