Kidmabi Srikanth clinches Denmark Open title, PM congratulates

India's Kidmabi Srikanth has clinched his third Super Series Premier badminton title. In the final of men's singles in the Denmark Open at Odense tonight, the ace shuttler defeated Korean veteran Lee Hyun II in straight games 21-10, 21-5 in a match that lasted just 25 minutes. Earl...

Indian Women Bag Silver in Archery World Championships

Gaganjeet Bhullar clinches commanding win in Macau

Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar romped home to a three-shot victory at the Macao Open to bag his eighth Asian Tour title in Macau today. As a result, Bhullar etched his name on the Macao Open trophy for the second time having previously won the event in 2012. Bhullar was unstoppable on the final day...

FIFA Under-17 World Cup: Spain enter semi-finals

In the FIFA Under-17 World Cup quarterfinal, now underway at Kochi, Spain was leading One-Nil against Iran at half-time. In last quarter-final fixture in Kolkata later this evening, Germany are slated to take on Brazil at 8 p.m. England and Mali booked their semi-final berths yesterday. In the quart...

India beat Malaysia to clinch third Asia Cup hockey title

India today became the Asia Cup Hockey champion after defeating Malaysia 2-1 in Dhaka. India started strongly and scored first goal through Ramandeep Singh in the first quarter and the second goal was scored by Lalit in the second quarter. The victory came to India under massive pressure from Malays...

Virat Kohli surpasses Rickey Ponting with 31st century

Virat Kohli today surpassed the legendary Ricky Pointing to become the second highest century maker in ODIs en route his 31st hundred during the opening match against New Zealand in Mumbai today. Kohli, who scored 121, got to a double milestone by scoring a hundred on his 200th ODI, a feat only achi...

India set victory target of 281 runs against New Zealand

India has set a victory target of 281 runs against New Zealand in the first One Day International now underway in Mumbai. Electing to bat, India finished their innings at 280 for 8 in 50 overs. Skipper Virat Kohli reached a milestone today when he marked his 200th ODI appearance and scored 121 which...

FIFA U-17 World Cup Football: Two quarterfinals matches to be played today

In the FIFA - Under-17 World Cup Football, two quarterfinals matches will be played today. In the first tie, Under 17 European Champions Spain will take on Iran at Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi. The match will be played at 5 PM.In another quarter-final clash, Germany will take on B...

Indian boxers win 8 medals, including 4 Gold at Youth International Championships Balkan Open 2017 at Sofia, Bulgaria

Indian pugilists have returned with an impressive haul of eight medals, including four golds, from the third Youth International Championships Balkan Open 2017 at Sofia, Bulgaria.Besides four golds, the Indian Youth women boxers won one silver and three bronze medals while Indian women youth team wa...

India to take on New Zealand in Mumbai today in first of three-match ODI series

In cricket, India will take on New Zealand in Mumbai today in first of the three-match ODI series.The day and night match will begin at 1.30 in the afternoon. Besides skipper Virat Kohli, the Indian team will comprise, among others, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, M.S.Dhoni, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kulde...