By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) A career-threatening knee injury in the Rio Olympics saw a teary-eyed Vinesh Phogat being strechered out of the ring but two years later, the Haryana wrestler bounced…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Top-seed Novak Djokovic decimated Canadian teen Denis Shapovalov in a third-round showdown here on Saturday at the Australian Open. The six-time champion wrapped up the match 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 to…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Madison Keys defeated 2018 semi-finalist Elise Mertens on Saturday to advance to the round of 16 in the Australian Open. The number 17 seed, a Australian Open semifinalist in 2015 and…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal (2), after defeating Australia’s Alex De Minaur (27) in the third round of the Australian Open here, said that tennis has skipped a few generations in Spain and…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Reigning US Open champion Naomi Osaka of Japan outlasted upset artist Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei to reach the last 16 of the 2019 Australian Open on Saturday. The No.4 seed downed her…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Anastasija Sevastova booked herself a spot in the second week of a Grand Slam for the fifth time in her career on Saturday after routing China’s Wang Qiang in straight sets…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina defeated former quarterfinalist Zhang Shuai of China to reach the round of 16 at the Australian Open on Saturday. The No.6 seed rallied from two breaks down in…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Serena Williams used the 18-year-old Dayana Yastremska’s inexperience to her advantage as she overpowered the Ukrainian to make it to the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday. She routed…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Japan’s Kei Nishikori defeated Portugal’s Joao Sousa in straight sets on Saturday to book his place in the fourth round of the Australian Open. The eighth seed overcame a tight start…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Russia’s Daniil Medvedev defeated Belgium’s David Goffin 6-2,7-6(3),6-3 in the third round of the Australian Open on Saturday. After defeating Milos Raonic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the earlier round, Medvedev routed…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Jan 19 (IANS) Traditionally a tough, rural sport practised by ‘pehlwans’ in villages across the length and breadth of India, kabaddi has been flying high in recent years due to the…
Coimbatore, Jan 18 (IANS) Sandro Rodriguez scored on either side of the half and Pedro Manzi helped himself score arguably the goal of the season and another to boot, as Chennai outclassed Aizawl FC 4-3…
Madrid, Jan 18 (IANS) Atletico Madrid’s coach Diego Simeone said Friday that his football club’s elimination from the Copa del Rey had been a hard experience but the loss had pushed it to play well…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) A ruthless Angelique Kerber of Germany on Friday lost just a game on her way to routing Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell 6-1, 6-0 in the third round of the 2019 Australian…
Madrid, Jan 18 (IANS) Real Madrid’s coach Santiago Solari on Friday confirmed French forward Karim Benzema is set be on the team’s lineup of possible players for the upcoming La Liga encounter against Sevilla despite…
Lima, Jan 18 (IANS) Sherco TVS Rally Factory teams Aravind KP has successfully completed the 2019 edition of Dakar 2019 at the 37th spot. making him the only Indian to finish the gruesome rally. This…
Pune, Jan 18 (IANS) Boxers Ankit Narwal, Vanshaj and Preeti Dahiya played a key role for Haryana who reaped as many as eight gold, eight silver and 15 bronze medals from boxing in the Boys’…
Pune, Jan 18 (IANS) Punjab and Tamil Nadu made it to three finals each and will be out to claim bragging rights as the powerhouses of basketball at the Khelo India Youth Games 2019 here…
Pune, Jan 18 (IANS) Tamil Nadu and West Bengal swapped favours in the semi-finals of the girls volleyball competition of the Khelo India Youth Games here on Friday. While Tamil Nadu entered the gold medal…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS Former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has once again proved the critics wrong by establishing himself as a master of close finish when he belted an 87 not out to complete…