From the electrifying victory of the Indian cricket team in the recent T20 series to the rising star power of young badminton sensations, India's sporting landscape is ablaze with action! This week alone saw record-breaking performances in the Pro Kabaddi League, showcasing the nation's unwavering passion for indigenous sports. The upcoming Asian Games are generating immense anticipation, with athletes across disciplines sharpening their skills and aiming for glory on the international stage. We delve into the crucial role of sports sponsorships in nurturing talent and boosting India's sporting infrastructure. Furthermore, debates rage on about the future of cricket's dominance in India's sporting ecosystem, with other sports like hockey and football vying for increased attention and investment. Stay updated on all the latest scores, match analyses, and exclusive interviews with your favorite athletes. Explore the dynamic world of Indian sports—from the bustling stadiums to the quiet dedication of rising stars—right here. Discover the stories that shape the nation’s sporting spirit and witness the unfolding drama of the sporting year.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 26 (ANI): Karnataka's 13-year-old prodigy Srishti Kiran secured her first international junior title, winning the ITF J30 at Cabarete in the Dominican Republic on Saturday. Srishti delivered a commanding performance to defeat the top seed, Stephanie Pumar of Venezuela, 6-2, 6-2, securing the championship in straight sets, according to a KSLTA release. The victory capped an impressive campaign where she had earlier stunned second seed Arina Vansovich of Russia 6-2, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals and advanced through the next two rounds in a similar fashion. Reflecting on the tournament where she did not concede a single set, Srishti said, "Winning my first international title in Cabarete feels truly special. The decision to play was taken by my academy, RPS Academy, in Florida. The field was strong, with high-ranked others who had competed in major junior events, so every match was a challenge." She further added, "I'm proud that I stayed composed and enjoyed my tennis, which made the difference in the crucial moments, especially the upset against the second seed and obviously the final. Adapting to clay wasn't easy, but I settled in quickly and gained a lot of confidence throughout the week. I am grateful to RPS Academy, Florida and KSLTA for their constant support. This win is an important step, and I'm motivated to keep improving, climbing the rankings and working towards my dream of competing in junior Grand Slams." Srishti's triumph at Cabarete, Dominican Republic, is a significant milestone for Indian junior tennis. She will now continue her campaign in the Dominican Republic, competing in another ITF J30 event next week, as she looks to build on this momentum. (ANI)
CHENNAI: Former India captain Virat Kohli watched the Novak Djokovic vs Alex de Minaur at Wimbledon on Monday. During a chat with Star Sports and JioHotstar he spoke about his favourite tennis player Novak Djokovic and said he hoped Djoko wins the event. He said that would be a tremendous achievement. Kohli felt that playing in Centre Court must be very special. "The pressure these players must feel, especially on Centre Court, is tremendous. The only cricketing equivalent would be a high-intensity World Cup match -- like an India-Pakistan clash or a semifinal or final -- where your legs are l ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 11 (ANI): Gurugram police have taken key accused Deepak Yadav to the city court after he was arrested for killing his daughter Radhika, a tennis coach and national level player. 25-year-old Radhika Yadav was shot dead by her father, allegedly over a disagreement regarding her tennis academy in Sector 57 in Gurugram. Sandeep Kumar, Gurugram Police PRO said, 'Upon receiving the information, the Police reached the hospital and found that this was a 25-year-old girl named Radhika, a resident of Sector 57. The police later reached her home and discovered that she ...Read More >
GURGAON: The investigation into the murder of a 25-year-old former international tennis player, allegedly by her father, has revealed a sudden deterioration in their relationship. The apparent reason was a disagreement over the academy she ran near their house, but the roots clearly run deeper. The father, who claims to have spent Rs 2 crore on his daughter's tennis career, told interrogators he was troubled by questions about her "character" that some of his associates had raised.Deepak Yadav, who shot Radhika at their house Thursday morning, had allegedly been insisting for two weeks on her ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Days after Russian woman Nina Kutina was taken into custody for living in a cave inside the forest near Gokarna with her two daughters, her ex-husband, an Israeli citizen, is demanding shared custody of their daughters."I just want to be able to see my daughters a few times a week and take care of them. My concern is that if they go to Russia now, it will be tougher to keep in touch with them. I wish they could stay in India," Goldstein said on Wednesday.Dror Goldstein, 38, who lives f ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Easing