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Chess WC: Praggnanandhaa's mother gets emotional after son's historic feat

In the viral picture, which is going around on the internet, Nagalakshmi could be seen smiling beside her son, who was giving an interview.

Chess WC: Praggnanandhaa becomes first Indian after Anand to enter semis

With the win, the 17-year-old Praggnanandhaa booked a place in the semifinals against American ace Fabiano Caruana and almost secured a spot in next year's Candidates event.

Athletics Federation of India chief Sumariwalla elected World Athletics VP

Adille Sumariwalla on Thursday became a member of the powerful World Athletics Executive Board after he was elected as one of the four vice presidents, the highest post occupied by an Indian

Pro Kabaddi auction 2023: Full list of retained players by all 12 PKL teams

Fazel Atrachali, Maninder Singh, Vikas Kandola, Deepak Niwas Hooda and Mohammadreza Shadloui are the other star kabaddi players who are not retained

Chess World Cup 2023: How have Indian players created a buzz without Anand?

Five Indians, four men and a woman reached the quarterfinals of the Chess World Cup 2023 being held in Baku, Azerbaijan. This is the first instance where more than one Indian has featured in last 8

Nike, Adidas bet big on women's World Cup football shirts, merchandise

Merchandise companies often flood market with easily stockpiled items that only require a little final printing work or other touches, such as novelty championship hats, T-shirts, other collectibles

Indian air pistol team clinches first bronze in World Championship

Their aggregate score of 1,734 was nine points adrift of Germany, who clinched the silver medal

Pro Kabaddi League 2023 to kick-start on Dec 2; 12-city caravan returns

The much-awaited 10th season of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL 2023) will begin in first week of December. The tournament will also return to 12-city caravan after Covid-19 hiatus in the previous two seasons

Difficult to focus on wrestling when sports' future is at stake: Bajrang

After calling off the protest, we wanted to give 100 per cent to training, but how is that possible when we got to know Brijbhushan's people could run the federation again, says Bajrang Punia

Tennis: Novak Djokovic wins first singles match in the US since 2021

Djokovic, 36, lost in doubles on Tuesday in his return to the country after missing events because of Covid-19 vaccine restrictions

US Open 2023: Marin Cilic, Denis Shapovalov out due to knee injuries

Cilic used his title in Flushing Meadows and runner-up finishes at Wimbledon in 2017 and the Australian Open in 2018 to reach as high as No. 3 in the ranking

Chess World Cup: D Gukesh goes down fighting against Magnus Carlsen

R Pragganandhaa, however, bounced back after losing the first game of the two-game classical series against fellow Indian Arjun Erigaisi to force a tie-break

Ad-hoc body not to change criteria for Worlds trials after injury to Vinesh

The trial to select the team for the Worlds, which commence on September 16, will be held in Patiala on August 25-26.

Cabinet approves MoU on Cooperation in sports between India and Australia

The arrangement is aimed at providing reciprocal benefits to accredited and trusted exporters of both the signatories in the clearance of goods by the Customs authorities of the importing country

TN govt launches India's first-ever night street racing circuit in Chennai

It would become the first-ever street circuit in India and South Asia that will be hosting a night race

Selection for int'l events responsibility of sports federations: IOA to HC

The IOA was responding to a petition filed by three boxers over they not being selected for the upcoming Asian Games in China's Hangzhou

Lady coach who filed sexual harassment case against Sandeep Singh suspended

Due to the complaint of sexual harassment by a woman athletics coach, case was registered against former Indian men's hockey team captain Sandeep Singh who served as sports minister of Haryana

Vinesh Phogat out of Asian Games: Timeline of her injuries and achievements

Vinesh's wrestling career has been marred by controversy and injuries.

Asian Games 2023, India wrestling squad: Full list of wrestlers for Asiad

A total of 18 wrestlers were selected for the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, with six wrestlers each in Greco-Roman, men's freestyle and women's freestyle.

Asian Games: Wrestler Vinesh pulls out; clears way for Antim's inclusion

The exemption from the Asian Games trials given to Vinesh and Bajrang Punia had created a huge controversy as the wrestling fraternity criticised the decision made by the ad-hoc panel.