Gopi Thonakal becomes 1st Indian man to win Asian Marathon Championship

Gopi Thonakal has become the first Indian man to win Asian Marathon Championship. He achieved the feat in the 16th edition of the prestigious event, at Dongguan in China on Sunday.Gopi clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and 48 seconds to clinch gold. He, thus, became the first Indian man to win the title af...

Nagpur Test Day 3: India lead Sri Lanka by 199 runs at lunch

India were 404 for 3 at Lunch on day three of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka at Nagpur today. India is now leading 199 runs.Virat Kohli on 123 and Ajinkya Rahane were at the crease. Cheteshwar Pujara got out on 143. Kohli made his 19th Test century. Sri Lanka had posted 205 after opting t...

Hong Kong Open: PV Sindhu to take on Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei in final today

In Badminton, ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will take on Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei in the title clash of Hong Kong Open Superseries tournament at Kowloon today. Second seed Sindhu, an Olympics and World Championships Silver medalist, has a poor head-to-head record against top seed Tai and has l...

AIBA Women's Youth World Boxing: Five Indian boxers to play for Gold medals today

Five Indian pugilists will play for Gold medals at the AIBA Women's Youth World Boxing Championships in Guwahati today. Nitu will be seen in action in the 48 kg weight category, Jyoti Gulia in 51, Sakshi Chopra in 54, Shashi Chopra in 57 and Ankushita Boro in 64 kg division. Nitu and Sakshi...

2nd Test:India to resume 1st innings against Sri Lanka

In Cricket, India will resume their first innings at the overnight score of 312 for 2 against Sri Lanka on Day 3 of the Nagpur Test today. When the stumps were drawn on Saturday, Cheteshwar Pujara on 121 and skipper Virat Kohli on 54 were at the crease, with the hosts having a lead of 107 runs in th...

Five Indian boxers reach finals of Women's Youth World Championships

Indian boxers continued to remain an unstoppable force at the AIBA Women's Youth World Championships with two more advancing to the final to take the total number to an unprecedented five in Guwahati on Saturday.Nitu (48kg) and Sakshi Chopra (54kg) won their respective semifinals to continu...

Ritu Phogat clinches Silver medal in U-23 Senior World Wrestling C'ship in Poland

Ritu Phogat has clinched the silver medal in Under-23 Senior World Wrestling Championship at Poland.The 23-year-old, lost against Turkish Wrestler Demirhan in the gold medal bout of women's 48 kilogram category. In Semifinal, Ritu defeated Chinese Wrestler Jiang Zhu 4-3 points to reach the ...

Five Indian boxers reach finals of Women's Youth World Championships

Indian boxers continued to remain an unstoppable force at the AIBA Women's Youth World Championships with two more advancing to the final to take the total number to an unprecedented five in Guwahati on Saturday.Nitu (48kg) and Sakshi Chopra (54kg) won their respective semifinals to continu...

India's top cueist Pankaj Advani stamped his authority yet again as he registered a convincing victory over Brazil's Itaro Santos to storm into the pre-quarterfinals of World Snooker Championships at Doha, Qatar on Saturday.Advani blanked his South American opponent 5-0 in a last-3...

PV Sindhu enters final of Hong Kong Open Super Series

In Badminton, ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu entered the women's singles final of the Hong Kong Open Super Series tournament on Saturday. In the semi final match on Saturday evening, the Rio Olympics Silver medalist humbled former World Champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in straight game...