India's athletes claimed 76 gold medals, 75 silver and 51 bronze at the Special Olympics World Games 2023.
'Suddenly I felt a jolt and got thrown off my berth. It took a while before I could understand what had happened,'
Shifting the focus to its next space odyssey after successfully placing a lander on the moon's uncharted South Pole region, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath on Saturday said that the country's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 is ready and will be launched in the first week of September.
India won't want to take the Afghans lightly. At the 2019 World Cup, it took a late hat-trick from Mohammed Shami to help India eke out an 11-run victory.
'It's going to have take something pretty serious to have me miss a game.'
Mumbai Indians skipper Sachin Tendulkar blamed the fielders for his side's defeat against South Australia in the Champions League and said now it would take something "special" from them to bring their campaign back on track in the tournament.
There is no rivalry with Neeraj Chopra, insists Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem
'I thought if I was doing so bad, I would quit. But I told myself that I will not give up so soon and fight till the end.'
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz won the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday to end Formula One leader Max Verstappen's record run of 10 wins in a row.
In shooting, India have added Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak and Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, while in athletics, Amlan Borgohain, Preeti and Prachi have been added to the squad.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between Afghanistan vs South Africa, in Ahmedabad, on Friday.
Who do you think should be part of India's playing XI for the second Test against England?
The wait has been a long one, but it looks like it's almost over as Sarfaraz Khan gears up for his Test debut.
Neeraj Chopra has displayed sizzling form in season 2023, winning almost everything on offer. However, the star athlete has no qualms admitting that defending his gold medal at the Paris Olympics will be a huge challenge since maintaining top form on a consistent basis is not easy.
England coach Brendon McCullum warned that if the pitch indeed favours the spinners, England would not be afraid to field an all-spin attack.
'What I like about them is their stubbornness. If you doubt them, they'll double down on it and go even more stubborn.'
Dean Elgar scored his 14th Test century to help South Africa to take an 11-run lead with five wickets in hand on Day 2.
'The response from the government using words like malicious, deliberate, etc is diverting from the real issue.' 'The indicators related to young children such as stunting or child mortality are a reflection of the social development in the country.' 'That's how we have to look at it and not ignore the issue by denying the data.'
Conway versus Bumrah. Boult versus Rohit. Ferguson versus Kohli. Santner versus Gill.
Buoyed by the record medal haul at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha on Sunday supported the government's plan to place a proposal to host the 2036 Olympics.
England captain Ben Stokes tried hard to be self-effacing on the eve of his 100th Test appearance, saying "milestones are what they are" but he is looking forward to the "theatre" that would come with playing the marquee game against a star-studded India.
Ben Duckett's hundred overshadowed Ravichandran Ashwin's monumental feat as England stormed to 207/2 at stumps on Day 2.
The legendary athlete marked a major feat in her career with a simply worded tweet and a photograph.
'I received many threatening calls and letters.' 'A fatwa was issued against me.'
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is among the most-tracked satellites in the world, according to N2YO, which provides a web-based real-time satellite mapping website.
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Rajasthan Royals team director Kumar Sangakkara said one among the top four of his batting line-up will have to score big for the side to bounce back from its current slump.
Adrian Sutil underlined his stature as a wet weather specialist by posting the quickest time in Friday's rain-marred second practice session ahead of Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix. Heavy rain nearly washed out Friday's practice sessions and it was worse in the afternoon as puddles covered the track for the first hour, with only the final 10 minutes allowing the field to venture out to complete flying laps.
Two super high altitude firing ranges were made available to the armed forces for the practice of various kinds of weapons and surveillance equipment in Arunachal Pradesh within an aerial distance of 50 kilometres from the highly sensitive Line of Actual Control, sources said.
A few days back, Atul Ganatra, president of the Cotton Association of India, presented a grim scenario of the crop's prospects in the 2024-25 season that starts in October. Addressing the association's annual general meeting, Ganatra said the area under the crop could go down by at least 10 per cent in the coming season due to falling yields and realisation, leading to farmers losing interest. The fear of a decline in acreage comes against the backdrop of India's cotton production probably falling to its lowest in a decade, according to estimates.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra faces the likes of reigning World champion Anderson Peters of Grenada and Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic in a star-studded field in Doha.
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Rohit Sharma is not averse to playing three spinners against Pakistan on a huge Motera ground with big square boundaries.
Mishra lost from Datia seat by a margin of 7,742 votes to Congress candidate Rajendra Bharti.
India Women succumbed to their sixth consecutive defeat and eighth in a row at home
Chennai Super Kings comprises some of the oldest players in the Indian Premier League, and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni knows fully well that they cannot be a great fielding outfit but can make it up in batting and bowling.
India's sprint sensation Hima Das doesn't want to be left behind in studies either and is juggling between training and board exams these days.
'I wouldn't want that to be the same case going to India, bowling on tracks which are unresponsive to my type of bowling; slamming the front knee down at 34 is not really ideal when I want to play a lot of white-ball cricket moving forward.'
Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes Sreehari Nair.
The CBI has charged the accused under Indian Penal Code Section 304 part II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), Section 34 read with 201 (common cause read with destruction of evidence) and 153 of the Railways Act.
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