Anaka Alankamony bagged India's lone gold medal at the Asian Junior Squash championship, while Dipika Pallikal and Mahesh Mangaonkar settled for silver after losing their respective finals in Busan on Sunday. Anaka, the top seeded Indian, beat Hong Kong's Ho Ka Po 9-6, 9-6, 9-5 in the girls under-15 category final to clinch her eighth international title.
India's number one Saurav Ghosal went down fighting to England's Adrian Grant in straight sets in a pre-quarterfinal match of the $52,500 five-star PSA US Open Squash Championship 2009 in Chicago on Friday.
DK is doing commentary for the cricket World Cup so he couldn't be in Hangzhou, but he didn't miss a moment of the action.
India's Dipika Pallikal returned to top form after two forgettable tournaments as she notched up one of the best wins of her career.
India's top-ranked squash female player Dipika Pallikal faced stiff resistance from England's Sarah-Jane Perry before prevailing 11-9, 11-3, 11-7 in the final to win the WISPA Dread Series 2 tournament in Washington.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games on Tuesday, October 3.
Each bottle of pickle that leaves FarmDidi, headed to a consumer, has a little kahani behind it -- it's linked to the tale of a life, the life of a simple, striving village woman who created it, and that's what gives Manjari Sharma satisfaction and happiness.
India fought hard but eventually ran out of steam going down to former champions Australia in the quarter-final of the World Squash Team Championship at Padewrborn (Germany) on Thursday.
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from now.' 'For instance, how can we deal with climate change and global warming, right now?' 'The effects of it may not be felt now; in fact, we may pay a price for it today, but it will help the generations to follow.'
Riding on some fine performances in the season opening events, India's Siddharth Suchde and Harinder Pal Sandhu have entered the top 100 of the World Squash rankings for the first time on Wednesday.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday, October 1.
Riding on her yet another appearance in the finals of a WISPA tournament, India's young woman squash sensation Dipika Pallikal has moved up to a career-high 14th place in the world rankings.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday, September 30.
Sandeep Jangra and Parth Sharma lost in the third round.
India's squash players wrapped up a historic performance at the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
A summary of Indian athletes' performance on Wednesday, Day 6 of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
India's top squash player and Chennai resident Dipika Pallikal today pledged a contribution of Rs 2 lakh to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund in the wake of the devastating floods that have hit the city and the state.
India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday, October 2.
The fifth seeded pair, who had a shaky pre-quarterfinal match against a Malaysian duo, was in terrific touch in the quarterfinal match against third seed Tesni Evans and Peter Creed of Wales.
That he hasn't done so yet, has continued to be active on the political street, in public debate and on social media, signals an important change. It will give his party hope. Maybe the achievement of reducing Mr Modi well below the majority mark will now motivate him to stay committed, observes Shekhar Gupta
'I'd always played cricket in the backyard with friends and parents, but wouldn't say I ever had the desire to be a professional.'
Indian men ended their campaign in the pistol events on a winning note by shooting down a silver medal in the 25m centre fire event even as the women's team exited from the 50m three-position competition without success at the Asian Games in Incheon on Friday.
Anahat Singh seals berth for World Junior Squash C'ship after topping selection trials
The Indians eventually lost the semi-final 0-3 in the shootout after both teams were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation time as the crowd booed the technical officials for the decision.
Chinappa lost 6-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8, 3-11 to Camille in a 70-minute marathon tussle on Wednesday.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday, October 4.
Five sports, including cricket and flag football, proposed for inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics were approved by the International Olympic Committee executive board on Friday.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Thursday, September 28.
India's schedule on Day 4 of the Asian Games on Wednesday, September 27.
India's squash players wrapped up a historic performance at the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
India's top men's player Saurav Ghosal had a comfortable opener against Australian Steven Finitsis in the PSA World Squash Championship in Doha on Saturday.
Jeremy stamps class on CWG debut, India climb to sixth in medal table
India's schedule on Day 4 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on August 1, Monday.
India's schedule on Day 3 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on July 31, Sunday.
Shami was there to receive the honours. He took 24 wickets in seven World Cup games last year.
Rishabh Pant's belligerent unbeaten half-century helped Delhi Capitals' to a narrow four-run win over Gujarat Titans.
Top seed Dipika Pallikal entered the finals of the Australian Open squash event, a PSA world tour event, after posting a 6-11 11-6 11-7 11-4 win over Hana Ramadan of Egypt. Dipika, who recently finished runner-up in the Victoria Open a few days ago, faced an initial scare from the Egyptian qualifier before she managed to grab an opportunity and turn the tables around in her favour.
The experienced Ghosal, seeded second in the tournament and ranked 30th in the world, needed just 43 minutes to thrash the 10th-seeded Malhotra. Ghosal kept his rival on the run with an array of shots and dominated the proceedings.
Sports Ministry confirms Satwik, Chirag for Khel Ratna, Shami and 25 others for Arjuna award
