'The Asian Chess Championship will give great exposure for young chess players. But the AICF is curtailing the number of Indian players with a strange rule.'
Tuesday's match holds importance for India as any slip-up could be disastrous in their bid to make it to the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.
'Skating was just something I did for fun. It was only after I took a long sabbatical and came back to skating that I considered pursuing it seriously. By then, I already had an Indian passport.'
Parul Chaudhary became only the second Indian female athlete to qualify for the final of a track event at the World Athletics Championships.
Returning after a year away from international action and a draining battle with Hepatitis A, Preeti Pawar marked her comeback in style, securing a medal for India at the World Boxing Cup Finals in Greater Noida on Sunday.
'I want to say to my Muslim friends that if they want to free Islam from the curse of terrorism, they have to embrace spirituality and yoga helps that. Yoga promotes serenity.'
Tanvi, Unnati and Bhargav Ram-Viswa Tej to lead strong Indian line-up in BWF World Junior Championships
Shot putter Nishchay wins silver for his 2nd medal at Asian U-18 Athletics Championship.
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist and women's badminton great Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei announced her retirement from the sport, bringing curtains down on a glittering career during which she won 17 BWF World Tour titles and finished runner-up in 12 tournaments.
Jaismine reaches World Championships quarters, Sanamacha and Sakshi exit
High jumper Shailesh opens gold account for India, 2 world records shattered
'When I threw in the warm-up, I knew I would do well. I thought I would touch 67-68. But I got a gold medal at 66m.'
Talented Priya Habbathanahalli Mohan aims to become the fastest quarter-miler of the country once again with an aim to bag a medal in the upcoming Asian Games.
Paris Paralympic gold medallist Praveen Kumar had to settle for bronze in the men's T64 high jump at the Asian Para Games after clearing a season's best 2.00 metres.
Captain Pawan Sehrawat helped India inflict the first All-Out with two touch points and gave his side a 10-4 lead.
The iconic Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi will be "dismantled" to create a Sports City that will cater to all major disciplines and include lodging facility for athletes.
Pranati Nayak, who represented the country at the Tokyo Olympics, came up with a total score of 13.417 in the vault final to finish third, behind American duo of Jayla Hang (13.667) and Claire Pease (13.567).
Pranati Nayak secured a bronze medal in the Vault Final at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup in Antalya, Turkey.
Indian trio of Sachin Yadav, Rohit Yadav, Sahil Silwal named for NC Classic
Asian Games champion shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's father R Kasi Viswanatham died of cardiac arrest on Thursday morning.
AIFF for "flexible" approach during Sports Minister Mandaviya's meeting with football stakeholders.
The Paris Olympics success took a lot of burden off Aman Sehrawat's shoulders but the young wrestler says he has already forgotten his bronze-medal feat.
World Junior Ch'ships: India off to flying start; Sri Lanka edge UAE in thriller
Preeti shocks world champion Huang; Arundhati, Parveen shine on international return
The star-studded 12-man event, to be held at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, will feature seven of the best javelin throwers in the world and five Indians, including Chopra.
The Indian shuttlers will face Asian U-19 mixed team champions Indonesia in the semi-finals.
World Athletics vice-president Adille Sumariwalla has backed star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to be at his best during next month's World Championships in Tokyo.
World Junior C'ships: Tanvi Sharma, Unnati Hooda register easy wins to kick-off campaign
Disheartened but not broken after the Olympic loss, Jaismine returned to the Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune after a short break. She had made up her mind to stay in the 57kg division, a category that complemented her rangy frame and natural speed.
Young Indian shooter Samrat Rana came up with breathtaking show of marksmanship to clinch the men's 10m air pistol gold and make history at the prestigious ISSF World Championships in Cairo on Monday.
A rich talent pool of players promises a bright future for Indian table tennis despite the recent retirement of stalwart Sharath Kamal, said Dronacharya awardee coach Sandeep Gupta.
Amit Panghal, India's lone male boxer to win a world championship silver medal, has turned professional.
Manu Bhaker headed off to an undisclosed location to relax after her impressive shooting at the Asian Shooting Championships.
Kishore finished third in Heat 2 of the semi-final with a score of 8.26, behind China's Chengzheng Wang, who scored 10.00 to take the second place, while Taro Takai of Japan claimed the first sport with a score of 14.50.
India's Bhavtegh Singh Gill remained in contention for a finals berth at the ISSF World Championship for Shotgun after completing the second day of men's skeet qualification with a total of 97 hits in Athens on Saturday.
World Junior C'ships: India storm into quarters with clinical win over UAE
With the victory, the two-time Asian champion joined Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) and Nupur Sheoran (80+kg) in assuring India of medals at this edition of the tournament.
National Games champion Neeru Dhanda experienced one of her finest days in the sport en route to winning the women's trap gold medal at the Asian Shooting Championship.
Top seed Vikas Krishan (75kg) and Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) advanced to the quarter-finals, giving India a good start at the Asian Boxing Championships in Tashkent on Monday.
Abundantly talented but more significantly, incredibly cool in crunch situations, that's how India's 88th Grandmaster and World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh was described by her formative coach Srinath Narayanan, who feels the 19-year-old chess wizard's composure is comparable only to cricket great Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
