Category: Sports

Lucknow: Third-seeded Ananya Jain won the singles title at the 25th RS Sagar Memorial All India Women’s Prize Money Tennis Tournament, while the third-seeded Uttar Pradesh pair of Shagun Kumari and Iram Zaidi emerged champions in the doubles event. Organised by SDS Tennis Academy under the aegis of the Uttar Pradesh Tennis Association, the tournament concluded with the singles and doubles finals at the La Martiniere Lawn Tennis Facility at La Martiniere College on Saturday. In the singles final, Ananya Jain was leading fourth seed Shatakshi Chaudhary 3-3 when Shatakshi…

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New Delhi: India will begin another phase of their ODI preparations for the 2027 World Cup with a three-match series against the West Indies, starting September 27. The BCCI has named a 15-member squad led by Shubman Gill, with former captain Rohit Sharma and senior batter Virat Kohli included in the 50-over side. Ravindra Jadeja also returns to the ODI squad. The matches are scheduled in Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati and New Chandigarh and will provide the Indian team with an opportunity to assess combinations ahead of next year’s World Cup, which…

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New Delhi: India head coach Gautam Gambhir has called for patience and continuity following the team’s recent setbacks in T20 internationals, arguing that a short sequence of poor results should not prompt sweeping changes. Speaking to JioStar, Gambhir pointed to India’s recent record in the T20 World Cup as evidence that isolated defeats need to be viewed in a broader context. India won the 2024 tournament under Rohit Sharma before claiming the 2026 title with Suryakumar Yadav as captain. Gambhir noted that the two championships came just 17 months apart,…

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New Delhi: Indian midfielder Vivek Sagar Prasad has reached the milestone of 200 senior international appearances for India. The 26-year-old achieved the feat when he took the field against South Korea in the men’s hockey competition at the Asian Games. Prasad made his senior international debut for India in 2018 and has since established himself as an important member of the national midfield. He has been part of India’s bronze-medal winning teams at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games, as well as the gold-medal winning squad at the…

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Bareilly: The 70th State-Level School Badminton and Table Tennis Championship began with colourful cultural programmes at the Badminton Hall of the Sports Stadium in Bareilly on Thursday. Teams representing 18 divisions of Uttar Pradesh, three sports colleges and one Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya are participating in the competition. Around 900 boys and girls, along with nearly 200 team managers and coaches, are taking part in the state-level event. Bareilly Divisional Commissioner Shambhu Kumar inaugurated the championship along with distinguished guest and retired Uttar Pradesh Education Director Dr Mahendra Dev by…

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Gifu, Japan: Deepika Sehrawat produced a stunning nine-goal performance as India demolished Thailand 20-1 in their Pool B women’s hockey match at the 20th Asian Games on Wednesday, completing a hat-trick of wins in the tournament. The drag-flick specialist converted nine penalty corners, while Navneet Kaur scored four goals and Rituja Dadaso Pisal completed a hat-trick. Lalremsiami, Sakshi Rana, Neha Goyal and captain Salima Tete also found the net as seven different Indian players scored. Sehrawat opened the scoring in the second minute from India’s first penalty corner. Navneet doubled…

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Nagoya: Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu finally secured an Asian Games medal, winning silver in the women’s 49kg weightlifting category at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday. Her achievement also ended India’s 28-year wait for a weightlifting medal at the continental Games. Chanu produced a total lift of 198kg, comprising 87kg in the snatch and 111kg in the clean and jerk. She completed all three of her snatch attempts successfully, lifting 83kg, 85kg and 87kg. In the clean and jerk, she opened with 107kg before successfully lifting 111kg on her…

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Mumbai: India survived a tense finish to beat Japan by two runs in their first and only T20 International against the hosts at Sano International Cricket Ground. Persistent rain reduced the match to five overs per side, turning the contest into a dramatic low-scoring affair. After winning the toss, India opted to bat but struggled on the rain-affected surface, managing just 32 for four in five overs. Captain Shreyas Iyer top-scored with 16 off 13 balls, while Sanju Samson contributed nine from seven deliveries. Japan’s 17-year-old left-arm spinner Charlie Hara…

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