inflation and favourable monsoon boosted rural demand in India in the April-June period this year, outpacing urban consumption once again, according to a new report. According to the report by global research firm NielsenIQ, rural markets and small manufacturers propelled the packaged consumer goods sector in Q2 2025. Rural markets grew twice as fast as cities, as urban areas showed signs of recovery, particularly in smaller towns. According to the report, e-commerce also rose significantly, led by increased shopper penetration and spending, especia ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 14 (PTI) Dr Vece Paes, a member of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games bronze-winning Indian men's hockey team and father of legendary tennis player Leander Paes, died here on Thursday morning owing to age-related ailments. He was 80. Paes, who was also suffering from Parkinson's disease, was admitted to the Woodlands Hospital here on Tuesday morning. His last rites will be performed either on Monday or Tuesday, as the family will wait for the arrival of his two daughters, who are both settled abroad. He was married to Jennifer, a former India basketball team captain. Paes, who donn ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Tennis was her passion, a game she began playing as early as Class 3 when she was barely taller than the net."She wanted to make it big in the game. It was her dream to play Wimbledon one day," said Dr Manoj DM, who Radhika Yadav consulted as her physiotherapist through her playing years.That's, however, not how her career turned out, the talent not translating into consistent victories on court that would move her up the ITF (International Tennis Federation) rankings and gain her entry into top tier tournaments. The ITF website shows Radhika had a singles ranking of 1999. During the ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Indian equity indices opened lower on Friday as heavyweights like Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel were among the top losers in the BSE benchmark. At 9.25 am, Sensex was down 171 points or 0.21 per cent at 82, 087 and Nifty was down 35 points or 0.14 per cent at 25, 075. In the Sensex pack, M&M, Tata Steel, Power Grid, L&T, UltraTech Cement, Infosys, Tata Motors, BEL, NTPC, TCS, Trent and Maruti Suzuki were top gainers. Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tech Mahindra , HDFC Bank, Eternal (Zomato), HUL, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Titan and Bajaj Finserv ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 14 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tore into the Congress on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, calling the 1947 Partition a dark chapter born out of appeasement politics that shattered Sanatan Bharat unity and inflicted deep wounds on the nation, a press release said. He credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with reviving this forgotten history by declaring the day in 2021. Today, the entire country mourns, remembering the horrors of August 14, 1947, he said. The Chief Minister made the statement while inaugurating an exhibition marking Partitio ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 28 (ANI): On the back of two consecutive successful seasons, the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL), India pioneering tennis-ball T10 tournament, returns for its third edition, bigger, better and bolder, as per a release from ISPL. The tournament, featuring eight teams, will be held in Surat from January 9 to February 6, 2026. Among the highlights of the upcoming season, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) will receive a brand-new Porsche 911, further showcasing how the league has scaled up to match global sporting competition and benchmarks. The announcem ...Read More >
Himaanshika Singh Rajput, a friend of Radhika Yadav, alleged that Radhika's father was influenced by jealous acquaintances. They taunted him about his daughter's success. Himaanshika claimed Radhika was miserable before her death due to family pressure. She suspected Radhika's murder was premeditated. Radhika's father, Deepak Yadav, is in police custody. The postmortem report revealed she received four bullets. A woman claiming to be friends with slain tennis player Radhika Yadav has alleged tha ...Read More >
BENGALURU -- Police in India are trying to piece together the story of a Russian woman who was found living in a cave in the southern state of Karnataka with her two young daughters. Nina Kutina was rescued on 9 July by policemen who were on a routine patrol near Ramteertha hills in the Gokarna forest, which borders the tourist paradise of Goa. Authorities say the 40-year-old and her daughters - six and five years old - do not have valid documents to stay in India. They have been lodged in a detention centre for foreigners near Bengaluru, the state capital, and will be deported soon. Kutina ...Read More >
