Manisha Kalyan is the only Indian footballer to have played in the UEFA Champions League for women.
Ahmedabad proposed as host city for 2031 World Athletics C''ships and 2028 World U20 C''ships
Dharmendra passed into the ages on November 24 and his last rites were held on November 25.
The women's 100 metres final will headline the first day of competition at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, organizers said on Wednesday, part of a reshaped schedule that moves athletics into week one and gives swimmers the rare chance to attend the Opening Ceremony.
Indian Olympic Association president P T Usha is confident about securing the hosting rights of the 2030 Centenary Commonwealth Games during the Commonwealth Sport General Assembly in Glasgow on November 26.
Esha's effort came as India wrapped up engagements in the 10-Olympic events on schedule at the World Championships, with a historic haul of one gold, three silver and three bronze medals.
Indian women's hockey team chief coach Harendra Singh has resigned from the post with immediate effect citing 'personal reasons'.
'But looking at our current performance, I'm confident that a medal in the World Cup is not far off.'
Residents of Montmartre in Paris are sounding the alarm over overtourism, fearing their picturesque hilltop neighbourhood could become the next Barcelona or Venice, as tourist numbers spike following last year's Olympic Games.
'To have made it to the shortlist of 15 films for the Academy Award is a big deal for us.''
India's Raghu Prasad named FIH Male Umpire of the Year 2025
India's bid to host the 2036 Olympics is not merely an attempt to make a statement internationally but also a well thought out plan to create world-class infrastructure, said Minister of State for Sports Raksha Khadse.
It was a mere formality for the general assembly of 74 members to put a seal of approval on India's bid after Ahmedabad was recommended as the proposed host of the centenary edition by the Commonwealth Sport's Executive Board last month. India last hosted the CWG in 2010 in Delhi.
In the qualification round 21-year-old Simranpreet, who had won a silver at the World Cup in Lima earlier this year, shot 585, while Esha tallied 585 to finish fifth and fourth respectively and make the final.
Our current players just need to develop a bit more physically: Saina Nehwal
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.
Ahmedabad's neighbouring city of Vadodara could be in contention to co-host cricket matches during the 2030 Commonwealth Games.
India's 2036 Oly dream: IOC pauses bidding process to figure out 'appropriate' time to elect host
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty maintained their unbeaten run to storm into the knock-out stage of the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals, beating arch-rivals Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in their final Group B match, in Hangzhou, on Friday.
Title defence in Lucknow boosts Gayatri-Treesa's push back to world top 10
This was Lakshya Sen's first title since the Canada Open in 2024.
The pair had earlier equalled their own Deaf World and Olympic record in qualification.
India's 2030 Commonwealth Games bid is set to be formally approved on Wednesday at the Commonwealth Sport's general assembly in Glasgow.
Andy Murray said his six-month stint as Novak Djokovic's coach was a valuable learning experience despite a disappointing end after the high-profile partnership failed to yield a title.
The country also mounted bids on some high-profile continental and global events, including the 2031 World Athletics Championships with Ahmedabad as the proposed venue.
The Indian hockey team's second round-robin match against Belgium in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup tournament was rescheduled to Tuesday due to inclement weather in the Malaysian city of Ipoh.
The news comes just days after Snyder was announced as a marquee addition to the newly formed Real American Freestyle wrestling league, a venture that has attracted attention with pro wrestling icon Hulk Hogan at the helm as commissioner.
Ekaterina Guliyev is set to lose the 800 metres silver medal she won for Russia at the 2012 Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed her appeal against a four-year doping ban.
Lovlina said she began to work on the project after the 2024 Olympics, using her personal funds to create a basic but functional training centre.
'I just want my players to play our game, we can't copy-paste. We Indians have our own flavour, and we just need to play our game.'
What was meant to be a veterans' contest has reignited a familiar debate over politics, patriotism, and the role of sport as diplomatic leverage.
Following his earlier stint with India, he most recently served as National Head Coach and Technical Lead of Boxing Australia's High Performance Unit.
Ravinder Singh, a 29-year-old Naik Subedar in the Indian Army, achieved the biggest success in his shooting career by winning gold in the men's 50m pistol, a non-Olympic discipline.
World Championship silver medallist Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar delivered a landmark performance at the 68th Shooting Nationals on Tuesday, firing a World record 470.5 to clinch gold in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions final at the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Range.
In addition, Kumar has been disqualified from all competitive results obtained on and subsequent to February 27, 2025, the date his first positive sample was collected, including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.
Preeti shocks world champion Huang; Arundhati, Parveen shine on international return
Whether she's pulling the trigger on the range or pulling off the perfect vacation moodboard, Manu Bhaker does it with style-and heart.
Italian pair Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini beat Kazakh Anna Danilina and Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 to win the women's doubles title at the French Open on Sunday.
BCCI wants to adopt Olympic sports; Govt mulling approval to OCI athletes
Nikhat, Jaismine and four other Indian boxers march into finals
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