World Athletics Championships in London <br/>set to break attendance records

The world athletics championships in London next month are expected to have the highest attendance figures in the event&apos;s history after organisers announced today that more than 650,000 tickets have been sold. The championships, which began in 1983, have completely sold out for the opening ...

Anirban Lahiri falls short in Canadian Open

A double bogey on the final hole of the second round saw Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri miss the cut at the RBC Canadian Open in Oakville. Needing a birdie on the final hole to make the cut, Lahiri went into the water and then came out with a double bogey instead to finish the second round with one-ov...

India finishes 6th in World junior squash

India finished sixth overall in the girls team event of the 2017 WSF-World junior squash championship in Tauranga, New Zealand, today. In the match for the 5th-6th positions, India went down to USA 1-2. While Sunayna Kuruvilla won her singles match against Grace Doyle, Akanksha Salunkhe lost to Mari...

Barcelona teammates urge Neymar to resist temptation of moving to Paris St Germain

Barcelona teammates have urged Neymar to resist the temptation of moving to Paris St Germain. The request came after the Brazilian super star walked out of training ground at Miami following an altercation with new signing Nelsen Semedo. The French giants are supposedly ready to launch a record-brea...

India A beat Afghanistan A by 7 wickets in tri-nation 'A' tournament

Left-arm spinner Axar Patel and top-order batsman Karun Nair put up impressive performances as India A beat Afghanistan A by seven wickets to register their first-win in the tri-nation &apos;A&apos; tournament in Pretoria, South Africa. This was after Manish Pandey&apos;s men lost a low-...

Indian team leave for Finland to take part in Junior World wrestling c'ship

A 24-member India team today departed for Tampere, Finland to take part in the Junior World wrestling championship, to be held from August 1 to 4. The team comprises eight members each in men&apos;s freestyle, women&apos;s wrestling and Greco-Roman categories. The Wrestling Federation of Ind...

India win Galle Test after beating Sri Lanka by 304 runs

India win Galle Test after beating Sri Lanka by 304 runs

India win Galle Test after beating Sri Lanka by 304 runs

Govt directs AFI to honour HC directive on Chitra's participation in World C'ships

Sports Minister Vijay Goel has advised the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to honour the Kerala High Court directive on P U Chitra to ensure her participation in the upcoming IAAF World Championships. Yesterday, the Court had directed the central government to ensure participation of Chitra in t...