New Delhi, June 14 In the end the difference did not matter as Delhi’s Arpit Goel had a firm grip on the gold medal in the 25m rapid fire final in the Kumar Surendra Singh shooting championships that got underway today. Arpit had 31 hits, four more than Indian AirRead More

Bengaluru,  Every nation needs something to be proud of itself — Afghanistan, racked by war and strife for a long part of its violent history, used to pride itself for being unconquerable. In the modern world, though, being successful in the murderous business of war is not considered very honourable; economic,Read More

Dubai: India captain Ajinkya Rahane today termed it is a “privilege” to be a part of a historic first Test match against Afghanistan. It’s a privilege to be playing in Afghanistan’s first Test match. It’s a historic moment for them and an opportunity for us to be part of theRead More

Bangkok: Indian women’s badminton team, led by Saina Nehwal, notched up a dominating 4-1 win over lowly Australia in the second Group A match of the Uber Cup Final on Monday. After going down 1-4 to Canada in the opening match, Saina and Co. Seemed to get their act togetherRead More

New Delhi, June 12 The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has now postponed the June 13 trial that was to decide the participant from India in the men’s 57kg weight division at the 2018 Asian Games. WFI had rescheduled the trials for June 13 after the three top contenders endedRead More

Paris: Rafael Nadal has cast doubt on his participation at Wimbledon, saying he needs to see how his body recovers after a long claycourt campaign culminated in an 11th French Open title. Two of the Spaniard’s 17 Grand Slam titles came on the All England Club’s lawns, but the 32-year-oldRead More

New Delhi, June 11 Fast bowler Mohammed Shami has not been passed fit for Thursday’s Test match against Afghanistan and will be replaced by uncapped paceman Navdeep Saini. Shami last played for India against South Africa in January before being embroiled in a corruption scandal, which he was cleared ofRead More

MONTREAL, Sebastian Vettel capped an emotional weekend for Ferrari with a clinical pole-to-flag win at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday to retake the lead in the Formula One world championship from Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton by a single point. The victory was the 50th of the German’s career and leftRead More

PARIS, Rafael Nadal was at his awe-inspiring best as he crushed Austrian Dominic Thiem to snatch a record-extending 11th French Open title with a 6-4 6-3 6-2 victory on Sunday. The Spanish world No. 1 took his Roland Garros win-loss record to 86-2 as he captured his 17th Grand Slam titleRead More

Spain: Each member of the Spain squad will take home a win bonus of ^825,000 should they lift the World Cup in Russia, a Spanish newspaper has said. Madrid-based Sports daily Marca reported that the Spanish football federation (RFEF) has incentivised the squad by offering them more than double whatRead More