Yearender 2018: Asian Games glory, PV Sindhu's victory highlights of Indian sports
A number of women athletes also waved the tri-colour high in 2018, showing that the sporting future of the country is in the right hands.
Dec 28, 2018, 14:39 PM IST
Hope no one will question me about my final losses anymore: PV Sindhu
After losing seven successive summit clashes, Olympic silver medallist Sindhu finally settled her finals blues with a 21-19 21-17 win over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara to lift the prestigious season-ending trophy.
Dec 16, 2018, 19:37 PM IST
Manika Batra becomes first Indian to win 'Breakthrough Table Tennis Star' award
Manika also reached her career-best ranking of 52 in 2018 and became India's highest ranked female player.
Dec 12, 2018, 20:08 PM IST
Wrestler Bajrang Punia signs up with athlete management firm- JSW Sports
Bajrang joins a list which includes Olympic medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik and former junior world champion boxer Nikhat Zareen
Sep 28, 2018, 17:34 PM IST
Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu's B sample returns positive, to appear before IWF hearing panel
Fighting a dope taint, weightlifter Sanjita Chanu's troubles mounted Thursday with her 'B' sample also returning positive but the defiant Commonwealth Games gold-medallist will fight her case before the international body's hearing panel.
Sep 14, 2018, 11:41 AM IST
UTT: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran to lead Dabang Smashers TTC
Dabang Smashers Table Tennis Club today announced that paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran will be their captain for this year's edition of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) that begins in Pune on June 14.
Jun 11, 2018, 20:09 PM IST
UTT had role in paddlers' historic CWG show: Vita Dani
Indian table tennis delivered its best ever Commonwealth Games performance in Gold Coast and the one season old professional league Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) can claim a tiny bit of credit for it, says the event's owner Vita Dani.
Jun 10, 2018, 12:47 PM IST
Katie Ledecky celebrates new TYR deal with sizzling 200m free win
Ledecky has broken 14 world records and won six Olympic medals, but the 21-year-old didn't turn professional until after the NCAA collegiate championships in March.
Jun 09, 2018, 13:34 PM IST
Dipa Karmakar looking to give her absolute best in Asian Games
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who has recovered well following a knee injury that forced her to withdraw from the 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games, on Thursday said that she is looking forward to giving her absolute best and stand on people`s expectation in the upcoming Asian Games.
Jun 07, 2018, 16:36 PM IST
PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal train at separate academies ahead of hectic schedule
Fierce rivals on the court, badminton stars Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu are training at separate academies of national coach Pullela Gopichand ever since their epic Commonwealth Games summit clash in Gold Coast, eager to ensure that neither of them gets a whiff of the other's strategies and improvisations.
Jun 05, 2018, 13:32 PM IST
Manipur Chief Minister writes to Rathore to intervene in Sanjita doping controversy
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today sought the intervention of Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore in the doping controversy involving Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sanjit Chanu while also suggesting that there could be an error in the identification
Jun 03, 2018, 14:16 PM IST
Indian Olympic Association to follow 'No accreditation policy' for parents at Asian Games
Left with bitter experience after Saina Nehwal's pull-out threat during the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has decided to strictly follow "no accreditation policy" for the parents of sportspersons during the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia.
Jun 03, 2018, 13:12 PM IST
Vikas Gowda, India's only CWG gold medallist discus thrower, retires
Top discus thrower Vikas Gowda on Wednesday retired after competing at the highest level for more than 15 years, during which he became the first and only Indian male to win Commonwealth Games medals in the discipline.
May 31, 2018, 09:04 AM IST
Neeraj Chopra finishes 6th in Eugene leg of Diamond League
Top Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished sixth in the Diamond League Series third leg with a below-par effort of 80.81m.
May 26, 2018, 17:48 PM IST
Need a couple of upsets to win medal at Asiad: N Sikki Reddy
India's doubles specialist shuttler N Sikki Reddy feels that the Asian Games later this year will see a much tougher competition than the recent Commonwealth Games and it would need a couple of upsets to take her to the medal bracket at the continental multi-sporting showpiece.
May 17, 2018, 17:43 PM IST
I have to work on my consistency, says shooter Heena Sidhu
Boosted by her gold and silver medal-winning performances at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, pistol ace Heena Sidhu is confident of doing well in the upcoming ISSF World Cup in Munich but said she needs to work on her consistency.
May 07, 2018, 18:38 PM IST
I take PV Sindhu just like any other opponent: Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal has never really tried to decode as to why she has enjoyed a higher success rate against arch-rival PV Sindhu, whom she considers just another opponent.
May 05, 2018, 22:26 PM IST
Neeraj Chopra can throw close to 90m this year: world champion Johannes Vetter
The list of Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's admirers has grown with reigning world champion Johannes Vetter predicting a bright future for the Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
May 04, 2018, 20:33 PM IST
In lower-weight categories Asian Games are like Olympics: Rahul Aware
Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning wrestler Rahul Aware equates the level of competition in the Asian Games to Olympics in the light-weight categories.
May 03, 2018, 19:02 PM IST
Haryana Government cancels award function for CWG medallists after prize money furore
The Haryana government on Wednesday cancelled the felicitation function for the state's Commonwealth Games (CWG) medal winners after being threatened with a boycott by top athletes, such as wrestler Vinesh Phogat and javelin-thrower Neeraj Chopra, over a proposed cut in prize money.
Apr 25, 2018, 18:05 PM IST
