New Delhi: For 21 minutes at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here, Lakshya Sen found himself locked in an uncomfortable tussle against an invisible adversary. Faced with some tricky court conditions, where the drift made shot-making a guessing game, Lakshya initially looked unsettled against Austria’s Collins Valentine Filimon. His strokes were not finding their intended…
Kolkata: Indian women’s hockey international Lalremsiami became the first athlete from Mizoram to be selected for the prestigious Arjuna Award after the list for 2025 was unveiled by the sports ministry on Tuesday.Having made her senior debut in 2017, the 26-year-old has been a mainstay of the national team, playing a pivotal role in major…
“Keep pushing and keep motivating each other!” Former India captain and goalkeeper Savita could be heard above the din, telling the India huddle exactly what needed to be done ahead of their World Cup match against South Africa.And they did just that. India romped to a 6-1 win in their second group game in Amstelveen…
England’s Joe Root (AP Photo) Joe Root will return to the England captaincy for the first time since Ben Stokes’ retirement when the hosts begin their three-Test series against Pakistan at Headingley on Wednesday.The first Test carries added significance for Root, who will lead England at his home ground in Leeds with the opportunity to…
I Arumainayagam with his 1962 Asian Games gold medal Bengaluru: One of India’s finest footballers, Isaiah Arumainayagam, who enthralled the crowds in the Garden City and Kolkata, donning the colours of top clubs like Mohun Bagan and Southern Railway, finally got the nation’s honour that was long overdue.Arumainayagam was part of the India team that…
Harmanpreet Singh (Agency Image) An India-Pakistan contest in any sport evokes emotions that often go beyond competitiveness. There was a phase in hockey when beating the arch-rivals was celebrated almost like winning a trophy.None of the current crop of Indian players has faced Pakistan in a hockey World Cup before. But they have someone in…
BWF World Championships 2026 Live Updates: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded fifth, return to action in the men’s doubles Round of 32. The Indian pair face Scotland’s Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle as they begin their knockout campaign after a bye in the earlier round. Before them, Harshita Amsakarunan and MR Arjun take on…
India’s Rishabh Pant (PTI Photo) Rishabh Pant’s sensational fourth-day performance in Galle has taken him past Shubman Gill and to the top of India’s run-scoring charts in the World Test Championship.Pant scored 66 off 69 balls in India’s second innings against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, following his 39 in the first innings. The 28-year-old’s twin…
Galle: India’s Rishabh Pant loses his balance while playing a shot on day four (PTI Photo) The past year has proved to be the toughest phase of Rishabh Pant’s eventful career. After a second successive underwhelming IPL season, where he scored just 312 runs in 14 matches at 28.36, Pant lost the Lucknow Super Giants…
India vs Sri Lanka Live, 1st Test: India are on the verge of a commanding victory in the first Test against Sri Lanka after an impressive fourth-day display in Galle left the hosts facing one of the toughest chases in the venue’s history. After setting a target of 372, India reduced Sri Lanka to 84/4…