New Delhi: Post the Rio Games, it has been “very busy” but no less than a “dream” for Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu. It was a tight schedule of a different sort – not with her training but attending functions, receiving honours and giving interviews. Her mother Vijaya even saidRead More

New Delhi: Pullela Gopichand and P.V. Sindhu share a special bonding. Much like her fellow trainees at the Gopichand Academy, the national chief coach is a father figure to Sindhu. Sindhu, at nine, was the youngest when Gopichand started off his academy in 2004. Twelve years have passed and littleRead More

Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA): Limited over captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that India’s Test side led by Virat Kohli can regain its top ranking in longest format by the end of the home season in which they play 13 Tests against New Zealand, England, Australia and Bangladesh. Dhoni feels theRead More

New York: Romania’s Monica Niculescu dumped Czech 18th seed Barbora Strycova out of the US Open on Monday and credited Indian doubles star Sania Mirza with the victory. Niculescu won 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-1 in her opener and paid tribute to Mirza with whom she teamed last weekend to winRead More

New York: Defending champion Novak Djokovic overcame an arm injury scare and long-time rival Rafael Nadal shone in 33-degree heat as the US Open showcased its $650 million upgrade on Monday. World number one Djokovic, also the 2011 winner in New York and chasing his third major of the year,Read More

New Delhi: Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s bronze medal from the London Olympics may be upgraded to silver amid reports that the silver medallist from the 2012 Games– deceased Besik Kudukhov of Russia–has been stripped off his medal for using banned substance. As per Russian agency flowrestling.org, the four-time world championRead More

Madrid: Ivan Rakitic’s first-half header maintained Barcelona’s 100 per cent start to the La Liga season as the champions withstood a wave of late pressure to win 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao. Rakitic finished off an excellent team move after 20 minutes, but with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez uncharacteristically waywardRead More

Fort Lauderdale: They were hammered all over the park but Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels his bowlers were not all that bad on what was a “batters’ paradise” in the first Twenty20 against West Indies which his team lost by a run here. Put in to bat, West IndiesRead More

New Delhi, August 29 Condemning the shocking incident of four Indian women hockey team players being made to sit on the floor of a train while returning home from the summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, women activists called on Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs VijayRead More

New Delhi: Bitter about the administrative mess which he feels cost him a medal at the Rio Olympics, pugilist Manoj Kumar says Indian boxing is on death bed right now and desperately needs intervention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “I am sure that I would have won a medal ifRead More