Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in men's javelin throw event of the Federation Cup in Bhubaneswar, his spear shimmering through the balmy Wednesday evening sky after an unusually slow start in his first competitive outing on Indian soil in three years.

Manika Batra is the first Indian woman paddler to break into the top-25 in table tennis world rankings.

Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra finished second at the Doha Diamond League meeting javelin throw event as his big final effort of 88.36m fell short by two centimetres of Jakub Vadlejch's winning effort in Doha on Friday.

'Just being recognised for all my efforts towards the game feels good.'

Yarraji strikes gold in Netherlands

Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will compete at home for the first time in three years after confirming participation in the National Federation Cup to be held in Bhubaneswar from May 12 to 15.

A low-down on the eight runners -- four men and four women -- who finished second in their qualifying heats to make the Olympic cut.

Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain will step onto the scales a bit heavier at the Paris Olympics but feeling like a weight has been lifted from her shoulders.

The team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Gopichand Swami and Parneet Kaur, who qualified as top seed, dropped just four points from 24 arrows to down the sixth seeds by a handsome margin and open their account in the season-opening global showpiece.

Hundreds of students from the Velammal Vidyalaya, the school where Gukesh studies, lined up at the airport at least one hour before his flight landed to greet the 17-year-old chess prodigy.

Will continue to play for India in multi disciplinary events

The triumph entitles Gukesh a clash against reigning world champion Ding Liren of China in the last quarter of the year.

Balraj Panwar secured India's first Paris Olympics quota in rowing by finishing third in the men's single scull event of the 2024 World Asian and Oceanian Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regetta in Chungju, South Korea, on Sunday.

Dinesh Karthik said the 300-frontier will be breached in the IPL sooner rather than later.

Smashes six sixes in an over in T20I vs Qatar

PM Modi interacts with top Indian gamers; tries his hands on few games

Olympic gold-medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is aiming to breach the 90m mark before the Paris Olympics and says the way his preparations are going, it could happen anytime soon.

Asian Games medallist sprinter Jyothi Yarraji's proposal to train in Tenrife, Spain ahead of the upcoming season and Paris Olympics was on Thursday cleared by the government.

Injuries are mentally challenging, delighted to be back in competition: Mirabai Chanu

Fernandez evaluated India's chances at the upcoming Summer Games.

Chopra to begin season with Doha Diamond League on May 10, Jena also to compete for his DL debut

Here is a look at all the records broken in the game:

Star Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra expressed astonishment that his rival from across the border Arshad Nadeem is struggling to get a new javelin, given his standing in the world of athletics.

India's Ram Baboo on Saturday achieved the Paris Olympics men's 20km race qualification standard, clocking a personal best time of 1:20:00 at the Dudinska 50 Meet in Slovakia.

The goal-keeper eyes coaching role post retirement.

Punia had trained in Russia to prepare for the trials, which are being organised by the IOA ad-hoc panel.

Giving out sports quota jobs to youth and junior athletes not a good idea: Tejaswin Shankar

National record holder long jumper Jeswin Aldrin finished a disappointing 13th with a 7.69m effort in the World Indoor Athletics Championships.

Venue woes present but organisers keen on cricket in next Asian Games in Japan

Organisers keen on cricket in 2026 Asian Games despite venue headache

Anju Bobby George says Parul Chaudhary among ones to watch out for

Namibia's Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton smashed the fastest century in T20I history, achieving the feat off just 33 deliveries against Nepal in the opening match of the Tri-Nation series in Kirtipur, Nepal on Tuesday.

The WFI, while announcing the trials on March 10-11, also included the names of Bajrang (65kg freestyle), Vinesh (55kg) and Sakshi (62kg), who had announced her retirement from the sport in "frustration" the day Sanjay Singh was elected president.

The second edition of the Women's Premier League, beginning in Bengaluru on Friday with a high-profile match between defending champions Mumbai Indians and runners-up Delhi Capitals, will be optimistic about meeting its existential purpose of giving a wider platform to promising home-grown talents.

Indian para swimmer Suyash Jadhav on Wednesday secured the 2024 Paris Paralympics quota in the Men's 50m Butterfly S7 category with his brilliant performance at the previous Asian Para Games.

Anush Agarwalla was allotted the quota on the basis of his performance in four FEI events.

Marcello Dradi said he recently underwent a surgery after the cancer returned for the third time after remaining in remission for three years.

Ace shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor and hurdler Jyothi Yarraji rewrote their national records, while long distance sensation Harmilan Bains sizzled on the track.

Kumari's dope sample, taken out-of-competition by the AIU last year, was found to contain steroids

Argentina's friendly against Ivory Coast, scheduled to be held in Beijing in March, has been cancelled, the Chinese city's football association said on Saturday, following a backlash against Lionel Messi's failure to play in a match in Hong Kong.