Saikhom Mirabai Chanu & K Sanjita Chanu qualify for Commonwealth Games 2018

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and K Sanjita Chanu today qualified for next year's Commonwealth Games after winning a gold each in their respective weight categories at the Commonwealth Senior (men & women) weightlifting championships held at Gold Coast in Australia.Mirabai lifted 85kg in sn...

Hockey India invites applications for vacant post of national men's team's chief coach

Hockey India today invited applications for the vacant post of national men's team's chief coach through its website, just three days after removing Dutchman Roelant Oltmans unceremoniously from the helm of affairs.Taking a cue from the BCCI, the HI advertised for the position for ...

US Open: Juan Martin to face Roger Federer in Men's Singles quarter-final

Juan Martin del Potro overpowered Dominic Thiem in a five-set US Open epic to book a quarter-final showdown with five-time champion Roger Federer.The 24th seed from Argentina Del Potro claimed a heroic 1-6, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 , 6-4 victory over the sixth-seeded Austrian. Del Potro earlier defeated Federe...

Star India bags IPL Media rights for Rs 16,347.50 cr for next 5 years

Star India has won the coveted Indian Premier League, IPL, media rights for a whopping 16,347 (point) 50 crore rupees for the next five years. The staggering deal, which will run from 2018 to 2022, has turned out to be a financial windfall for the BCCI despite the administrative crisis it is facing ...

India to take on Sri Lanka in lone T20 International in Colombo tomorrow

After having a clean sweep in the test as well as one -day series against the hosts, team India will take on Sri Lanka in the lone T20 Internationational Cricket match in Colombo tomorrow evening.The visitors are likely to test their bench strength and give chance to the youngsters during this fixtu...

Sania Mirza lone Indian contender left in US Open, Bopanna crashes out

Sania Mirza is the lone Indian contender left in the US Open Tennis tournament being held in New York, after Rohan Bopanna crashed out at the quarterfinal stage. Sania along with Shuai Peng of China yesterday reached the the quarter-finals of women's doubles.Earlier, Rohan Bopanna and his C...

Chess World Cup : Sethuraman knocks out Ponomariov; Anand, Gujrathi in round two

Star India bags IPL Media rights for Rs 16,347.50 cr for next 5 years

Star India has won the coveted Indian Premier League, IPL, media rights for a whopping 16,347.50 crore rupees for the next five years. The staggering deal, which will run from 2018 to 2022, has turned out to be a financial windfall for the BCCI despite the administrative crisis it is facing at the m...

US Open Tennis: Rohan Bopanna crashes out in Mixed Doubles<br/>

In US Open Tennis, Rohan Bopanna and his Mixed Doubles team-mate Gabriela Dabrowski bowed out from the Mixed Doubles this morning. In their quarterfinal match, the seventh seeded Indo-Canadian pair lost to the third placed Kiwi-Taiwanese duo of Michael Venus and Hao-Ching Chan, 6-4, 3-6, 8-10. With ...

Konsam Ormila Devi bags gold at Commonwealth Youth weightlifting C'ship

India&apos;s Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight category on the opening day of the Commonwealth Youth (boys &amp; girls) weightlifting championships, held at Gold Coast, Australia. Ormila lifted 57kg in snatch and 76kg in clean and jerk for an overall effort of 133kg, to f...