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Guwahati, October 19 (IANS) Tanvi Sharma's sensational run at the BWF World Junior Championships ended with a silver medal in the girls' singles event here on Sunday. The top-seeded Indian lost to Thailand's second-seeded Anyapat Phichitpreechasak 15-7, 15-12 in the summit clash, which lasted 28 minutes. Tanvi became the fifth Indian and the third female shuttler to win a silver medal at the Junior World Championships. Her loss in Sunday's final means Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal remains the ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 19 (PTI) Indian shuttler Tanvi Sharma's bid to script history by winning a gold medal at the BWF World Junior Championships ended in heartbreak as she lost in straight games to Thailand's Anyapat Phichitpreechasak in the women's singles final here on Sunday. The 16-year-old, who followed in the footsteps of former world No.1 Saina Nehwal and Aparna Popat to become only the third Indian female shuttler to reach the final of the tournament, lost 7-15 12-15 to the second-seeded Thai. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The world's top pugilists will battle for glory at the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025, scheduled to take place at Greater Noida's Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex from November 14 to 21, 2025. Hosted by India for the first time, the week-long spectacle will bring together elite boxers, including 2025 stage winners, as they compete for the coveted World Boxing Cup trophy - marking one of the most prestigious events on the international boxing calendar, ...Read More >
IMAGE: Top-seeded Tanvi Sharma opened her BWF World Junior Championships campaign with a crushing win over Poland's Wiktoria Kaletka. Photograph: BAI Media/X Medal hopefuls Tanvi Sharma and Unnati Hooda were among seven Indian shuttlers to advance to the next round of the singles event at the BWF World Junior Championships in Guwahati on Tuesday. Top-seeded Tanvi thrashed Poland's Wiktoria Kaletka 15-2, 15-1 in just 11 minutes while eighth seed Unnati eased to a 15-8, 15-9 win over Hong Kong's ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's wrestling fortunes have largely been shaped by homegrown coaches in the last few years. However, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has now decided to bring in foreign coaches across all the disciplines - freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's wrestling. WFI has begun inviting applications from international coaches and many have shown interest. The foreign coaches will be responsible for preparing the national teams for the 2026 Asian Games in Japan. They will design and im ...Read More >
Mumbai: That familiar Mirabai Chanu smile was back. One that, in the tiny Norwegian town of Forde, passed through three stages in a matter of seconds. The first was when the 48kg competitor managed to successfully lift a 115kg bar from her shoulders to well above it. Out came a tiny affirmative in-the-moment beam, even as she balanced herself and the body shivered from, literally, the weight of a World Championships medal-winning lift. Then, as she flung the bar on the floor, that little smile ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 3 (UNI) India's medal count at the World Para Athletics Championships 2025 in New Delhi rose to 11, after Dharambir Nain clinched silver in the men's club throw F51 and Atul Kaushik added bronze in the men's discus throw F57. According to the Olympics.com, India added more medals to their tally at the World Para Athletics Championships 2025 in New Delhi yesterday, with Dharambir Nain clinching silver in the men's club throw F51 and Atul Kaushik securing bronze in the men's discus ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 1 (ANI): The last day of swimming and diving events at the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships 2025 saw China assert their dominance once again, sealing the overall champion title with a staggering 49 medals (38 gold, eight silver, three bronze) at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex on Wednesday. For India, the final day brought four bronze medals through Bhavya Sachdeva, Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj and the Men's relay team. Their efforts in the Women's 400m ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 1 (ANI): The last day of swimming and diving events at the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships 2025 saw China assert their dominance once again, sealing the overall champion title with a staggering 49 medals (38 gold, eight silver, three bronze) at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex on Wednesday. For India, the final day brought four bronze medals through Bhavya Sachdeva, Sajan Prakash, Srihari Nataraj and the Men relay team. Their efforts in the Women 400m Free ...Read More >
