Glasgow: India’s Nirupama Devi (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) India’s Nirupama Devi saw her Commonwealth Games medal hopes come to a heartbreaking end after she failed to register a total in the women’s 63kg weightlifting event on Tuesday. The Commonwealth Championships silver medalist looked good in contention after the snatch but suffered a dramatic collapse in the…
Sarvesh Kushare and Tejaswin Shankar during the CWG 2026 high jump final in Glasgow. NEW DELHI: Tejaswin Shankar’s own Commonwealth Games campaign ended in heartbreak, but the Indian jumper has ensured that his disappointment will not stop a teammate from making history.The national record holder, forced out of the men’s high jump competition by a…
File Pic: Manjot Kalra (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India Under-19 World Cup winning star Manjot Kalra will remain in custody in Sri Lanka after a Colombo court rejected his application for anticipatory bail in connection with an alleged match-fixing case linked to the ongoing 2026 Lanka Premier League (LPL).Kalra, who shot to fame with…
New France national soccer team coach Zinedine Zidane, left, poses with French Football Federation president Philippe Diallo (AP Photo) France has finally returned to one of its greatest icons, nomina Zinedine Zidane as the new head coach after Didier Deschamps resigned after 2026 FIFA World Cup. The French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed the appointment on…
Saransh Jain (X-Cricbuzz) Mumbai: Having spent almost a quarter of a century in coaching since retiring from the game, the former India and Mumbai keeper Chandrakant Pandit he has a good idea of what makes a player stand out from the rest.After closely following and supporting the 33-year-old Indore spinner Saransh Jain Since taking charge…
NEW DELHI: “It felt really unreal. I felt like a dream. I still feel like a dream.” That’s how Anahat Singh described the moment the Indian flag came up after she became the first Indian to win the World Junior Squash Championship.She carried the same disbelief during the virtual media interaction facilitated by the Sports…
Harbhajan Singh with Saransh Jain at the BCCI Center of Excellence in Bangalore (Saransh Jain | Instagram) New Delhi: On March 27 this year, Saransh Jain posted pictures and videos on Instagram, thanking the former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for the valuable lessons he learned during a five-day camp at the BCCI Center of Excellence…
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 6 Live Updates: A day after enjoying their most successful outing of these Commonwealth Games, India returns to action with renewed confidence and multiple medal opportunities in multiple disciplines. Monday belonged to the Indian contingent, which bagged six medals, highlighted by Sharmila Dhankar’s historic gold in the women’s F57 shot put…
Text Story by Justin Greaves (Agency Image) Justin Greaves etched his name in the history of Test cricket with a sensational spell against Pakistan, becoming the first bowler in recorded Test history to take five consecutive wickets during the opening Test in Tarouba, Trinidad. The West Indies all-rounder produced a devastating blast on Day 3…
Sharmila Dhankar (ANI Photo) New Delhi: For Sharmila Dhankar, every pull carries the weight of a rebuilt life. From growing up in poverty in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district and surviving domestic abuse in his first marriage to selling the family home to support his sporting dream, the 40-year-old para shot putter has turned adversity into ambition…
Novak Djokovic joins Aryna Sabalenka (Photo by Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Novak Djokovic will join Aryna Sabalenka as the top tennis stars in the initial list of 16 teams that have entered this year’s revamped US Open mixed doubles championship. The event, which offers a $1 million prize to the winning pair, has once again…
Muthupandi Raja (ANI Photo) Chennai: The silver medal that Tamil Nadu weightlifter Muthupandi Raja won on Sunday probably belonged to his parents as much as to him. His years of miserable work as daily wage earners gave his son the opportunity to pursue a dream that found his defining moment in Glasgow. The medal was…
Rishikanta Singh Chanambam (right) with his family in Imphal and (pic right) after winning silver in Glasgow on Sunday. As Rishikanta Singh Chanambam stepped onto the platform for the men’s 60kg weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Sunday, his biggest supporters gathered around a mobile phone more than 7,000 km away in…
Sajan Prakash. (AP Photo) India enjoyed its best day in this edition of the Commonwealth Games on Monday, winning six medals to take its overall tally to 10. The Indian contingent will look to carry the momentum into Tuesday (July 28) with several medal hopefuls and crucial knockout competitions lined up in weightlifting, boxing, athletics…
Glasgow: India’s Tejas Shirse, second left, St Lucia’s Khailan Vitalis, left, and others compete in the men’s 110m hurdles round 1 (PTI Photo) Indian heavyweights literally carry the weight of expectations in Glasgow. After Mirabai Chanu’s gold and Rishikanta Singh’s silver, Muthupandi Raja, Gyaneshwari Yadav and Bindyarani Devi added two silvers and a bronze to…
Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah (Agency Image) The senior men’s selection committee, chaired by Ajit Agarkar, has announced the 15-member squad for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka, starting on August 15 in Galle. Ravindra Jadeja, who was rested for the Afghanistan Test, returns to the squad, while spinner Saransh Jain earned his first call-up…
Gurindervir Singh (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) NEW DELHI: India’s fastest man Gurindervir Singh entered the Commonwealth Games carrying the weight of expectation after rewriting the national record earlier this year. Instead, his campaign came to an abrupt end in the men’s 100m, with a hamstring injury emerging as the key reason for his disappointing outing.The 25-year-old…
India’s Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson (ANI Photo) Abhishek SharmaThe struggles in T20Is have been renewed after another disappointing series against Zimbabwe, with former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth asking the selectors to take a tough decision if the opener’s poor run continues.The left-handed batsman endured a forgettable three-match run, failing to register a double-digit score….
