Tennis star Rohan Bopanna, who is set to be crowned world number one in the doubles format, was on Thursday selected for the prestigious Padma Shri honour by the government along with six other athletes including veteran squash player Joshna Chinappa.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
Defending champions Mumbai got their Ranji Trophy campaign back on track with an emphatic nine-wicket win over Maharashtra in their second group A league game in Mumbai on Monday, offsetting the heavy loss to Baroda in the opening game.
Rohan Gajjar kept the Indian challenge alive at $ 15, 000 ITF Futures tournament after knocking his third seed Spaniard opponent out to book a semifinal berth in the men's singles event in New Delhi on Thursday.
Three years ago, India returned from Tokyo with seven medals, and it is only natural that a double-digit performance is now desired in Paris.
'I'm just trying to keep my head down and hope people like my work.'
The rise of startups and a thriving entrepreneurial culture in Tier-II and Tier-III cities is contributing to the increasing sales of high-end cars.
The Pakistani said he was looking forward to repeat the performance at the US Open later this month.
Some media reports stated that Rohan has been designated as a vice president, which is a relatively senior position in the company.
Touching a new high, Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna on Monday became World No 3 player in the world with a jump of two places in the latest ATP ranking chart.
A special screening of Disney+ Hotstar's new series Kaala was held over the weekend, and quite a few film folk trooped in to watch it.
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Prasad and Rohan stitched together 218 runs for the first wicket as Kerala posted a mammoth 383 for 4 in 50 overs.
At an age when most players contemplate retirement, Bopanna is looking forward to what could potentially be the best year of his career.
Ace Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal was off to a winning start in Monte Carlo Masters as he defeated world number 63 Flavio Cobolli of Italy in straight sets in the qualifiers in Monte Carlo on Saturday.
The top Indian singles player, ranked 95, struggled to match the power and range of his fancied rival
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Top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland faces Irina-Camella Begu of Romania in the opening round of the women's draw with second-seeded American Coco Gauff taking on Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.
Gupta, along with some other leaders, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and the party's national general secretary Vinod Tawde.
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Titled Ul Jalool Ishq, the film has been produced by Manish Malhotra, and the designer promptly invited his cast members and friends over for the wrap-up party.
North East Zone failed to stitch together any meaningful partnership
Shikhar Dhawan's return to competitive cricket proved valiant but futile
Back in the BCCI's fold after resigning from the 'rebel' Indian Cricket League, Rohan Gavaskar is now eyeing a comeback to the Bengal Ranji Trophy team, which he once captained.
India will send 117 athletes to the Paris Olympics, starting July 26 in the French capital. This will be India's second-biggest contingent at an Olympic Games after 121 athletes went to Tokyo in 2021. A total of 47 female and 70 male athletes will be part of the Indian contingent at the Games.
Rohan Bopanna and Sumit Nagal have secured their Paris Olympics 2024 quotas for India
The police want to trace the youths as well as a minor seen in the viral video, it said in court.
'Just two people who love #Wimbledon bumping into each other on the streets of London.'
N Sriram Balaji made a strong case for his inclusion in the Indian men's doubles team for the Paris Olympics along with Rohan Bopanna by logging his maiden win at the French Open but Yuki Bhambri, the other contender for the berth, made a first round exit in Paris on Friday.
Six medals from a 117-strong contingent is not ideal but India had its moments of joy, hope, frustration, and heartache.
After nearly two decades of commentating on international games Sunil Gavaskar finally got his first chance in India's premier domestic competition - Ranji Trophy cricket. But for all the cricketing fans in the country, the icing on the cake was to see the batting legend doing commentary with his son, during the Ranji Trophy quarter-final between Mumbai and Maharashtra at the Wankhede stadium on Wednesday.
Rescue operations were underway on Friday to trace over 45 people missing following flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in three districts of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Friday.
Leander Paes makes a return to the country's Davis Cup team as India named a four-member squad for the World Group play-off tie at home against top seeds Czech Republic from September 18-20.
Film folk were quite busy over the long three-day weekend, going to parties and movie screenings.
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 3, Monday, July 29, 2024:
Yuki Bhambri made his first doubles semi-finals of the ATP 500 tour.
The Indo-Australian pair will now meet the sixth-seeded Argentine duo of Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.
Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna and Harsh Mankad set up a final clash against each other in the $ 10,000 ITF event after winning their respective singles semi-finals in Chandigarh on Friday.
Putting up a brave fight, India's Sumit Nagal took a set off world number seven Holger Rune before losing his rain-hit second round match of the Monte Carlo Masters, in Monte Carlo on Thursday.
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