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Indias head coach Ravi Shastri walks on the pitch ahead of the start of play on the first day of the 4th cricket Test between England and India at The Oval cricket ground in London on Thursday. (V: AP)

No regrets on book launch, no-one got COVID from that party: Ravi...

The book launch got even more attention after the fifth Test was cancelled with the outcome of the series yet to be...

18 Sept 2021 12:59 PM IST

Athletes need to perform their best in the NOAC to improve their chances of qualification in the upcoming Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China, next year. (Twitter)

National Open Athletics to kickstart at JNS today

Beginning Wednesday, 48 events will be held with 519 athletes from across the country taking part in it

15 Sept 2021 3:29 AM IST

Taliban soldiers stand guard in Panjshir province, northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP /Mohammad Asif Khan)

Taliban bans women's sports in Afghanistan: Reports

Australia's Sport Minister Richard Colbeck said earlier that the Taliban's decision on women's sport was 'deeply...

9 Sept 2021 1:14 PM IST

Devendra Jhajharia

Devendra Jhajharia, Venkatesh Prasad named in National Sports Awards...

Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Mukundakum Sharma has been picked as the chairperson of the committee

8 Sept 2021 11:10 AM IST

When I won gold I couldnâ€™t believe it, I was so amazed: Avani...

Avani Lekhara, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win multiple medals in Paralympics, reflects upon...

7 Sept 2021 11:34 PM IST

Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy congratulates Bhavina Patel for winning the Semi finals in the womens singles class 4 category Table Tennis in Paralympics Tokyo 2020. (Photo: PTI)

TT robot facilitated by SAI helped me create history at Paralympics,...

Patel became the first Indian table tennis player to win a Paralympic medal by clinching the silver, going down to...

6 Sept 2021 4:39 PM IST

Indian players pose for photographs as they celebrate their victory over Germany in the mens field hockey bronze medal match, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. India won the match, 5-4. (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan)

Focus is on winning Asian Games to earn automatic qualification for...

The Indian team has been showered with accolades since returning home following a bronze medal winning feat at Tokyo

6 Sept 2021 2:54 PM IST

Silver medallist Bhavina Patel and other paralympics medal winners being welcomed on their arrival at IGI Airport, New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India-'s para-athletes soar high after best ever Paralympics

India-'s paralympians won an unparalleled 19 medals, including five gold, helping them sign off 24th in the overall...

6 Sept 2021 10:57 AM IST

Indias Avani Lekhara competes in the shooting womens 10m AR standing SH1 final at the Asaka Shooting Range during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Photo: AFP)

Lekhara, two others fail to qualify for mixed 50m rifle prone finals

Siddhartha Babu came closest to making the cut but he missed the mark by a whisker, ending ninth in the qualification...

5 Sept 2021 8:15 AM IST

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur felicitates Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Silver medalist Mariyappan Thangavelu in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Sports Minister felicitates Mariyappan on winning silver in Tokyo...

Mariyappan, who won a gold in 2016 Rio Paralympics, bagged a silver this time around in T42 category with a best jump of...

4 Sept 2021 5:52 PM IST

Silver medalist Indias Sighraj Singh poses photographs during the presentation ceremony of P4-Mixed 50m Pistol Shooting event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020, in Tokyo on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Dream to see Indian flag flying high fulfilled: Singhraj Adhana

The 39-year-old Adhana, who had won a bronze in the men-'s 10m air pistol SH1, added a mixed 50m pistol SH1 silver to...

4 Sept 2021 4:39 PM IST

Gold medallist Manish Narwal and silver medalist Sighraj Singh of India pose for photographs during the presentation ceremony of P4-Mixed 50m Pistol Shooting event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 in Tokyo on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Narwal and Adhana receive praises for podium finishes at the 2020...

The gold and silver from the Faridabad duo took India-'s current medal tally to 15 -- 3 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze

4 Sept 2021 2:53 PM IST