A day before the Tokyo-bound Indian shooting contingent hits the range for its first training session in Croatia, Manu Bhaker's pistol will give way to a pen and the shooting gear to her study materials, as she logs in for her BA fourth semester exam.
India will be represented by a record 15 shooters at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
'What a heart, what a mindset, what guts, what everything, what a REFERENCE you are! I'm at your feet!'
Medvedev suffered a jarring early exit from the Canadian Masters last week but overcame some initial problems in a tricky tie against Shapovalov to edge both sets and book a meeting with American Fritz.
Federer is tied with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in the race to be the most successful men's singles Grand Slam champion of all time and Australian Open organisers would have been hoping to have all three at Melbourne Park.
Inspired Garcia goes from Cincinnati qualifier to champion
Petra Kvitova overcame a sluggish start and 10 double faults to beat Madison Keys 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday and advance to the final of the Cincinnati Open, where she will face Caroline Garcia, the first qualifier to reach the final of a WTA 1000 tournament.
India coach Stimac hits out at AIFF.
Images from Day 4 of the 2023 Australian Open, at Melbourne Park.
A summary of Thursday's action at the US Open.
The NRAI said that it made arrangements for a chartered flight for the entire squad to fly to Zagreb
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Madison Keys swept past Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-4 at the Cincinnati Open on Friday, setting up a semi-final clash with Petra Kvitova after the Czech defeated Ajla Tomljanovic.
The stadiums at Qatar offer plenty of wisdom and chutzpah on how to take our own lives forward.
A round-up of Friday's action in the UEFA Nations League.
Here is a look at some of the key head-to-head duels which could prove decisive.
A round-up of Friday's action in the UEFA Nations League.
Simona Halep ended Beatriz Haddad Maia's dream run in Toronto
Indian football head coach Igor Stimac hailed Sunil Chhetri, saying the talismanic captain was one of those who "glorified" Indian football with his dedication in the 15 years of his illustrious career. The 35-year-old Chhetri on Friday became only the second Indian after legendary Bhaichung Bhutia to complete 15 years in Indian jersey.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion is yet to clarify his schedule for next year but has committed to playing the Australian Open.
Croatia's euphoric media ran out of superlatives as they hailed the Balkan nation's stunning World Cup win over Argentina which propelled them into the competition's knockout stages for the first time since the 1998 tournament when they finished third.
Seven-time champions India were held to a goalless draw by 205th ranked Sri Lanka despite a dominant display in their second SAFF Championships match, in Male, on Thursday.
India's Rohan Bopanna and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands progressed to the men's doubles final at the US $1,465,260 Qatar Open after a straight-games' win over second seeds Henri Kontinen and Franko Skugor, in Doha, on Friday. The Indo-Dutch combination will meet the unseeded British-Mexican duo of Luke Bambridge and Santiago Gonzalez in the summit clash on Saturday.
Croatian footballer Ivan Rakitic has said that his national team-mate Luka Modric should win everything that star striker Lionel Messi cannot.
Croatian Borna Coric saved six match points as he rallied from 5-1 down in the fourth set to stun Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7(2), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(4) and send the fourth seed tumbling out of the US Open in the third round on Friday.
Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending Novak Djokovic's Adria Tour exhibition event which also saw four tennis players test positive. The Croatian tennis great, who coaches World No 1 Djokovic, recently attended the tennis exhibition series in Serbia and Croatia.
The World Photography Organisation has announced the overall winners of the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards 2022.
India's Sania Mirza crashed out of the mixed doubles competition while Rohan Bopanna and his partner entered the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon Championships.
Relations between Ukraine and Russia remain highly charged following Moscow's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region and its backing for a separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine. Some Ukrainian politicians have called on countries to boycott the soccer World Cup, which Russia is hosting.
Round-up of World Cup qualifiers played on Friday
The 20-time Grand Slam champion smoothly pressed the accelerator to take the tiebreak and outclassed Cilic in the fourth set to claim a 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 win.
The Indian challenge at the Australian Open ended after Rohan Bopanna and his Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok were knocked out in straight sets in the quarter-final of the mixed doubles event. The Indo-Ukrainian pair went down 0-6, 2-6 to fifth seed Nikola Mektic and Barbora Krejcikova in a 47-minute encounter.
Croatia's soccer federation has been handed a suspended ban from selling tickets to hooligans and given a 100,000 euros ($113,190.00) fine after their team's supporters caused crowd trouble at Euro 2016, UEFA said on Monday.
Croatia achieved their best-ever result in the tournament in losing Sunday's match to France, surpassing the third place finish of 1998.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
A summary of Monday's action at the US Open.
It could have been a supporter from Turkey, but thank God it was a Croatian supporter," Luka Modric said.
Big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic fired 19 aces to topple Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-4 and set up a second-round clash with either Dan Evans or Russian 10th seed Andrey Rublev.
In other India-related news, Manish Kaurav (KL3 men 200m) and Manjeet Singh (VL2 men 200m) made it to the finals of their respective events for the first time in the history of the tournament.
Pavic did damage with his powerful serve while Soares did well to force their opponents into difficult shots and they sealed the win
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