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Jumper Murali Sreeshankar qualifies for World Athletics Champions

According to Olympics.com, Sreeshankar marked his personal best on his first attempt at the Kalinga Stadium. The 24-year-old fell 0.01m short of Jeswin's Aldrin's national record but breached the world championships qualifying mark of 8.25m.

2023-06-18T11:00:10.870647+00:00 IST

PM Modi hails performance of Indian contingent in ISSF Junior WC

India finished on top of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Junior in Suhl, Germany, with an overhaul haul of 15 medals, including six gold, six silver and three bronze medals.

2023-06-18T09:39:49.863165+00:00 IST

Ironmen players have potential to play for India: Gahlawat

After the remarkable performance in the league, a number of Maharashtra Ironmen players are confident of making the Indian squad for the upcoming Asian Games which will take place in Hangzhou in September-October. The coach is confident that several athletes from the squad will be able to represent India in the Asian Games.

2023-06-18T09:26:22.770237+00:00 IST

Premier Handball League: Maharashtra Ironmen edge past Garvit Guj

Match 20 in the ongoing Premier Handball League witnessed a thrilling encounter between Maharashtra Ironmen and Garvit Gujarat. The fiercest attacking duo in the league Maharashtra Ironmen's Igor Chiseliov and Jalal Kiani looked on song as they were able to score freely in the opening minutes of the game

2023-06-18T08:11:47.359011+00:00 IST

Special Olympics World Games starts with a grand opening ceremony

The 255-member strong India contingent walked on for the Special Olympics World Games.

2023-06-18T08:09:33.659549+00:00 IST

National shotgun selection: Kynan, Manisha on top at trap trials

Kynan Chenai, after scoring a perfect 50 in two rounds on Friday, missed two birds in the two rounds on Saturday, the same as overnight joint leader Bhowneesh Mendiratta, but took the sole lead on account of a perfect 25 finish in his fourth round whereas Bhowneesh had scores of 24 each on the day. Manisha Keer shot rounds of 22 and 24 in women's Trap, to lead the field with a score of 90.

2023-06-18T07:52:57.587378+00:00 IST

Nat'l Inter-State Athletics C'ship: Parul qualifies for Asiad

The 28-year-old Meerut athlete also secured qualification for the upcoming Asian Games later this year. While talking about her qualification for the Asiad, she said, "It feels amazing to qualify for the Asian games. I had put in a lot of practice for this competition. Especially the meet in Los Angeles last month helped me prepare for this meet."

2023-06-17T21:56:35.803360+00:00 IST

Jyothi Yarraji adds 100m hurdles title to her kitty

India's national record holder in women's 100m hurdles Jyothi Yarraji added the 100m hurdles title to her kitty on the third day of the 62nd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championship here on Friday.

2023-06-17T18:49:41.311469+00:00 IST

HS Prannoy crashes out of Indonesia Open 2023

Indian shuttler HS Prannoy bowed out of the ongoing Indonesia Open 2023 on Saturday after suffering a defeat at the hands of Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the semi-final stage.

2023-06-17T17:51:22.479194+00:00 IST

Satwiksairaj, Chirag set to face world champions in final

India's star shuttler duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be up against reigning world champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in the summit clash of Indonesia Open 2023 on Sunday.

2023-06-17T17:48:49.637692+00:00 IST

Chetan Shivram, his Students bag five trophies in INRC Rd-2

Chetan Shivram, a well-known rally trainer and motorsports personality trained the participants who were a part of this rally. A total of six students took part. Chetan Shivram along with Co-Driver Shivprakash led sixth overall and third in INRC 2; Ruthuparna Vivek with Co-Driver Sanjay Agarwal 2nd in INRC 4; Nikeetaa Takkale with Co-Driver Venu third in the women's category.

2023-06-17T15:40:28.440568+00:00 IST

Neeraj Chopra likely to feature in Lausanne

World No.1 javelin star Neeraj Chopra is likely to return to action at the Lausanne Diamond League 2023 in Switzerland on June 30 according to Olympics.com.

2023-06-17T15:35:34.836132+00:00 IST

Vishesh stuns Krrish Pal to enter semifinals

The sixth Youth Men's National Boxing Championships in Gangtok, Sikkim witnessed a spectacular upset on the fourth day as Haryana's Vishesh defeated reigning Asian Junior Champion Krrish Pal of Chandigarh in a thrilling bout to advance into the 48 kg minimumweight semi-finals.

2023-06-17T15:31:11.288203+00:00 IST

"Our fight against Brij Bhushan, not government"

India's ace grapplers Sakshi Malik and her husband Satyawart Kadian on Saturday said their fight was against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and not the central government.

2023-06-17T13:33:17.804061+00:00 IST

Dani becomes first Indian to bag NCTTA Male Athlete of Year award

The 24-year-old Mudit Dani clinched his maiden ITTF senior medal in 2019 at the US Open Championships and also reached the doubles quarter-finals at the WTT event in the USA last year.

2023-06-17T12:00:21.089125+00:00 IST

Ultimate Table Tennis: Top five international stars to watch out

The franchise-based league will witness six star-studded franchises -- Bengaluru Smashers, Chennai Lions, Dabang Delhi TTC, Goa Challengers, Puneri Paltan Table Tennis and U Mumba TT -- fighting for the coveted trophy over a period of 18 days.

2023-06-17T11:44:34.356039+00:00 IST

Indonesia Open: Satwiksairaj-Chirag storm into final

In the men's semifinals, Prannoy HS will be in action against Denmark's Viktor Axelsen

2023-06-17T11:31:21.995294+00:00 IST

Sports Ministry raises upper ceiling norms of athlete's boarding

Under the newly revised norm, athletes and support staff travelling for approved competitions abroad (foreign exposures) will now be entitled to USD 250 per day, which is an increase of 66% from an earlier norm of USD 150 per day.

2023-06-17T10:19:33.593027+00:00 IST

Premier Handball League: Rajasthan Patriots record victory

Match 17 of the inaugural season of the Premier Handball League saw the Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh take on the Rajasthan Patriots. Both teams looked for a quick start to the game and were evenly matched in the opening minutes of the game.

2023-06-17T10:03:34.821087+00:00 IST

Gaurika Bishnoi cruises to second win of year in WPG Tour

It was the second win this season for Gaurika Bishnoi, who had earlier won the sixth leg and finished second in the seventh leg. After Sneha Singh, Gaurika becomes the second player to win more than once in 2023.

2023-06-17T09:45:03.946154+00:00 IST

Squash World Cup: Indian team crashes out of tournament

India started their Squash World Cup stint by defeating Hong Kong 4-0 in a Pool B match. They defeated South Africa 4-0 in the second match and entered and semi-final. They also defeated Japan in their final Pool match to win all three matches of the Pool stage.

2023-06-17T09:26:53.621892+00:00 IST