Vece Paes, a former Indian hockey player and father of tennis star Leander Paes, passed away at 80. He was a member of the 1972 Olympic bronze-winning team. Paes also contributed to sports medicine and rugby. His wife, Jennifer, was a former Indian basketball captain. The family awaits his daughters' arrival for the last rites. Dr. Vece Paes, a member of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games bronze-winning Indian men's hockey team and father of legendary tennis player Leander Paes, died here on Thursday ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Venus Williams is all set to make a historic return to the US Open 2025 later this month after receiving a wild-card invitation for the tournament at the age of 45. Thus, she is set to become the oldest singles entrant in the competition since 1981. The last player older than Venus to compete in a major was Renee Richards, who was 47 in 1981, according to the information by the International Tennis Federation. Away from court due to surgery The seven-time Grand Slam winner won the US Open in 2000 and 200. She last played a singles match at the event in 2023, exiting in the first r ...Read More >
New Delhi: Novak Djokovic is set to make headlines as he kicks off his quest for an extraordinary 11th title at the Australian Open 2025, starting this Sunday. In the first round, he will go up against Nishesh Basavareddy, an American player of Indian descent. All eyes will be on this match as Djokovic aims to secure yet another milestone victory in Melbourne. Novak Djokovic, after not claiming a Grand Slam title last year, triumphed with an Olympic gold in Paris by beating Carlos Alcaraz. With the Australian Open on the horizon, Indian tennis great Sania Mirza warns young talents like Jannik ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Carlos Alcaraz will aim to reinforce his status as the new all-court monarch of men's tennis with a third successive Wimbledon title while his chief challenger Jannik Sinner heads to London for revenge after coming off second best in an epic French Open final. Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic must defy age and the odds in what may be the 38-year-old's best opportunity to claim an elusive 25th Grand Slam crown after losing to Alcaraz in the previous two title clashes at the All England Club. Jack Draper will shoulder the burden of British expectations following Andy Murray's reti ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The prestigious Tennis tournament, Wimbledon, was full of on-court dramas and huge upsets with Iga Swiatek cruising past Amanda Anisimova to claim the women's singles title and Italy's Jannik Sinner making history as he saw off defending champion Carlos Alcaraz for the men's. However, the smashes and serves weren't limited to the court at Wimbledon 2025. The royal box was decked out with Indian celebrities, who served up some serious fashion at the annual tennis championship this year. From Sonam Kapoor's blue Ralph Lauren pantsuit to Neena Gupta's floral pr ...Read More >
New Delhi: Protest at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) against a recently announced fee hike, the long-standing suspension of students' union elections and calls for administrative accountability have entered their sixth day, with students boycotting classes and staging sit-ins at the Bab-e-Syed gate (the iconic entrance of the varsity). The fee structure for different courses has witnessed a sharp revision. Students say the hike ranges from 25% to over 60% across various programmes. Many claim they first learned of the revised fees only while trying to pay through the university's online ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 14 (ANI): Russian woman Nina Kutina and her two children were rescued by Gokarna Police and processed by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Bengaluru before being sent back to a rescue centre in Tumakuru. Kutina, who had been living with her daughters in a cave near Gokarna, defended her lifestyle and rejected the claims made about her situation. You give already a lot of lying information. We have big experience to stay in natural, in jungle, and we were not dying, and I did not bring my children, my daughters to die in jungle. They did ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 28 (ANI): On the back of two consecutive successful seasons, the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL), India's pioneering tennis-ball T10 tournament, returns for its third edition, bigger, better and bolder, as per a release from ISPL. The tournament, featuring eight teams, will be held in Surat from January 9 to February 6, 2026. Among the highlights of the upcoming season, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) will receive a brand-new Porsche 911, further showcasing how the league has scaled up to match global sporting competition and benchmarks. Also Read | ...Read More >
Gurgaon: A chemist and a lab operator have been arrested for allegedly selling medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits illegally. Two separate FIRs were lodged against the accused at Sector 10 and Sector 9A police stations, police said on Friday.The pharmacy was sealed and medical officials have initiated proceedings to cancel its licence. District drugs control officer Suresh Verma said the department received information about illegal sales of MTP kits - also called abortion kits - from Juneja Chemist, located near Civil Hospital. A pregnant woman, who was deployed as a decoy customer, v ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): BJP MP Gulam Ali Khatana, who was part of the all-party parliamentary delegation to Europe, said that during their recently conclued visit they successfully communicated India's development story and its resolute stand against terrorism, particularly emanating from Pakistan. Highlighting the delegation's key discussions during the tour, Khatana told ANI, 'We discussed how we dismantled the terrorism factory in Pakistan by responding... We also talked about tourism infrastructure, G20 Summit, and projects like the six-lane roads, bridges, solar initiatives, our ...Read More >
