Deepika Kumari (Image credit: X) New Delhi: India’s women’s recurve team on Thursday scripted one of its biggest victories in recent years, defeating 10-time Olympic champions South Korea in style to enter the final of the Archery World Cup Stage 2.The experienced trio of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakta And teenage archer Kumkum Mohod produced a…
Kochi: Progress in long jump geometry is rarely linear. For Shahnawaz Khan, the momentum has turned sharply upwards. Nowhere was that more evident than at the U-20 Federation Cup in Tumkur, Karnataka, 11 days ago, where the 18-year-old soared to 8.23m for an eclipse. Murali SrishankarA junior national record of 8.20 meters was recorded in…
File photo: Boxing coach Santiago Nava (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on Wednesday went ahead with the first phase of its evaluation test process despite objections from the Sports Authority of India (SAI), saying the inclusion of head coaches in the selection panel was “necessary and inevitable”.“Go beyond limits with…
Vinesh Phogat (PTI photo) New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has announced the rules and schedule for the 2026 Asian Games Wrestling Selection Trials and one of the big results is Vinesh Phogat They will not be eligible to compete. The federation said only the medal winners of the 2025 Senior National Wrestling…
India vs Pakistan Asia Cup Final New Delhi: The Ministry of Sports has maintained its policy on sports relations with Pakistan where there is a complete ban on bilateral relations. Exemption will continue for multi-country events such as ICC events, Olympics, Asian Games and others.“As far as bilateral sports events in each other’s country are…
New Delhi: With barely a week left for his much-anticipated return to competitive wrestling, Vinesh Phogat He has been formally warned by the International Testing Agency (ITA) that he has failed an out-of-competition doping test, marking his first “failure to comply” in 12 months.The development comes as the two-time world championship medalist and three-time Olympian…
Anuganbi Takheilambam had to endure up to three days of travel without reservation while participating in national age competitions more than a decade ago.Hailing from Manipur, Anuganbi and other judokas from the state will first travel to Dimapur in Nagaland and then take a train to Kolkata. After changing trains there, they would continue on…
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been notified by the International Testing Agency (ITA) to miss an out-of-competition doping test from December 18, 2025. This is their first failure in the last 12 months, news agency PTI reported.In a letter dated May 4, 2026, the ITA said the missing test has been recorded after reviewing its explanation…
Tamil Nadu’s Barnika Elangovan improved her own pole vault national record by clearing 4.23m on the second day of the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault competition at the Kalinga Stadium Indoor Athletics Center in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.Elangwon had set the previous national mark of 4.22m during the first national indoor athletics…