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New Delhi: India head coach Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Anshuman Gaekwad as a thorough "gentleman" after the former cricketer passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer. Gaekwad, who served Indian cricket as a player, coach and selector, succumbed...

Paris/Chateauroux: There were no medals won or secured Wednesday but Indian sporting heavyweights such as P V Sindhu, Lovlina Borgohain and Lakshya Sen remained firmly on course for historic podium finishes in the Olympics, where a new shooting star also emerged for the country at...

Paris: Tokyo 2020 medallist Lovlina Borgohain made an emphatic start to her Paris 2024 campaign with a unanimous 5-0 victory against Norway’s debutant Sunniva Hofstad in the women’s 75kg Round of 16 bout in the boxing competition here Wednesday. Despite Sunniva’s attempt to get off...

Paris: India’s Sreeja Akula outplayed the Singaporean paddler Zeng Jian in the women’s singles round of 32 table tennis match at the Paris 2024 Olympics and joined compatriot Manika Batra in the women's singles pre-quarterfinals. Sreeja, India’s top-ranked singles player, registered a 4-2 (9-11, 12-10,...

Paris: India's Lakshya Sen progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the Olympics men's singles badminton competition with a stunning straight-game win over Indonesia's world number 3 Jonatan Christie in the final group match here Wednesday. The 22-year-old from Almora, a 2021 world championships bronze medallist, displayed...

Pallekele: India skipper Suryakumar Yadav's stellar performance has earned him a place among the cricketing elite, joining the ranks of players with the most Player of the Series awards in T20 Internationals. The Indian T20I captain boasts five such accolades, trailing only former skipper Virat...

Paris: Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Olympic Games' women's singles competition after beating Kristin Kuuba of Estonia in straight games here Wednesday. The two-time Olympic medallist won 21-5 21-10 in her second and last Group M match here. Sindhu,...

New Delhi: The Indian cricket team, under the new leadership of head coach Gautam Gambhir, celebrated a commanding 3-0 series victory over Sri Lanka in the T20Is, with several players delivering standout performances. Among them, Rinku Singh emerged as a key player, earning the 'Fielder...

Orlando: Manchester City were beaten 1-4 on penalties after playing out an entertaining 2-2 draw with Barcelona in front of a sell-out crowd at the Camping World Stadium. Barcelona took the lead through Pau Victor’s low finish, with Nico O’Reilly’s equaliser then canceled out by...

Pallekele: Rinku Singh and Suryakumar Yadav's late bowling efforts combined with Washington Sunder's Super Over show helped India beat Sri Lanka in the third T20I at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium here to sweep the series 3-0 Tuesday. Chasing a below-par 138, the hosts had...