June 28 (Reuters) - Carlos Alcaraz is chasing a slice of tennis immortality as he arrives at Wimbledon's pristine lawns, where he has the opportunity to join an illustrious but short list of men who have won the grasscourt Grand Slam three years in a row. The Spaniard could join an elite club of just four men -- Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic -- who have claimed three consecutive Wimbledon titles in the Open era. Yet the 22-year-old Alcaraz, radiating confidence that ...Read More >
Former state-level tennis player Radhika Yadav was allegedly murdered by her father, Deepak Yadav, in their Gurugram home. Police investigations revealed that Deepak objected to Radhika's tennis training sessions, which she conducted by booking courts, leading to frequent arguments. Former state-level tennis player Radhika Yadav did not have her own academy and instead used to train aspirants by booking tennis courts at different places, which her father objected to, Gurugram Police said on Satu ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Dr. Vece Paes, a member of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games bronze-winning Indian men's hockey team and father of legendary tennis player Leander Paes, died here on Thursday morning. He was 80 years old. Paes, who was suffering from advanced stage of Parkinson's disease, was admitted to the Woodlands Hospital here on Tuesday morning. Paes was married to Jennifer, a former Indian basketball player who also served as the national team captain. Paes' last rites will be performed either on Monday or Tuesday, as the family will wait for the arrival of his daughters, who are both settled ab ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 14: Medulla Communications Pvt. Ltd., one of the world's most awarded healthcare-specialist advertising agencies, has announced the launch of its new hub in Singapore. With over 15 years of experience in solving complex healthcare challenges, Medulla is now looking to create a super-specialist category as the first digital healthcare advertising agency in Asia. New Hub to Deliver Scalable, Specialist Healthcare Marketing Solutions Across APAC. Also Read | New Cheque Clearing System: Banks To Clear Cheques Within Few Hours Starting October 4, Announces RBI. ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 14 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed grief over the loss of hockey legend and Olympic bronze medalist Vece Paes, saying that "his contribution to hockey and sports medicine will be remembered". Indian hockey legend and Olympic bronze medalist Vece Paes, also the father of tennis legend Leander Paes, passed away on Thursday morning. The official X of Hockey India (HI) announced his unfortunate demise at the age of 80.Taking to X, West Bengal CM wrote, "Saddened by the demise of Dr Vece Paes, member of the bronze medal winning team ...Read More >
New Delhi: At Wimbledon 1993, Chris Bailey knocked over the net cord umpire off her chair. That iconic moment in Wimbledon history cannot be repeated because the folks who would place their finger on the net to feel the slightest vibration were phased out in 1996. Their place was taken by an automatic system that produced a beep instead. Soon, all majors would follow suit.When play resumes on Monday, June 30, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, a familiar sight will be no more - the line judges. For the first time in Wimbledon's 148-year history, line judges, with their hunched ba ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 8: After a potentially damaging fall in the early stages of his fourth-round clash at Wimbledon against Grigor Dimitrov, world no. 1 Jannik Sinner is planning to get an MRI to further analyse the injury. Sinner, however, reached the fourth round at Wimbledon after Dimitrov was forced to retire due to injury when leading 6-3, 7-5, 2-2. In the very first game of the fourth-round matchup, Sinner appeared en route to a shock defeat, having jarred his elbow during an innocuous-looking slide to the ground. Jannik Sinner Reaches Wimbledon 2025 Quarterfinals Despite Elbow Issue As Injured ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 10 (ANI): In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old tennis player was shot dead by her father allegedly over a disagreement regarding her tennis academy in Sector 57 in Gurugram. According to Sandeep Kumar, PRO, Gurugram Police, the incident that occurred on Thursday involved three bullets fired from a licensed revolver, which belonged to the accused father. The deceased girl is named Radhika and is 25 years old, living in Sector 57. She was a tennis player and ran a tennis academy. She was shot dead by her father, Deepak (49), who has been arrested, Kumar said. ...Read More >