Gurkeerat helps India A thrash Bangladesh A by 96 runs

Punjab youngster Gurkeerat Singh's all-round brilliance enabled India A to comfortably crush Bangladesh A by 96 runs in the first One Dayer of the three-match series in Bengaluru today.Gurkeerat contributed a quickfire 58-ball 65 to ensure a commanding total of 322 for seven for the hosts, ...

National Open Athletics Championship kicks off in Kolkata

5 cities officially named as candidates to host 2024 Summer Olympics

Five cities were officially named as candidates to host the 2024 Summer Olympics with Los Angeles aiming to land their third Games and Hamburg, Paris, Rome and Budapest battling to bring the multi-sport extravaganza back to Europe.The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which will elect the winni...

Korea Open: Sindhu enters 2nd round; P Kashyap bows out in men's singles

Top Indian shuttler P V Sindhu started her campaign at the Korea Open with a hard-fought win over Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon, but it was curtains for Parupalli Kashyap in men's singles event at the Super Series tournament in Seoul today. Two-time bronze medallist at World Champio...

Sindhu, Srikanth & Kashyap to start their campaign at Korea Open

India's top shuttlers PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap will start their campaign at the Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament in Seoul today.Earlier yesterday, mixed doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Sikki Reddy failed to cross the opening hurdle at the tournament. The ...

India 'A' to take on B'desh 'A' in opening game of 3-match One Day series in Bengaluru

India 'A' will take on full-strength Bangladesh 'A' in the opening game of three-match One Day series at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru today. The second and third encounters of the series will be played on September 18 and 20. All eyes are on star batsman S...

National Open Athletic Championship kicks off in Kolkata today

55th National Open Athletics Championship gets underway at SAI Complex in Kolkata today. India's top athletes, including the Olympics-bound trio of Inderjeet Singh, Lalita Babar and Tintu Luka, will vie for honours at the event. The showpiece meet of the Indian athletics calendar will be a ...

Shuttlers Tarun-Sikki lose in Korea Open

India's mixed doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Sikki Reddy failed to cross the opening hurdle of the Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament. In Seoul today, the pair went down to top seeded Chinese duo of Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei in straight games 11-21, 10-21 in less than half an hour...

Randhir Singh steps down as OCA Secretary General

Veteran Indian sports administrator Randhir Singh today stepped down as Secretary General of the Olympic Council of Asia at the 34th General Assembly of the organisation in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. He occupied the post for 24 years since 1991 for six successive terms. 68-year-old Randhir, who was the...

All eyes on Inderjeet, Lalita, Tintu in National Open Athletics

The 55th National Open Athletics Championship gets underway at SAI Complex in Kolkata tomorrow. India's top athletes, including the Olympics-bound trio of Inderjeet Singh, Lalita Babar and Tintu Luka, will vie for honours in the event. The showpiece meet of the Indian athletics calendar wil...