Trust and transparency with coach very important in achieving success: Neeraj

Trust and transparency with coach very important in achieving success: Neeraj

Raising the bar: Neeraj Chopra insists there is no let-up in his hunger for improvement despite the impressive list of achievements.  | Photo Credit: AFP With the Doha Diamond League just three weeks away, Neeraj Chopra is confident of a good beginning to what will be a longer-than-usual season. With the postponed Asian Games scheduled for […]

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Alexander Zverev returns to action six months after French Open injury

Alexander Zverev returns to action six months after French Open injury

Alexander Zverev on Thursday returned to tennis for the first time since tearing ankle ligaments in his French Open semi-final defeat to Rafael Nadal in June. The 25-year-old German appeared in the Diriyah Tennis Cup exhibition tournament in Saudi Arabia where he defeated Austria’s Dominic Thiem in two super tiebreaks. World number 12 Zverev then […]

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Indian men’s hockey team faces Australia test ahead of World Cup

Indian men’s hockey team faces Australia test ahead of World Cup

The Indian men’s hockey team will get another chance to reassess its strength and weakness ahead of the World Cup when it squares off against world number one Australia in a five-match series, starting here on Saturday. It has always been a herculean task for India to challenge the might of the Australians, who are […]

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Mary Kom, Sindhu, Mirabai, Keshavan elected in IOA Athletes’ Commission

Mary Kom, Sindhu, Mirabai, Keshavan elected in IOA Athletes’ Commission

 Indian Olympic Association logo. Five-time world champion boxer M C Mary Kom, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and multiple-time winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan were among 10 eminent sportspersons elected unopposed as members of the IOA Athletes Commission in the polls held here on Monday. The other seven members of the apex body are Tokyo Olympics silver […]

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Badminton | Lakshya Sen reaches career-best sixth in BWF rankings

Badminton | Lakshya Sen reaches career-best sixth in BWF rankings

French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also returned to their career best ranking of seven in men’s doubles French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also returned to their career best ranking of seven in men’s doubles Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen on Tuesday jumped two spots to achieve a career-best sixth […]

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Lovlina’s last-minute entry big boost for boxing

Lovlina’s last-minute entry big boost for boxing

Lovlina, Simranjit, Ankushita and Saweety have been selected for the Asian championships Lovlina, Simranjit, Ankushita and Saweety have been selected for the Asian championships The boxing competition in the National Games, starting on the Mahatma Mandir campus here on Wednesday, got a shot in the arm with Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain making a last-minute […]

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Khanna quits as IOA acting president, takes dig at IOC

Khanna quits as IOA acting president, takes dig at IOC

Mr. Khanna, former boss of the All India Tennis Association, admitted that the IOA is going through a tough phase Mr. Khanna, former boss of the All India Tennis Association, admitted that the IOA is going through a tough phase Senior sports administrator Anil Khanna on Wednesday quit as acting president of the Indian Olympic […]

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We forcefully played in wet conditions, says India’s women cricket team skipper Harmanpreet

We forcefully played in wet conditions, says India’s women cricket team skipper Harmanpreet

The Indian skipper backed her teammates and added that despite the wet conditions, everyone in the team continued to give their best The Indian skipper backed her teammates and added that despite the wet conditions, everyone in the team continued to give their best India women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur said the side “forcefully […]

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Iga Swiatek beats Ons Jabeur for 1st U.S. Open title, 3rd Slam

Iga Swiatek beats Ons Jabeur for 1st U.S. Open title, 3rd Slam

Iga Swiatek has defeated Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5) to win her first U.S. Open championship and third Grand Slam title overall Iga Swiatek has defeated Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5) to win her first U.S. Open championship and third Grand Slam title overall Good as she’s been this year, Iga Swiatek came to the […]

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Venus Williams out of U.S. Open; defending champion Raducanu loses too

Venus Williams out of U.S. Open; defending champion Raducanu loses too

Venus Williams lost her first-round match at the U.S. Open Venus Williams lost her first-round match at the U.S. Open The welcome and support for Venus Williams in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday afternoon were not the same as they were for her sister, Serena, a night earlier. Nor was the result. Venus, who turned […]

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