Srikanth, Sen storm into Swiss Open second round

Photograph: Kind courtesy Badminton Association of India/X Former champion Kidambi Srikanth and in-form Lakshya Sen produced impressive performances to progress to the men's singles second round......

Sports Shorts: Sailor Upamanyu Dutta clinches bronze in Asian regatta

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters Young Mumbai sailor Upamanyu Dutta bagged the......

Semenya breaks her own 1500m record despite controversy

IMAGE:  South Africa's Caster Semenya celebrates after winning the women's 1500m.Photograph: Ibraheem Al Omari/Reuters Caster Semenya put aside the controversy over a planned rule change in......

Gurmeet creates history! 1st Indian to win Asian Walk C'ships

Gurmeet Singh, on Sunday, created history by becoming the first Indian athlete to clinch a gold medal in the Asian 20km Race Walk Championships as he won the men's event with his season's best......

Somdev struggles past Ramkumar in Chennai Challenger

Top seed Somdev Devvarman struggled past Ramkumar Ramanathan, who was troubled by cramps, but Yuki Bhambri made a fluent start with a straight sets victory in the US$ 50,000 ATP Challenger event,......