Continuing their excellent run, a record number of eight Indian women boxers made it to the semifinals of the Asian Boxing Championships in Ulaanbator, Mongolia.
Wrestling was one of the disciplines that earned India glory at the 2008 Beijing Games. But the sport is mired in controversy ahead of the crucial Olympic qualifying round beginning on March 29 in Astana (Kazakhstan), with the chances of a woman grappler clinching a London berth in the 48kg category looking bleak. Navneet Singh reports.
Tiger Woods has shown signs of his old form in recent weeks but now has the perfect chance to end a once-unthinkable PGA Tour victory drought of more than two years.
Five-time world champion Mary Kom thrashed Apari of Philippines 21:8 to storm into the finals of Asian Boxing Championships in Mongolia on Saturday.
Myanmar will host the 27th Southeast Asian Games next year that will see participation from 11 regional countries.
Last year, she had applied for the National Sports Development Fund to train abroad, but discus thrower Seema Antil's appeal was turned down. Despite repeated requests to allow her to go, the sports ministry stayed unmoved. Saurabh Duggal reports. Her achievements
India's women boxers MC Mary Kom and L Sarita Devi bagged gold as the team finished with a rich haul of two gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the sixth Asian Women's Championship at Ulaanbatar in Mongolia.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the former Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman, Suresh Kalmadi, who is facing trial in graft cases, to either quit as Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president or get sacked after a court direction. Harish V Nair reports.
She isn't bothered that few in India followed her journey through the Swiss Open. Her matches were mostly in the latter half of the day in Basel, Switzerland, and by the time they got over, hardly anyone was awake in India.
Anamika Nandedkar writes.
Saina unpluggedAfter getting clearance from the sports ministry, the fate of India's developmental squad, which is supposed to participate in a hockey tri-series in Lahore next month, is in the hands of the home and external affairs ministries. HT reports.
Saina Nehwal entered the second round of the women's singles event at the All England Badminton Championships on Wednesday defeating Thailand’s Sapsiree Taerattanachai.
When Mehjabeen Akhtar (26) thought of learning skiing in 2000, she faced the first resistance at her doorstep. Elder brother, Hilal Ahmed, didn’t want her to go out in track pants. But, later, Mehjabeen’s achievements inspired her brother to do a basic course in skiing in 2008.
Lee Chong Wei moved to within one win of his third successive All-England Open title when he edged past an old rival, Lee Hyun-Il 21-19, 21-18, on Saturday to reach the final.
A world pentathlon record from an athlete overlooked in the pre-competition buildup and hearing problems for the sprinters dominated the first day of the world indoor athletics championships on Friday.
In 2008, the country woke up to the existence of a top level inter-city sporting league through cricket's Indian Premier League.
Kaushik Chatterji reports.
Golf takes a page out of IPL’s book