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Tennis-Expect the unexpected as Gauff gets ready to conquer Wimbledon

By Amy Tennery (Reuters) - 'Expect the unexpected' is a mantra that has served Coco Gauff well over the years and the American is hoping that belief will help her to rekindle the Wimbledon magic that

Tennis-Former champions Rybakina, Vondrousova eye Wimbledon repeats but injuries a concern

By Aadi Nair (Reuters) - With Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka having had little preparation on grass this season and injuries and illnesses wreaking havoc on the women's tour, several players will be

Tennis-Wimbledon the final frontier for claycourt queen Swiatek to conquer

By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - World number one Iga Swiatek won her third straight French Open and fifth Grand Slam title to cement her status as the best player in the world, but at Wimbledon she will

President offers best wishes to Paris-bound athletes, mentions India’s Oly bid in Parliament address

New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) President Draupadi Murmu on Thursday conveyed her best wishes to Indian athletes who would be competing in next...

Soccer-Japanese to face Saudi Arabia, Australia in third phase of World Cup qualifiers

By Michael Church KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Four-times Asian champions Japan have been drawn to take on Australia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, China and Indonesia in Group C of the third round of Asia's

Sreeja attributes recent wins to mental and physical strength, aims to carry momentum to Olympics

New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) Indian's top-ranked women's table tennis player Sreeja Akula credits her enhanced mental and physical strength over the past...

HIL will help identify talent for national team: VR Raghunath

New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) Dragflick icon VR Raghunath said the upcoming Hockey India League will play a vital role in unearthing players...

Unprecedented: Over 30 dope sample collection officers at National Inter-State C’ships

Panchkula (Haryana), Jun 27 (PTI) A huge posse of more than 30 dope control officers (DCO) from the NADA have descended here for...

That’s not the pitch you want to have a World Cup semifinal on: Afghan coach Trott

Tarouba (Trinidad), Jun 27 (PTI) Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott has lambasted the pitch that was used for their T20 World Cup semifinal against...

Happy we’re not playing on this pitch again, but nice feeling to be in final: Markram

Tarouba (Trinidad), Jun 27 (PTI) South African skipper Aiden Markram was certain that he does not want to play another match on the...

On Camera

Support reducing for Kolkata doctors. Mamata is not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?