Bengaluru: India’s contingent for the Rio Games swelled with three more athletes – triple jumper Renjith Maheswary, sprinter Dharambir Singh and half-miler Jinson Johnson – booking their tickets for the Olympics on the final day of the Indian Grand Prix here on Monday. The ever-cheerful Kerala athlete Maheswary leapt aRead More

New Delhi: Abhinav Bindra finds it extremely hard to “push himself” to compete at the highest stage. The statement coming from India’s only individual gold medallist at the Olympic Games is hard to believe. Sport is as much as about skill and hard work as persistent dedication. Bindra, 33, saysRead More

Paris: Giants are cut out for big matches but Portugal and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo had to pull out of the European Championship final within 25 minutes due to an injury. The 31-year-old fell out of steam recently and hasn’t been at his best but his team ensured heRead More

New Delhi: In what is a sign of things to come in Indian hockey, goalkeeper Sreejesh P.R., it is learnt, is likely to be handed captaincy duties for the Rio Olympics ahead of regular skipper Sardar Singh. Though a skipper doesn’t have the most important role to play in hockey,Read More

Paris: Cristiano Ronaldo’s battle-hardened Portugal stand between hosts France and a cathartic victory in Sunday’s Euro 2016 final at Stade de France. The stadium was targeted by suicide bombers during France’s friendly against Germany last November in attacks across Paris that left 130 people dead. It cast a black shadowRead More

London: Serena Williams insisted she was not focused on No. 22. Said she wouldn’t discuss it. Kept coming close without quite getting it. Now she finally has it. And so she can flaunt it. Serena lifted both arms overhead and raised two fingers on each hand right there on CentreRead More

London: Angelique Kerber booked a Wimbledon final showdown with defending champion Serena Williams as the German ended Venus Williams’ bid for a fairytale title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory on Thursday. Serena’s 6-2, 6-0 demolition of Elena Vesnina in the day’s first semifinal had set up the prospect of aRead More

Paris: Antoine Griezmann’s double fired France into the Euro 2016 final as an emotional smash and grab 2-0 win over a territorially dominant Germany on Thursday ended 58 years of tournament suffering at their hands. Griezmann drove in a penalty at the end of the first half after a needlessRead More

London: Roger Federer expected “to lose in the first week” of Wimbledon and Andy Murray expected to be heading for a final collision with his nemesis Novak Djokovic. It was just as well neither considered taking up a career in fortune telling as neither of those predictions came true —Read More

Marseille: Didier Deschamps’ talented France block the path of Germany’s spluttering juggernaut in Thursday’s Euro 2016 semifinal and the world champions have mounting personnel problems. With an element of revenge in the air, France can expect near-fanatical support from home fans in Marseille as they seek a place in Sunday’sRead More