Archery World Cup Final: Deepika Kumari knocked out in first r...

IMAGE: Deepika Kumari in Rome. Photograph: Twitter Four-time silver medallist Deepika Kumari was beaten by Tan Ya-ting in straight sets to make an embarrassing first round exit from the Archery World Cup Final in Rome on Sunday. The former World No.1 Deepika looked a pale shadow of her former self against the Rio Olympics nemesis from Chinese Taipei, who put up a superlative display to seal the match 6-0 at the Stadio dei Marmi here. Deepika was the lone Indian to have made the cut to the ...

All India Council of Sports (AICS) president Vijay Kumar Malhotra today congratulated the Indian archery team for winning three medals at the World Archery Youth Championships in Rosario, Argentina.India won one gold, one silver and a bronze in various ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday. IMAGE: PV Sindhu in action. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal were retained by their respective franchises at the players auction of the Premier Badminton League in Hyderabad, on Monday.Each retained player gets a 25 per cent hike in his/her salary from last year, while players who are bought by using the 'Right-To-Match' card only get a 10 per cent increase from the ...

Mixed pair of Jemson Ningthoujam and Ankita Bhakat clinched the recurve team gold medal as India returned with three medals from the World Archery Youth Championship here.This is India's first world title at the youth championships since Deepika Kumari's ...

Hockey India on 31 August named the 28-member core group for the junior women's national camp, beginning on September 3 in Bhopal to prepare the team for the Australian Hockey League. The core group was picked after an intense selection trials conducted under ...

Anand beats Nepomniachtchi to jump to joint lead IMAGE:   Viswanathan Anand in action. Photograph: Grand Chess Tour/Twitter Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia in the seventh round to jump to the joint top position in the Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess tour in St Louis. The second straight victory with white pieces took Anand to 4.5 points from seven rounds and with just two rounds remaining in the super tournament, the Indian ...