New Delhi Oct 1 (UNI) India celebrated a double gold at the World Para Athletics Championships 2025 as reigning Paralympic champion Sumit Antil clinched his third straight world title in the men's F64 javelin throw, while Sandip Singh Sargar topped the podium in F44 category. According to the Olympics.com, India's Sumit Antil and Sandip Singh Sargar lit up the World Para Athletics Championships 2025 in New Delhi yesterday with gold-medal performances in the F64 and F44 men's javelin throw final ...Read More >
Two-time Paralympic champion Sumit Antil and Sandip Singh Sargar made it a most memorable evening for India with gold medals in the F64 and F44 Javelin Throw finals, respectively, in the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on a balmy Tuesday evening. With 2020 Olympic and 2023 World Champion Neeraj Chopra in the house, Sumit Antil buckled down to the task of chasing the Championship record despite being in a league of his own. He had three throws be ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 30 (ANI): On day three of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Srihari Nataraj once again stood tall for India, clinching a bronze in the Men's 100m Freestyle and extending his medal haul to five (three individual, two relay). Rohit B Benedicton clinched a silver medal in the Men's 50m Butterfly to bring India's total up to nine so far, as per a press release from the Swimming Federation of India (SFI). Drawn in lane ...Read More >
AHMEDABAD: Srihari Nataraj is riding the crest of a wave. At the ongoing Asian Swimming Championships in the city, the swimmer has set national records, broken a 16-year medal drought and medalled four times, including in individual freestyle events. He's feeling so confident about his place and space that he has set his sights on medalling at the Asian Games in Japan and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, competitions where the competition will be that much higher. Some subtle changes in train ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " aga ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 30 (ANI): On day three of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Srihari Nataraj once again stood tall for India, clinching a bronze in the Men's 100m Freestyle and extending his medal haul to five (three individual, two relay). Rohit B Benedicton clinched a silver medal in the Men's 50m Butterfly to bring India's total up to nine so far, as per a press release from the Swimming Federation of India (SFI). Also Read | In ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 30 (ANI): On day three of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Srihari Nataraj once again stood tall for India, clinching a bronze in the Men 100m Freestyle and extending his medal haul to five (three individual, two relay). Rohit B Benedicton clinched a silver medal in the Men 50m Butterfly to bring India total up to nine so far, as per a press release from the Swimming Federation of India (SFI). Drawn in lane five, ...Read More >
IMAGE: Yogesh Kathuniya claimed the silver medal in the men's F56 discus throw event at the World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi. Photograph: SAI Media/X India's Yogesh Kathuniya won yet another silver medal in the men's F56 discus throw event at the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi on Tuesday, as his quest for a maiden gold at the global level continued. The 28-year-old Kathuniya sent the disc to 42.49m in his second attempt to win the silver. He has been winning a medal ...Read More >
Russia announced it had captured three villages in eastern Ukraine as its forces continue to advance slowly through heavily defended Ukrainian positions. According to Russia's Ministry of Defence, Russian troops have seized around 0.8 percent of Ukraine's territory since the start of the year. The recent gains include the villages of Derylove and Maiske in the Donetsk region, and Stepove in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Russian officials described the fighting as intense, metre-by-metre skirmishes ...Read More >
New Delhi: With Sumit Antil, it was always a matter of when and not if. The two-time Paralympics gold medallist was a gold medal contender coming into the men's javelin F64 final on Tuesday, and the 27-year-old ensured there was no threat to his World Championships crown that he has held since the 2023 edition in Paris. The Indian, who also won a gold at Kobe Worlds last year (69.50m), completed a hat-trick of world titles with a best of 71.37m. The mark also reset his own Championship Record t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) India's Yogesh Kathuniya won yet another silver medal in the men's F56 discus throw event at the World Para Athletics Championships here on Tuesday, as his quest for a maiden gold at the global level continued. The 28-year-old Kathuniya sent the disc to 42.49m in his second attempt to win the silver. He has been winning a medal in all the four world championships since 2019. He picked up his third successive silver in the World Championships -- the other two being in 20 ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's Yogesh Kathuniya won the silver medal in the men's discus throw F56 category at the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi on Tuesday. Kathuniya won the silver