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Tennis-Sinner comes in hot to Wimbledon with grasscourt title and top ranking

By Shrivathsa Sridhar (Reuters) - Jannik Sinner goes into a Grand Slam as the top-ranked player for the first time at Wimbledon and the red-hot Italian can put more distance between himself and the

Tennis-Best of the rest: Hurkacz and Paul among dark horses for Wimbledon

By Rohith Nair (Reuters) - Carlos Alcaraz remains a favourite to defend his Wimbledon crown with seven-times champion Novak Djokovic nursing a knee injury but the tune-up tournaments have shown there

‘India House in Paris will be home away from home for Indian athletes’

Mumbai, Jun 26 (PTI) The first ever India House at the Paris Olympics will be a "home away from home" for the travelling...

Former batter Muhammad Wasim appointed as Pakistan women”s team coach for Asia Cup

Karachi, Jun 26 (PTI) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named former middle-order batsman and chief selector Muhammad Wasim as the head coach...

India’s top athletics stars vie for Olympics berths at National Inter-State C’ships

Panchkula (Haryana), Jun 26 (PTI) The absence of Olympic javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra notwithstanding, there will be no lack of star power...

Olympics-Gymnastics-Japanese men’s top goal is beating China for team gold

By Chang-Ran Kim and Irene Wang TOKYO (Reuters) - Having missed the men's gymnastics team title by a hair at Tokyo 2020, Japan are determined to beat their biggest rival China to take gold in Paris,

Soccer-Argentina’s Scaloni says balance is key in deciding who starts up front

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Reuters) - Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said he takes it game by game in deciding who starts up front at the Copa America after opting for Julian Alvarez over Lautaro

Motor racing-Red Bull wary of Norris ahead of home Austrian race

By Alan Baldwin (Reuters) - Red Bull will be wary of McLaren's Lando Norris at a home Austrian Grand Prix that Max Verstappen has dominated in the past but this time looks a tight battle between the

Motor racing-Formula One statistics for the Austrian Grand Prix

(Reuters) - Formula One statistics for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg, the 11th round of the 24-race championship and third sprint race of the season: Lap distance: 4.318km. Total distance:

SA, Afghanistan look to rise above deep scars to seal T20 WC final berth

Tarouba (Trinidad), Jun 26 (PTI) Tournament story-makers Afghanistan will be up against perennial dark horses South Africa in the first semifinal of the...

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India’s diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific has an economic hole. Fill it with trade, investment

Modi govt has made economic diplomacy a key part of its engagement with US, Quad, and others. Yet, India’s economic linkages in Indo-Pacific region remain underdeveloped.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

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?