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FIDE Women's World Cup: Humpy enters semifinals after draw with Song

Having won the first game with white pieces, Humpy was only a draw away from reaching the last four stage, and she achieved it after a keenly contested second game against the Chinese.

Pakistan hockey body unwilling to send team to India for Asia Cup

Tariq Bugti, who heads the PHF, said they had written to the FIH and Asian Hockey Federation (AHF), expressing their reservations over sending the team to India.

UK backs London's push to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships

London hosted the biannual premier track-and-field event in 2017 at the London Stadium, which also held the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games

Govt begins 2036 Olympics prep, India to be in top 5 in medal tally: Shah

Addressing an event where the Indian contingent participating in the 21st World Police and Fire Games-2025 were felicitated

Indian Super League: Caught in offside trap, waiting for SC to resume play

Uncertainty over renewal of 15-year master rights deal halts India's top league

Datanomics: India's chess stock soars high, checkmating opponents

India has had a total of 87 GMs in its chess history

Arjun makes history, 1st Indian semifinalist in Freestyle Chess Grand Slam

Arjun won the first rapid game and drew the second, eliminating the Uzbek star in a format that rewards creativity over memorised openings.

WUG: Nataraj betters his 'Best Indian Time' to enter 200m freestyle semis

Two-time Olympian Nataraj, 24, timed 1:48.22 seconds to top his heats and eclipse his previous mark of 1:48.66 set last month at the Singapore National Swimming Championships.

Government offers ₹50,000 monthly to 3,000 athletes for 2036 Olympics

The home minister said the Modi government is making arrangements to take sports to every village.

Erigaisi storms into semifinals, Praggnanadhaa bows out of title race

Arjun prevailed over Abdusattorov 1.5-0.5 while Praggnanandhaa lost an intense battle 3-4 against Caruana.

Lakshya Sen, Satwik-Chirag exit Japan Open, India's campaign ends

World No. 18 Lakshya's inconsistent run resulted in a 19-21, 11-21 loss to Japan's Kodai Naraoka in the men's singles that lasted close to an hour.

AFI sets qualifying marks for World Athletics Continental Tour event

Continental Tour is an annual series of track and field competitions held under the aegis of World Athletics. It forms the 2nd tier of international one-day meetings after Diamond League

World Women's Chess Cup 2025: All four Indians to play tie-breaks

Divya, to her credit, tried her best but salvaging the resulting endgame was almost impossible.

Freestyle Chess: Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi advance; Carlsen out

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa took down world number one Magnus Carlsen en route the top-bracket quarterfinals along with Arjun Erigaisi at the USD 750,000 Freestyle Grand Slam Tour here.

IOC and Int'l federations consulted for National Sports Bill: Mandaviya

The bill seeks to make the country's sports administrators more accountable with the provision of a regulatory board which would have the power to grant recognition to NSF's.

Have 2026 Asiad Selection Plan Ready by Aug 29: Sports Secy to NSFs

The Asian Games is scheduled to be held from September 19 to October 4 next year in Aichi-Nagoya. India would be aiming to better their best performance of 106 medals.

Pro League a wake-up call before Asian Games, World Cup in 2026: Sreejesh

India struggled in the European leg of the Pro League and finished eighth out of nine teams to avoid relegation by a whisker.

Aryna Sabalenka withdraws from Montreal to rest ahead of US Open 2025

Sabalenka is coming off a semifinal appearance at Wimbledon, where she lost to Amanda Anisimova.

JLN Stadium on track to meet deadline before Para World Championships

Officials remain confident of meeting all deadlines ahead of the crucial inspection by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and World Athletics scheduled for late August.

Japan Open 2025: Satwik-Chirag knocked out in 2nd round of men's doubles

In a clash of former world number one pairs, the Indians went down 22-24, 14-21 in a 44-minute contest against the fifth-seeded Chinese duo.