medal with his best effort of 42.49m in the final. He finished behind Brazil's Claudiney Batista, who won the gold medal with a brilliant throw of 45.67m in the final. Kathuniya started the final with a strong throw of 41.40m and recorded a distance of 42.49m in his second attempt. His next four throws were al ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 29 (ANI): In a historic first, Indian divers Indiver Sairam and Willson Sing Ningthoujam bagged a Bronze medal in the 10m synchronised diving in the men's category here on Day Two of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships being held at the state-of-the-art indoor swimming facility at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad on Monday. Meanwhile, the swimmers added three medals to their tally, with Rishabh Das clinching a bronze in the 200m Backstroke, ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 29 (ANI): In a historic first, Indian divers Indiver Sairam and Willson Sing Ningthoujam bagged a Bronze medal in the 10m synchronised diving in the men category here on Day Two of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships being held at the state-of-the-art indoor swimming facility at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad on Monday. Meanwhile, the swimmers added three medals to their tally, with Rishabh Das clinching a bronze in the 200m Backstroke, Ku ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 29 (ANI): In a historic first, Indian divers Indiver Sairam and Willson Sing Ningthoujam bagged a Bronze medal in the 10m synchronised diving in the men's category here on Day Two of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships being held at the state-of-the-art indoor swimming facility at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad on Monday. Meanwhile, the swimmers added three medals to their tally, with Rishabh Das clinching a bronze in the 200m Backstroke, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) India para-athlete Rinku made history for Indian javelin, winning a gold medal with a meet record to boot in the men's F46 event in the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday. Rinku led a 1-2 for the hosts as compatriot Sundar Singh Gurjar claimed the silver medal. The night could have been even better for the hosts if Ajeet Singh had had a good day. Unfortunately, he finished fourth. In the lead-up to the event ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): India continued its solid run at the ongoing World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, securing their first double podium at the marquee event with Rinku Hooda and Sundar Singh Gurjar earning gold and silver medals in the men's javelin F46 event on Monday. As per ESPN, Rinku and Gurjar had a see-saw battle right from the start, and it was Rinku's fourth attempt of 66.37 m, which landed him the gold and also broke the Championship record. Gurjar was ...Read More >
Hannah Cockroft called on organisers and athletes to give her "favourite" 400m event greater prominence after scorching to global glory in limited New Delhi company. The nine-time Paralympic champion, 33, added a 17th World Championship gold to her collection with a dominant T34 one-lap triumph in the Indian capital. But with only four athletes on the start line at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, only gold and silver medals were awarded. British teammate and Cockroft's long-term rival Kare Aden ...Read More >
Indian para-athlete Shailesh Kumar secured the country's first gold medal at the ongoing World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi on Saturday in the T63 high jump competition. Shailesh secured the best jump of 1.91 m, securing not only the gold medal but also setting a championship record, as per ESPN. The podium was completed by the USA's Paralympic champion Ezra Frech (1.85 m). India's Varun Singh Bhatti jumped 1.85 m as well and got the bronze medal. Another Indian participating in the ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 28 (ANI): Twenty-four-year-old Srihari Nataraj opened India medal tally at the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships on Sunday at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad by clinching a Silver medal in the 200m freestyle and 50m backstroke for men. Natraj clocked an impressive 1:48.47 seconds in 200m freestyle, finishing behind China Haibo XU who clocked 1:46.83 to bag the gold and in 50m backstroke he clocked 25.46 seconds to win another Silver. China Gu ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 28 (ANI): Twenty-four-year-old Srihari Nataraj opened India's medal tally at the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships on Sunday at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad by clinching a Silver medal in the 200m freestyle and 50m backstroke for men. Natraj clocked an impressive 1:48.47 seconds in 200m freestyle, finishing behind China's Haibo XU who clocked 1:46.83 to bag the gold and in 50m backstroke he clocked 25.46 seconds to win another Silver. Chin ...Read More >
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