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New Delhi: Badminton Federation of India (BAI) Tuesday announced the cash reward of Rs 50 lakh for the para-shuttlers, who have won medals at the recently concluded Paris Paralympics Games. India won five medals one gold, two silver, and two bronze, country's most in any...

Mumbai: Veteran Hindi film icon Amitabh Bachchan, who currently hosts the quiz based reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, has extended his best wishes to the Indian chess contingent after they clinched 2 gold medals in both men’s and women’s category at the 45th Chess Olympiad....

New Delhi: Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov showered praise on the Indian team for historic double gold in both the men's and women's events at the 2024 Chess Olympiad. In a historic triumph, India's men's and women's teams clinched gold medals for the first...

New Delhi: A dream come true, a nice feeling. The maiden Chess Olympiad gold meant different things for the members of the five-strong Indian men's team, spearheaded stupendously by the youngest ever challenger to the world title -- D Gukesh. The 18-year-old issued a statement...

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the official event song for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 titled ‘Whatever It Takes'. The soundtrack is a collaboration between the vibrant all-girl pop group W.i.S.H., acclaimed music director Mikey McCleary, composer Parth Parekh, and...

New Delhi: India star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant revealed he felt nervous during his comeback Test ton in Chennai in the first match against Bangladesh Sunday. However, Pant pressed that the fire inside him allowed him to score the record-equalling sixth Test century. Pant’s return to...

Budapest: India Sunday scripted history as its men's and women's teams clinched their maiden gold medals in the 45th Chess Olympiad after beating their respective opponents in the final round here. The men's team defeated Slovenia after D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and Rameshbabu Praggnanadhaa won...

Chennai: The national selectors Sunday retained the Indian team, which hammered Bangladesh by 280 runs in the opening Test in Chennai, for the second and final match scheduled to be played in Kanpur. The hosts won the first Test with as many as five sessions...

Chennai: One of the key architects of India's victory in the series-opener, veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin says he approaches the game with a bowler's mindset and batting comes to him naturally, adding that he is learning to compartmentalise the two aspects of the game. Home...

Chennai: The swashbuckling Rishabh Pant Sunday asserted that Test cricket is where "I belong the most" after marking his return to his favourite format with a sensational hundred against Bangladesh in Chennai. Pant hit his sixth Test century, his first since returning to competitive cricket...