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Paris: Last year's finalist and No.6 seed Coco Gauff came back from a set down to beat Spain's Rebeka Masarova and advanced to the women's singles second round at the French Open here Tuesday. The American tennis player was in a spot of bother in...

New Delhi/Haridwar: Agitating wrestlers, including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, and Bajrang Punia, handed their medals to Bhartiya Kisan Union chief and Balian Khap head Naresh Tikait, who had reached Haridwar's Har ki Pauri to stop them from putting these into the Ganga as a symbolic...

London: The FIH Pro League matches underway in England are going well and the team is fully geared up for the coming matches later this week, said Indian men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh during a diaspora event in London. Harmanpreet was joined by his...

Haridwar: The country's top wrestlers, including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, along with hundreds of their supporters, reached Har ki Pauri to immerse their medals in the Ganga river even as police beefed up security arrangements near the area here Tuesday. A huge...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik bought the first ticket for the upcoming Intercontinental Cup 2023 football tournament. It will be played at the Kalinga Stadium here June 9 to June 18. Captain of the Indian football team, Sunil Chhetri handed the first ticket for the...

New Delhi: From being a Gujarat Titans (GT) net bowler last year to almost taking the team to their second straight IPL title, 34-year-old pacer Mohit Sharma has been the biggest comeback story of the just-concluded 2023 season. Hardik Pandya’s comforting hug to Mohit Sharma...

New Delhi: From being a Gujarat Titans (GT) net bowler last year to almost taking the team to their second straight IPL title, 34-year-old pacer Mohit Sharma has been the biggest comeback story of the just-concluded 2023 season. Hardik Pandya’s comforting hug to Mohit Sharma...

Amsterdam: Edwin van der Sar is stepping down as director general of Ajax after the team finished a disappointing third in the Dutch league, missing out on a Champions League berth for next season. Van der Sar, a former goalkeeper for teams including Ajax and...

Paris: Iga Swiatek finally gets her French Open title defense started on Day 3 of the clay-court tournament. Swiatek is seeking her third championship at Roland Garros and fourth Grand Slam trophy overall. She also hopes to hold onto the No. 1 ranking that has...

Paris: You might assume that the opponents for Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in the French Open's first round would come away from their straight-set losses feeling too overwhelmed by the play of the two tournament favorites. You would be wrong. Forget the scores and...