New Delhi: Another positive dope test has hit India’s preparations for the upcoming Asian Games, with wushu medal hopeful Surya Bhanupratap Singh becoming the latest athlete to be provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).The 30-year-old from Jammu & Kashmir, a 2018 Jakarta Asian Games bronze medallist in the men’s 60kg Sanda, failed an…
East Zone’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi plays a shot on day three of the Duleep Trophy Semi-final 1 cricket match between Central Zone and East Zone, at BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) grounds, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (PTI Photo) BENGALURU: On a day when 13 wickets fell, East Zone had the final say in the Duleep Trophy semifinal…
Bengaluru: In a crowded Indian pace pool, opportunities have to be seized. Punjab’s Gurnoor Brar appears to have taken that lesson to heart. The lanky pacer made an immediate impression on his India ODI debut against Afghanistan in June, claiming three wickets. A month later, representing India ‘A’, he followed it up with a 10-wicket…
NEW DELHI: The English vocabulary sometimes feels the loss for words while describing what Viswanathan Anand is to India and its chess legacy. There is a particular kind of stillness that follows the Chennai-born Grandmaster into a room, the stillness of a man who solved most of what chess could throw at him decades ago…
WTC dreams run into scheduling roadblock Too Many Overlaps As Captain Gill’s Call For Spin-Friendly Preparation vs Aus ‘A’ Coincides With Irani Cup, Asian Games, WI series… WTC dreams run into scheduling roadblock Too Many Overlaps As Captain Gill’s Call For Spin-Friendly Preparation vs Aus ‘A’ Coincides With Irani Cup, Asian Games, WI series… WTC…
PM Modi gifting Javokhir Sindarov’s World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek Prez Prime Minister Narendra Modi used chess as a unique diplomatic gesture during his visit to Uzbekistan, gifting President Shavkat Mirziyoyev the original handwritten scoresheet from Uzbek Grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov’s 2025 FIDE World Cup final victory in Goa.The scoresheet was presented in a leatherette cover…
Travis Kelce(Image via Getty Images) Earlier this year, Travis Kelce’s reputation for giving back was facing a setback after an investigation into the NFL players’ charitable foundations raised questions about how some donated money was spent. Kelce’s Eighty-Seven and Running Foundation raised more than $1.5 million between 2021 and 2024, yet its reported charity spending…
Thea Frodin, of the United States, left, greets Elena Rybakina, of Kazakhstan, after Rybakina won their match during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Seventeen-year-old American Thea Frodin may have played the role of Serena Williams’ body double in a movie, but…
Cricket accessories (AFP Photo) Hampshire have faced a strong reaction from their own supporters after including controversial New Zealand cricketer Scott Kuggeleijn in their squad for the County Championship match against Warwickshire, despite not publicly announcing his signing.The 34-year-old was listed among Hampshire’s 15 players on X, with the county yet to officially confirm his…
Coco Gauff, of the United States, hits a return to Zeynep Sonmez, of Turkey, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Coco Gauff began her US Open campaign with a straight-set win, but her opening match was far from effortless. The…