Table tennis ace Manika Batra has alleged that national coach Soumyadeep Roy asked her to throw a match during the Olympic qualifiers in March. Manika said that was the main reason she refused his help in the singles competition of the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Responding to Table Tennis Federation ofRead More

Image Source : GETTY IMAGES James Anderson England veteran James Anderson on Thursday was spotted bowling with blood stains on his trousers during the fourth Test against India. The 39-year-old paceman had marks on his right knee, presumably from a fall while bowling. Skipper Root was also seen talking toRead More

Cristiano Ronaldo revealed his relationship with former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson played the key role in convincing the Portuguese to return to Old Trafford. Ferguson retired as boss of the Red Devils in 2013, four years after Ronaldo departed for Real Madrid in a then world record £80 millionRead More

There was no end to Vinesh Phogat’s woes as the struggling wrestler withdrew mid-way from the World Championship trials even as her cousin sister Sangeeta (62kg) made a stupendous comeback to mat after three years by sealing her spot in the Indian team, in New Delhi on Tuesday. All eyesRead More

Debutant Sumit Antil smashed his own world record multiple times for the F64 class gold, while veteran Devendra Jhajharia’s F46 category silver cemented his status of being India’s greatest para-athlete as javelin throwers led the country’s track-and-field medal rush at the Paralympics here on Monday. Another javelin thrower Sundar SinghRead More

Tokyo: Debutant Sumit Antil smashed his own world record multiple times for the F64 class gold at the Paralympics here on Monday. Antil set a new world record on his way to a gold medal hurling the spear to 68.55 metres, improving on his old mark of 62.88 set inRead More

Seconds after losing the women’s singles table tennis Class 4 final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday, Bhavina Patel was beaming. The Indian had lost to world No. 1 Chinese Zhou Ying, now a six-time Paralympics champion, 3-0 (7-11, 5-11, 6-11), but a historic silver had been won. Patel greetedRead More

Aston Villa and Brentford played out an entertaining 1-1 draw as the visiting promoted side continued their impressive start to the Premier League season at Villa Park on Saturday. Brentford started brighter, opening the scoring after seven minutes when Ivan Toney found himself unmarked in the box and fired homeRead More

New Delhi: Cristiano Ronaldo is all set to return to Manchester United after a 12-year hiatus as the club confirmed in its official statement. There were a lot of speculations on Ronaldo’s future at Juventus, even more so when Massimiliano Allegri revealed that Ronaldo has decided that he no longerRead More

Tokyo: Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel progressed to the Round of 16 in the women’s singles Class 4 table tennis event with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Great Britain’s Megan Shackleton at the Tokyo Paralympics here on Thursday. The 34-year-old Indian dispatched Shackleton, the world no. 9, 11-7 9-11 17-15 13-11Read More