Hyderabad: Parliament will soon see a tough woman punching hard for the underprivileged sections of the society. Five-time boxing World champion and Olympic medallist Mary Kom has been nominated as one of the six new members of the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Mary was understandably elated. “It’s a great honourRead More

New Delhi: The new year is just four months in, but Sania Mirza has already had a dream run. The Indian tennis ace was on Thursday named by Time magazine in its list of the ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’. This honor come after the 29-year-old received theRead More

DOHA: India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani has reached the medal round making it to the semi-final of the Asian Snooker Championship 2016, which is being played at Doha, Qatar. Advani sailed smoothly to semi-final ousting Syrian player Karam Fatima scoring five frames to nil. But he was grinded well earlierRead More

MOSCOW: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will announce its decision on former World No.1 Maria Sharapova’s doping case in the second half of next month, Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) president Shamil Tarpishchev said on Thursday. Tarpishchev held talks on Thursday with ITF officials at the World Sport and Business Summit,Read More

NEW YORK: Sports figures including Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt and NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry pepper Time magazine’s 2016 “100 Most Influential People” list published Thursday. US golfer Jordan Spieth, Britain’s Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, UFC great Ronda Rousey and American swimmer Katie Ledecky also madeRead More

LONDON: His exploits with Leicester City have alerted Hollywood scriptwriters, but an on-pitch indiscretion by Jamie Vardy has compromised his unheralded team’s extraordinary bid for the Premier League title. With 22 goals in the season to date, Vardy has become the symbol of a football fairytale, but his dismissal duringRead More

New Delhi: Dipa Karmakar’s rise to fame was a faiytale story which has the gymnast herself in awe. The 22-year-old from Tripura became the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics and capped it with a gold medal at the test event in Rio de Janeiro. Dipa returnedRead More

His own knock was crucial in Mumbai Indians chasing down a stiff 171-run target but skipper Rohit Sharma chose to credit all-rounder Krunal Pandya for the IPL win over Royal Challengers Bangalore, saying that the youngster is proving to be a game-changer in every match. Mumbai defeated Bangalore by sixRead More

LONDON: Euphoria for Liverpool. Humiliation for Everton. Roberto Martinez wanted a “trigger” to change the story of his club’s season. Were his team not in the FA Cup semi-final, the manager would be more concerned about his boardroom pulling one after this capitulation. Regardless of what happens at Wembley thisRead More

CHENNAI: It’s crunch time for women pugilists. With the Olympic qualifiers just a few weeks away, the focus is on familiar faces — London Olympics bronze medallist MC Mary Kom and L Sarita Devi — as always. To be in contention, the thoroughbreds had to fight it out during theRead More