Maharashtra’s Naheed considers winning gold in women’s 50 singles and mixed doubles at Indian Masters National Badminton Championship at Panchkula ‘special’
Alexandrova will face American Danielle Collins in Friday's semifinal clash
In the final, Bopanna and Ebden will take on the winner of the semifinal between Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz and Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek
Devendra Joshi by a convincing 1063-224 scoreline in a second round league match of the All India CCI Billiards Classic at the Wilson Jones Billiards Hall on Thursday
Chopra, 26, who closed his past season with a gold at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China last year, is aiming to defend his Olympic gold in Paris later this year
It was a smooth performance from Sindhu as she was hardly tested by the Taiwanese qualifier, ranked World No. 63, resulting in a 21-14, 21-12 win
Meanwhile, American Danielle Collins powered into the semi-finals with an emphatic 6-3, 6-2 win over France’s Caroline Garcia on Wednesday
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Wednesday named its new Athletes Committee, to be led by co-chairs Chilean women's hockey team defender Camila Caram and Sreejesh. The FIH Athletes Committee serves as a consultative body and makes recommendations to the FIH Executive Board, FIH Committees, Advisory Panels and other bodies
Sinner, seeded second, will take on No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev in a rematch of last year's Miami Open final. Medvedev won that, but has lost four straight matchups since. Medvedev advanced to the latest meeting with a 6-2, 7-6 (7) win over No. 22 seed Nicolas Jarry in a late match
Sindhu, who finished as runner-up in the last edition, saw off world no. 49 Zhang 21-16 21-12 in a lop-sided contest.Sindhu, a former world champion, will meet Chinese Taipei’s Huang Yu-Hsun next
Meanwhile, defending champion Daniil Medvedev and top seed Carlos Alcaraz marched into the quarter-finals of the tournament. Medvedev earned a 7-6 (7/5), 6-0 win over Germany’s Dominik Koepfer while Alcaraz took care of Italian Lorenzo Musetti with a 6-3, 6-3 win
Djokovic brought Croatia’s 2001 Wimbledon champion on board as a member of the coaching team ahead of the grass court Grand Slam in 2019
Meanwhile, defending champion Daniil Medvedev and top seed Carlos Alcaraz marched into the quarter-finals of the tournament. Medvedev earned a 7-6 (7/5), 6-0 win over Germany’s Dominik Koepfer while Alcaraz took care of Italian Lorenzo Musetti with a 6-3, 6-3 win
28 March,2024 07:55 AM IST | Miami | AgenciesDjokovic brought Croatia’s 2001 Wimbledon champion on board as a member of the coaching team ahead of the grass court Grand Slam in 2019
28 March,2024 07:50 AM IST | Paris | AFPBesides, Advani dominated the table for long periods and collected breaks of 188, 162, 191, 92 and 97, sailing to a fluent win
28 March,2024 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | A CorrespondentNRAI secretary Rajiv Bhatia told PTI on Wednesday that the marksman from Rajasthan has "apologised" for his misdemeanour, paving the way for him to compete in the trials and stake claim for a Paris Olympics berth
27 March,2024 06:30 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentA trainee at the Prakash Padukone academy, Manjunath then defeated Chinese Taipei's Liao Jhuo-Fu 21-13 21-13 to storm into the main draw
27 March,2024 03:39 PM IST | Madrid | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
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On an adjacent table, Agrawal started with a bang and compiled a break of 199 initially, which set the tone for his 645-391 win against Maharashtra No. 1 Mahesh Jagdale
27 March,2024 08:05 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
The reality of the situation is what it is. And within that framework, you have to find a way to qualify,” said Lahiri, who will be competing at the Hero India Open this week, told reporters here
27 March,2024 07:55 AM IST | Gurugram | PTI
Meanwhile, India’s Rohan Boppana and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden moved to the men’s doubles quarter-finals with a hard-fought win over Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski here
27 March,2024 07:50 AM IST | Miami | Agencies
Sathiyan, who has a career-best ranking of 24, had dropped out of the top 100 recently. The title in Beirut earned him 125 points. Veteran Sharath Kamal, who has dropped a place to be 35, continues to be the top-ranked Indian
26 March,2024 05:52 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
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The Indian men's hockey team dethroned 2018 gold medallist Japan in the men's hockey event on Friday and qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024 by claiming their fourth gold medal in the Asian Games. The Indian team continued to do wonders since the arrival of head coach Craig Fulton as they remained unbeaten throughout the event and defeated Japan by 5-1 in the 19th Asian Games. Both teams kicked off the final on equal preceedings as Japan and India looked to breach each other's defence and break the stalemate. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh looking to showcase his prowess in the penalty corner failed to get past the keeper in the 15th minute.The first quarter ended goalless. India drew the first blood in the second quarter with Manpreet scoring a goal with a reverse hit in the 25th minute of the game Former Indian Hockey player Ashok Kumar said that it is a proud moment that India won a gold medal in Hockey at the Asian Games 2023. He said, “Indian Hockey has created its dominance in Asian Games by winning a medal...It is a huge victory for Indian Hockey...It is a proud moment for all of us...I want to congratulate the team on this win.”
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