HIGHLIGHTS Manika’s defeat marks the end of the Indian challenge in women’s singles Polcanova hardly ever ceded control, even limiting Manika to two points in the second game The match on the whole lasted just 27 minutes Manika Batra was brushed aside by Austrian world No.17 Sofia Polcanova in the third…
HIGHLIGHTS Chamika Karunaratne received a bat from his ‘role model’ Hardik Pandya You are an amazing human being, I am truly touched by your gesture, says Karunratne India defeated Sri Lanka by 38 runs to take 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series Sri Lanka’s Chamika Karunaratne impressed everyone with his…
HIGHLIGHTS Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav will join the Indian Test squad in the UK Prithvi and Suryakumar are currently involved in white-ball series in Sri Lanka Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Avesh Khan were ruled out due to injuries The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday added Prithvi…
HIGHLIGHTS Margaret MacNeil wins women’s 100m butterfly event Margaret MacNeil won the gold without her contact lenses Rio champion and world record holder Sarah Sjostrom finishes seventh Canadian swimmer Margaret MacNeil emerged as a surprise winner in the women’s 100m butterfly on Monday. Interestingly, the…
HIGHLIGHTS Bajwa and Mairaj’s overnight rankings did not chance Bajwa finished two points below the qualification cut off Eric Delaunay of France topped with an Olympic qualification record score of 124 There will no Indian representation in the men’s skeet finals as Angad Bajwa and Mairaj Khan failed to…
HIGHLIGHTS Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost in straight games on Monday Satwik and Chirag are in contention to reach the quarter-final Despite Monday’s loss, Satwik and Chirag are at 2nd spot in 4-team Group A World No. 10 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were comfortably outclassed in…
HIGHLIGHTS Irfan and Sreeshankar had underperformed during a fitness trial that was mandated by the AFI Irfan was the first Indian track and field athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics Sreeshankar qualified after a national record jump of 8.26m Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille J. Sumariwalla…
HIGHLIGHTS None of Indian archers finished in top 30 in the Men’s Ranking Round India ranked 9th for Men’s and Mixed Team Archery Events it remains to be seen if Deepika Kumari will team up with Atanu on Saturday India had a disappointing outing in the Men’s Individual Ranking Event at the Tokyo…
HIGHLIGHTS Surfing is making its Olympics debut at the Tokyo Surfing event might by the typhoon at the Olympics Surfers not worried by the typhoons, says bring it on Surfing, which is set to make its Olympics debut at the Olympics, might face a hiccup as there is a prospect of typhoon forming off the Tokyo coast next…
HIGHLIGHTS Dutee secured qualification in the women’s 100m and 200m via world rankings quota Dutee will be making her second appearance at the Olympics She was the third Indian woman to participate in the 100m event at the Olympics at the 2016 Rio Games Star sprinter Dutee Chand said on Friday that she has…