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Chennai Open: It is better to play Challengers at home feels Vijay Amritraj

Amritraj, who beat legends such as Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe and Rod Laver in his heyday, spoke to PTI ahead of next week's Chennai Open Challenger

Interim Budget 2024: Youth scaling new heights in sports - Sitharaman

Presenting the interim budget in Parliament, Sitharaman noted that India has over 80 chess grandmasters compared to about 20 in 2010.

Sailor Vishnu qualifies for successive Olympics, targets medal in LA 2028

A Subedar from the Mumbai-based Army Yachting Node, the 24-year-old secured qualification for the upcoming Paris Games by finishing 26th out of 152 participants in ILCA-7

PKL 2024: Sandeep and Ankit help Patna Pirates tie with Bengaluru Bulls

The Bulls fielded a fresh raiding line-up, with Sushil making all the difference in the opening minutes. The youngster came up with a marvellous 'Super Raid', putting his side 5-1 ahead

BCCI secy Shah reappointed as ACC chairman for third successive year

Pankaj Khimji, chairman of Oman Cricket and vice-president of the ACC, also extended congratulations on Shah's term

Indian men's hockey team end SA tour with 1-5 loss to the Netherlands

Abhishek (39') scored the lone goal for India while Jip Janssen (10', 28'), Duco Telgenkamp (16'), Tjep Hoedemakers (21'), and Koen Bijen (35') were on target for the Dutch side

PKL 2024: Bengaluru Bulls, Jaipur Pink Panthers play out thrilling tie

Jaipur Pink Panthers did not seal the win, they achieved a slice of history as they extended their unbeaten run to a record 12 games

Soccer-mad Italy now obsessed with Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner

Ever since Sinner reached the ATP Finals championship in Turin and played a leading role in leading Italy to the Davis Cup title in consecutive weeks in November, he's been taking over the headlines

Sinner rallies from 2 sets down to win Australian Open final vs Medvedev

Jannik Sinner rallied from two sets down to take the Australian Open final from Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday and clinch his first Grand Slam title.

Australian Open 2024: Sinner vs Medvedev live match starts at 2 PM IST

People in India can live stream the Australian Open 2024 final between Italy's Jannik Sinner and Russia's Daniil Medvedev on Sunday, January 28

Phenomenally talented Bopanna shows age no bar: PM Modi on Grand Slam win

Bopanna on Saturday became only the third Indian to win a men's doubles Grand Slam title, taking the Australian Open crown with partner Matthew Ebden

Australian Open: Rohan Bopanna becomes oldest man to win Grand Slam title

Rohan Bopanna bettered the record of Jean-Julien Rojer who, at age of 40, had lifted the French Open men's doubles trophy in 2022 with Marcelo Arevola.

PKL 2024: Patna Pirates thrash Bengal Warriors, move to 6th in points table

Manjeet (10 raid points), Nitin Kumar (10 raid points) and Mayur Kadam (6 tackle points) turned out to be the top performers of the contest

India beat South Africa 6-3 to enter FIH Hockey5s Women's World Cup final

Akshata Abaso Dhekale (7th minute), Mariana Kujur (11th), Mumtaz Khan (21st), Rutuja Dadaso Pisal (23rd), Jyoti Chhatri (25th) and Ajima Kujur (26th) scored for India in the semifinal on Friday night

Indian men's hockey team beats South Africa 3-0 at their home turf

Captain Harmanpreet Singh (2nd minute), Abhishek (13th), and Sumit (30th) scored for the winners on Friday night

Don't write off Novak Djokovic after his Australian Open loss to Sinner

Don't be too quick to write off the 36-year-old from Serbia this time, either, as he essentially told the world himself after bowing out 6-1 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3 against Sinner on Friday

Vandana returns to squad as Indian women eye fresh start in FIH Pro League

Savita will be assisted by Vandana Katariya, who returned to the side as vice-captain after recovering from a cheekbone fracture, which forced the senior striker to miss the Olympic Qualifiers

Australian Open 2024: Aryna Sabalenka clinches back-to-back titles

Sabalenka is the first woman since Victoria Azarenka in 2012 and '13 to win back-to-back Australian Open titles, and the fifth since 2000 to win the championship here without dropping a set

Around 700 wrestlers to compete in senior nationals in Pune: WFI President

The Sports Ministry had said that the Nationals organised by WFI will not recognised

Davis Cup: Indian team frets over visa denial to reserve player Prajwal Dev

While on-court preparations are in full swing, the denial of a visa to Dev is keeping the team management worried. All the Indian players, except Dev, received their visas on Thursday