Rohit Sharma and Abhishek Sharma (Image Agency) India’s former wicketkeeper-batsman Engineer Farokh believes teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already done enough to earn an ODI call-up and wants the 15-year-old to open alongside him. Rohit Sharma ahead of the 2027 World Cup. The engineer feels that India should replace their batting order by changing it…
India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (ANI Photo) The debate around Virat Kohli and Rohit SharmaThe ODI future refuses to die down despite both continuing to deliver for India. While neither head coach Gautam Gambhir nor chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar has publicly committed to his participation in the 2027 World Cup, keeping alive the…
Sharmila Dhankar, India’s first para-athletics gold medalist India enjoyed a memorable Day 5 at the Commonwealth Games as Sharmila Dhankar won a historic gold, Sarvesh Kushare, Valluri Ajaya Babu and Gyaneshwari Yadav claimed silver medals, while Shilpa K. Shyla and Bindyarani Devi added bronze medals. The six-medal haul took India’s overall tally to 10 and…
NEW DELHI: India on Monday enjoyed one of its best days at the Commonwealth Games with six medals overall, with Sharmila Dhankar making history after becoming the country’s first para-athletics gold medallist. On Day 5 of the event, she won the women’s F57 shot put title with a season-long throw of 9.81m, ending India’s 20-year…
Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat Muhammad with his gold medal alongside India’s Valluri Ajaya Babu with his silver medal, left, and England’s Chris Murray with his bronze medal, right. (AP) India’s fast-rising weightlifter Valluri Ajaya Babu won the silver medal in the men’s 79kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, adding another medal to India’s tally…
Sarvesh Anil Kushare poses after winning the silver medal in the men’s high jump final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo) Sarvesh Kushare became the first Indian to win a silver medal in men’s high jump at the Commonwealth Games after finishing second in Glasgow on Monday.The 31-year-old…
Cape Verde’s Sidny Lopes Cabral celebrates his team’s second goal against Argentina during the World Cup Round of 32 soccer match in Miami Gardens, Florida, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo) Cape Verde added another chapter to their World Cup journey on Monday after Sidny Lopes Cabral won the public vote for Goal of the…
India’s Devi Bindyarani Sorokhibam competes in the women’s 58 kilogram weightlifting category during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo) India’s weightlifting contingent added another Commonwealth Games medal on Sunday as Bindyarani Devi won bronze in the women’s 58kg final.It was India’s fifth weightlifting medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games…
Gyaneshwari Yadav during the women’s weightlifting 53kg Snatch during the fourth day of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP) India’s weightlifting contingent added another Commonwealth Games medal on Sunday as Gyaneshwari Yadav won silver in the women’s 53kg final.It was India’s fourth weightlifting medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games…
Indian senior batsman Saint Samson said that he has decided even before the T20 World Cup 2026 that he will stop worrying about outside opinions and play cricket on his own terms. He added that he no longer wants to be part of the “rat race” and continues to trust his own instincts.Samson, who scored…
Kylian Mbappe (Photo PTI) Captain of France Kylian Mbappé shared an emotional message with supporters following Les Bleus’ disappointing end to their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign, admitting the pain of missing out on the trophy will stay with him despite his historic individual achievements.France’s title bid ended with a 2-0 semi-final defeat to Spain,…