Tanya Chaudhary (TOI Photo) NEW DELHI: It took a minute for Tanya Chaudhary to put her feelings into words. She had very good reason to be overawed by the occasion. With a throw of 68.35m, the 22-year-old had just broken the national record in hammer throw at the Indian Athletics Series Final.Uttar Pradesh’s Chaudhary had…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to allow wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in the women’s selection trials for the 2026 Senior World Championships, declining her request for an interim exemption from the eligibility criteria prescribed by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, in a late-night interim order, said…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (2nd from R) and Mohammed Shami (R) during the Duleep Trophy. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Mohammed Shami may be in the latter phase of his career, but the veteran pacer believes young Indian cricketers are arriving with a level of maturity that means they need less coaching and more timely guidance.Shami, who has…
India’s Varun Chakaravarthy (Image: IANS) NEW DELHI: For a cricketer who made his international debut at 29, Varun Chakravarthy measures time differently.Now, at 35, he has just lived through a rollercoaster year: a T20 World Cup title on home soil where he finished as India’s joint-highest wicket-taker with 14 wickets, an IPL campaign played through…
India are into the finals of Women’s Asia Cup 2026 (Image: IANS) India produced another dominant performance with bat and ball to beat Bangladesh by 40 runs and storm into the final of the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. After posting 149/6 in their 20 overs, India’s bowlers…
Shree Charani (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Young India spinner Shree Charani etched her name in the record books on Thursday, becoming the fastest Indian bowler to reach 50 wickets in women’s T20Is and achieving the milestone at the age of just 22.Charani reached the landmark in her 29th T20I, putting her joint-second on the all-time…
BENGALURU: They say truth is stranger than fiction — a lesson Karnataka’s top hurdler has just been handed the hard way.Despite clearing Athletics Federation of India’s (AFI) Asian Games qualifying benchmark not once but thrice, Krishik M still finds himself left out of the 110-metre men’s hurdles squad for the upcoming continental showpiece in Japan.The…
England’s captain Joe Root (AP Photo) Joe Root scripted a new piece of Test history on Thursday, becoming the most successful fielder in the format after taking his 220th catch during the third Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston.Root surpassed Australia’s Steve Smith, who had held the record with 219 catches, to move to the top…
File Pic: Mona Agarwal (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian para-shooter Mona Agarwal secured a quota place for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles after winning silver in the women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event at the WSPS World Championships in Changwon, South Korea, on Thursday.The 38-year-old finished with a score of 250.0, just…
Cristiano Ronaldo and Travis Kelce (Agency Image) Cristiano Ronaldo and Travis Kelce have both built commercial empires well beyond their playing careers, yet the money involved tells two very different stories.Celebrity Net Worth puts Ronaldo’s fortune at $1.2 billion. Kelce, by comparison, is valued at $90 million. Do the maths and Ronaldo is worth more…
