New Delhi: Defending champion Shiv Kapur will look to put up a strong showing to turn his lacklustre season around when the eighth edition of the Panasonic Open India golf tournament gets underway at the venerable Delhi Golf Club on Thursday. The pull out of seasoned and inform S.S.P. ChawrasiaRead More

Muscat: Defending Champions India were held to a goalless draw by Malaysia but managed to maintain their pole position in the points table in the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament. Both India and the Asian Games Silver medallists Malaysia now have 10 points each from four outings in the preliminaryRead More

New Delhi: The Indian men’s football team will square off against Jordan in a friendly match on November 17 in Amman, which will be the first such encounter between the two sides. “All India Football Federation confirms an international friendly for the Indian senior national team against Jordan. The matchRead More

Paris: Indian shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into the second round of the women’s singles event at French Open crushing American Beiwen Zhang in straight games. The world no. 3 Sindhu disposed of unseeded Zhang 21-17, 21-18 in a match that lasted 34 minutes. Interestingly, Sindhu had lost the opening roundRead More

Rome: More than 20 people, mainly Russian football fans, were injured Tuesday when an escalator in a metro station in central Rome collapsed, firefighters said, in an incident some blamed on raucous soccer supporters. Most of those hurt, one seriously, suffered leg injuries after getting entangled in the escalator’s mangledRead More

Manchester: Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who is fighting the rape allegations levied upon him by American woman Kathryn Mayorga, has said that in the end truth will prevail in the case. Calling himself “an example”, the 33-year-old stated that he is blessed with a perfect club and a perfect familyRead More

New Delhi: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion Conor McGregor has expressed his desire for a rematch against Khabib Nurmagomedov following his recent defeat at the hands of the Russian boxer. In a lengthy Instagram post, McGregor wrote, “If it is not the rematch right away, no problem. I willRead More

Visakhapatnam: India cricket captain Virat Kohli needs no introduction in terms of scoring runs. Having already broken numerous records over the past few years, the 29-year-old looks set to do more of the same in the ongoing ODI series against West Indies. Kohli brought up his 36th ODI century duringRead More

Budapest: Bajrang Punia’s bid to become only the second Indian to win a gold medal at the World Championship fell flat as a tactically superior Takuto Otoguro stunned the Indian in the 65kg final, here on Monday. Only the fourth Indian ever to make it to the World Championship goldRead More

Providence, R.I.: WWE wrestler Roman Reigns says he will step away from the ring because he has leukemia. The 33-year-old Reigns, whose real name is Joe Anoa’i, made the announcement Monday night to open the episode of “Raw.” He was originally diagnosed in 2008 at age 22, though he quicklyRead More