Aditi Ashok, currently enjoying her best LPGA season, is all set to compete in her 24th Major, most by any Indian golfer.
Paris Olympics double medallist Manu Bhaker, two-time Paralympics champion Avani Lekhara and ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat are among five athletes nominated for the BBC 'Indian Sportswoman of the Year' award.
Teen golf sensation Aditi Ashok scripted history on Sunday as she became the first Indian woman to win a Ladies European Tour title by clinching the Hero Women's Indian Open in Gurgaon.
India's Anirban Lahiri is tied sixth at the end of the first round in the men's golf competition at the 15th Asian Games.
Cricket legend and golf enthusiast Kapil Dev met with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday to discuss the expansion of golf in the state.
Diksha, who was born with a hearing impairment, will now have the unique honour of having represented India at both the Deaf Olympics in 2017, where she finished second for a silver medal, and the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
The extension of qualifying period gives, at least half a dozen others among Indian men and possibly one woman, a chance to bid for a place in the Games.
Stalwarts of Indian sports paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday, describing him as a visionary, who had quiet strength and humility.
A major surprise in the 2024 Google search trends was the absence of iconic names like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, M S Dhoni, and Virat Kohli from the list of the top 10 most-searched athletes.
Check out Indian athletes' schedule for Thursday, August 1, Day 6 of competition
India's top golfer Anirban Lahiri has tested positive for COVID-19, ruling him out of at least a couple of events on the PGA Tour.
World No. 40 Anirban Lahiri will be a part of the International Team, which will take on United States in the biennial Presidents Cup in Korea.
Diksha Dagar fought back strongly in the second round to make the cut alongside compatriot Pranavi Urs at the Ladies Open.
Indian women golfers Aditi Ashok (79) and Diksha Dagar (80) slipped on the penultimate day to be tied 40th and 42nd at the Olympic Games in Paris on Friday.
Teen golf sensation Aditi Ashok scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a Ladies European Tour title by clinching the Hero Women's Indian Open in Gurgaon on Sunday.
Shubhankar Sharma believes he will be in better form when he tees up for what will be his first professional tournament in four months.
Be it India's Shiv Kapur or South African Brandon Stone, the golfers are keeping a close eye on the ongoing tournament.
More than 70 top golfers, including Jyoti Randhawa, Gaurav Ghei and Shiv Kapur, are set for launching a Tour of their own.
Shiv Kapur was the best-placed Indian golfer at fourth after carding a blemish-free five-under 66 but it was Thai veteran Thaworn Wiratchant (66) who walked away with the top honours after clinching a thrilling play-off at the Hero Indian Open in Bangalore on Sunday.
Indian stalwart Gaganjeet Bhullar will be chasing his third Asian Tour win this season when he tees off in the Indian Open golf tournament in Bangalore on Thursday.
Indian expatriates in UAE have raised a fund of over Rs 62 lakh to help fellow countrymen languishing in prisons because of their inability to pay blood money.
India's tryst with fourth-place Olympic heartbreaks
Trophy eluded Chiragh Kumar but the Indian golfer still managed his best-ever finish in an Asian Tour event by signing off second even as Australian David Gleeson won the $1.25 million event at the Delhi Golf Club on Sunday.
Our politicians need to take a leaf out of Mr Trump's personalised merchandise sale: It keeps his image in the public eye, continuing to engage him differently and innovatively with his supporters, points out Sandeep Goyal.
Jeev Milkha Singh will be the lone Indian golfer in the Asian that will take on Europe in the sixth Royal Trophy clash this week.
India's teen golfer Aditi Ashok rounded off yet another week with a card of five-over 76 to end her campaign at the 41st spot in the women's golf event at Rio Olympics. Nine of the world's Top-10 took part in the event making it as strong as any Major and ensuring credibility for the sport, which made a re-appearance at the sporting extravaganza after 112 years. For Aditi to hold her own on first two days when her cards of 68-68 kept her in the Top-8 of the field was indeed a big step for Indian golf at world stage.
Form deserted Indian golfers at the Madrid Masters and the trio of Shiv Kapur, Jyoti Randhawa and SSP Chowrasia missed the cut after returning over-par cards in the second round of the European Tour event.
Nine years after making his Asian Tour debut here in Yangon, Indian golfer Rahil Gangjee on Friday celebrated that memory with a superb six-under 66 that carried him up to tied 14th at the midway stage of the Zaykabar Myanmar Open golf tournament in Yangon, Myanmar.
Ace golfer Jyoti Randhawa was arrested on Wednesday on charges of poaching in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve protected area in Uttar Pradesh.
Milkha Singh, Ashok Kumar and Amandeep Johl carded four-under 68 in a four-way lead on the opening day of the tournament.
India's top golfers returned to practice at courses across the country after weeks of inactivity brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia will be representing the nation at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Megha Ganne, a 17-year-old American amateur with Indian parentage, shocked the big names in women's golf by taking the lead in the first round of the US Women's Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
Ace Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh crashed out of the Volvo World Matchplay Championship after successive defeats to Camilo Villegas and Ross Fischer in Casares, Spain. The highest ranked Indian golfer, first from the sub-continent to qualify for the elite tournament, could not build on his stunning first round win against Lee Westwood.
Aditi Ashok did not come anywhere close to a medal as she did three years back in Tokyo, but the 26-year-old displayed her best game on the final day of the Olympics women's golf competition, firing seven birdies to finish tied-29th in Paris on Saturday.
Rookie golfer C Muniyappa's Indian Open triumph, which catapulted him into the top 10 of the Order of Merit, will inspire more rags-to-riches stories, Asian Tour Chairman Kyi Hla Han said in Sentosa on Monday.
The 22-year-old Delhi golfer displaced Mukesh Kumar from the top of the Money List of the 2003-04 season of the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour.
Aditi, Diksha, Tvesa to play at Ladies Scottish Open.
New Jersey high school student Megha Ganne, who won the hearts of golf fans everywhere with her breakout performance at this week's US Women's Open, said she was thrilled to show she could hold her own alongside the game's best.
Arjun Bhati has managed to raise 4.30 lakh to fight the COVID-19 pandemic by selling all his trophies, including three world junior golf championship titles and a national championship. Meanwhile, chess players in the country, including the likes of Grandmaster P Harikrishna, are doing their bit in the fight against the Covid-19 by raising more than Rs 3 lakh as their contribution.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances