A total of 30 teams will compete across three divisions in the 16th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2026, which begins in Pune on Wednesday.The tournament will run until August 23, with teams competing for the national title as well as promotion and relegation between the three divisions.The championship is divided into Division A,…
Star Indians will be in action in this BWF World Championships The BWF World Championships 2026 are set to bring the world’s top badminton players to New Delhi as India prepares to host the prestigious tournament for the second time. The 30th edition of the Badminton World Championships will be held from August 17 to…
The Delhi high court has refused to grant bail to Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar in the alleged murder of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar.Justice Purushaindra Kumar dismissed Kumar’s bail plea on August 6, citing concerns about his ability to influence witnesses, his conduct before his arrest, the seriousness of the alleged offence and…
File Pic: Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi (Image credit: AFP) Pakistan ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi has offered a pointed response when asked whether he will remain at the helm for next year’s ODI World Cup, saying, “For now, I am the captain.”Afridi’s comments come amid fresh speculation over Pakistan’s leadership structure, with reports suggesting…
Are sports bodies of Indian states promoting the game properly? NEW DELHI: Somewhere on a muddy school field in Haryana right now, a teenager is perhaps drilling the same throwing technique over and over, just as she had watched on television just days ago. Her sole aim is to pull off the one like Sharmila…
File Pic: US President Donald Trump with FIFA president Gianni Infantino (AP Photo) US President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind FIFA president Gianni Infantino as pressure continues to mount on the football governing body’s chief, warning that replacing him would be a “terrible mistake”.Trump’s intervention comes at a time when Infantino is facing…
File Pic: Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi and Neymar (Getty Image/La Liga) Could one of football’s most iconic attacking trios reunite after almost a decade? Neymar’s uncertain future at Santos has once again put Inter Miami on the radar, opening the possibility of the Brazilian linking up with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez for one final…
Salima Tete and Harmanpreet Singh (Image credit: Hockey India) The upcoming FIH Men’s and Women’s World Cups in Belgium and the Netherlands will be played under a new three-stage format, making the league phase even more crucial as points earned in the opening round will be carried forward to the next stage. That is, the…
Ronald Araujo (Pic credit: LFC) Barcelona captain Ronald Araujo has described his move to Liverpool as the “ideal” decision at this stage of his career after the Uruguay defender completed a season-long loan to the Premier League club on Monday.The 27-year-old joins Liverpool for the 2026-27 season after agreeing to take a pay cut to…
NEW DELHI: Eighteen years after scripting history at the Beijing Olympics, Indian shooting legend Abhinav Bindra looked back on the moment that changed Indian sport forever, describing his individual gold medal as the “biggest peak of my sporting life”.On August 11, 2008, Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal when…
