Sport

Kolkata: Indian soccer legend Samar Banerjee, who led the country to a fourth-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, passed away at 92 in the state-run SSKM Hospital here early Saturday following Covid19 complications.Banerjee, 92, was a widower and...

Guwahati: Delhi NCR based side, Sudeva FC, played out a draw with Indian Super League (ISL) side Kerala Blasters in a Group D game of the Durand Cup on Friday here at the Indira Gandhi Athletic stadium in Guwahati. Md....

Sofia (Bulgaria): India’s Mahendra Babasaheb Gaikwad bagged the silver medal in the men’s 125kg freestyle category at the World U20 Wrestling Championships, taking India’s medals tally to seven - one silver and six bronze.With 112 points India finish third...

New Delhi: Interacting with the Indian contingent of the recently concluded Commonwealth Games, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the golden era of India's sports is here."It is definitely an exciting time for the Indian sport. Your...

Mumbai: India has named KL Rahul as the captain for the ODIs against Zimbabwe after the BCCI medical team cleared him to play in the series starting on August 18.Rahul has received the green signal from the BCCI medical...

Shillong: Meghalaya will host the second edition of the North East Olympic Games, which will start from October 30 to November 6.The Games will feature 18 disciplines archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, football, judo, karate, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo,...

Kuala Lumpur: Former world champion P V Sindhu has to face An Se-Young of Korea in the quarterfinal, and men's singles players -- Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, and H S Parnnoy are placed in the same half as...

Mamallapuram: Indian women’s team scripted history at the 44th Chess Olympiad by winning the country’s first-ever medal in the women’s section while the men claimed their second bronze medal of the prestigious event on Tuesday.India A team, comprising...

Washington: American Tennis legend Serena Williams announced her retirement in a personal letter published in Vogue magazine on Tuesday."I have never liked the word ‘retirement'," Williams wrote. "Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is...

Dubai: India youngster Jemimah Rodrigues returned into the top 10 batters in the ICC women's T20 rankings following a thrilling Commonwealth Games tournament.The ICC released the latest set of rankings on Tuesday Australia's Beth Mooney rose back to...