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Miami: Lionel Messi's move to Inter Miami has been memorable for the player and the club so far. Lionel Messi has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Miami last month only. And he has been very successful for Inter Miami in Major League Soccer (MLS). The...

New Delhi: A record number of 634 sportspersons were Friday cleared by the Sports Ministry to compete at the Hangzhou Asian Games. In the Jakarta edition of the Asian Games in 2018, India had sent 572 athletes. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had recommended 850...

Budapest: Neeraj Chopra needed just one big throw to qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics and the World Championships javelin throw final, pulling off a commendable first-attempt of 88.77m here Friday. More importantly, two other Indians joined him in the final. They are DP Manu with...

India, The new talent-churning machine in chess Chennai: For a long time, Viswanathan Anand was the lone flag-bearer of Indian chess. He took the world by storm with his exploits. Things have changed in the last decade or so, with numerous talented players emerging on...

New Delhi: Ahead of mega sporting events such as Asia Cup and World Cup cricket tournaments, the government Friday warned media outlets against publishing or displaying advertisements of online betting platforms, failing which they would face legal action. In an advisory issued to newspapers, television...

Zurich: FIFA Women's World Cup winner Spain rose to No. 2 in the FIFA rankings published Friday, with the United States of America falling off the top spot for the first time in more than six years. Sweden, which lost to Spain in the semifinals,...

Budapest: Neeraj Chopra Friday qualified for the 2024 Olympics with a big throw of 88.77m in his first attempt, which also took him to the final of the javelin throw competition at the World Championships here. The 25-year-old Chopra's qualifying round lasted just a few...

Barcelona: The president of the Spanish soccer federation faces an emergency meeting of its general assembly Friday amid media reports that he will hand in his resignation following uproar for kissing a FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Luis Rubiales is expected to stand before representatives...

Copenhagen: Calling the world no. 2 Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty "brilliant and extraordinarily talented guys", badminton player Parupalli Kashyap feels the x-factor behind the duo’s success has been the combination of Satwik’s smash and Chirag’s skill at nets. Satwik...

Copenhagen (Denmark): India's top-ranked shuttler HS Prannoy, who is on hunt for his maiden world championship medal, admitted that it was an intense match and he felt he was not brave enough in a lot of areas in the hard-fought battle against former world champion...