The 17th edition of the Summer Paralympics began on Thursday and concludes on September 8. On the seventh day, medal events will be held across para road cycling, para athletics, para equestrian, para table tennis, para powerlifting, wheelchair fencing, para swimming, wheelchair tennis, para shooting and para archery. Here are the medal events on the…
India’s domestic season will officially begin with the Duleep Trophy, set to be played from September 5 to 22, with a mix of A-listers and youngsters looking to polish their skills ahead of a long season. With India’s Test squad in a transition phase, it offers an opportunity for several youngsters to stake a claim…
The 2024-25 senior men’s domestic season will begin with the Duleep Trophy, set to begin from September 5 to September 22, with several India international players set to participate. This season, the Duleep Trophy will be played in a revamped avatar, with India A, India B, India C, and India D teams featuring in a…
India achieved its best-ever medal haul at a single edition of the Paralympic Games in Paris on Tuesday. Sharad Kumar’s silver and Mariyappan Thangavelu’s bronze medals in men’s high jump T63 event took the country’s tally to 20, going past the previous best mark of 19 set in Tokyo three years ago. India has won…
Australia and Scotland will lock horns in a three-match Twenty20 International series, starting Wednesday at the Grange Cricket Club Ground in Edinburgh. The only time the two teams have met in the shortest format of the game was at the T20 World Cup this year, where Australia clinched a hard-fought five-wicket win after Scotland posted…
Ajeet Singh won a silver medal while Sundar Singh Gurjar grabbed a bronze in the men’s javelin F46 event in Paris 2024 Paralympics at Stade de France on Tuesday. Ajeet finished second with a best attempt of 65.62m, which came in the fifth round, to bag his first Paralympic medal. Sundar, the world record-holder, finished…
Swiss tennis great Roger Federer said on Tuesday that anti-doping authorities have questions to answer about a perceived double standard applied to world number one Jannik Sinner after he dodged a suspension despite two positive tests earlier this year. The 20-time Grand Slam champion called the drama surrounding Italy’s Sinner “a tricky situation” and “the…
Emma Navarro continued her breakout season as the American moved into her first Grand Slam semifinal with a 6-2 7-5 win over Spain’s Paula Badosa on Tuesday at the U.S. Open. In a battle of New York-born baseliners, Navarro, who beat defending champion Coco Gauff in the previous round, stunned Badosa by winning the final…
The home team, Chennai Lions, didn’t have anything to lose. Neither did Puneri Paltan Table Tennis. But both sides had everything to play for on Tuesday. A semifinal spot in Ultimate Table Tennis, after all, was up for grabs. And the host almost did it, with an unheard-of scoreline of 12-3, that somehow keeps it…
Abhay Hadap defeated Suraj Samat by 55 votes to be elected as the secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Tuesday. Hadap, an incumbent apex council member, was backed by the association president Ajinkya Naik and the maidan clubs, whereas Samat’s candidature was proposed by former India captain Sachin Tendulkar. Of the total 337…
