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Sports are feeling the heat from climate change

Soccer, tennis & cricket now have protocols to protect athletes from heat and adjusting to more frequent storms, which disrupt competitions and upend lucrative broadcast schedules.

Mary Kom says ‘not scared’ to fight Nikhat Zareen, asks Abhinav Bindra not to ‘interfere’

Mary Kom found herself embroiled in a controversy after Nikhat Zareen demanded a trial bout against her before the Indian squad for Olympic qualifiers is decided.

India’s student gymnasts in viral video have a fan in Olympic star Nadia Comaneci

Two unidentified school students have taken the internet by storm with their gymnastic feat on the road.

M.S. Dhoni to Roger Federer – is there a right time to retire from sports?

Cricketer M.S. Dhoni is 38 years old and continues to play ODI cricket. Tennis player Roger Federer is 37 years old and is vying for his 21st Grand Slam title.

The women who won India its first rugby medal — mom, students & gym trainer

The 15s women's rugby team, barely a year old, won India a bronze last month in the four-team Asia Women's Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship in the Philippines.

Medical tests, a national code & bans have not been able to stop age fraud in sports

Players, their parents and even coaches are complicit in age fraud to produce false documentation of school certificates, PAN cards, Aadhaar cards, passports and sometimes even birth certificates.

Getting a Haryana police job is tougher than climbing Mount Everest

Last week, the Nepal government initiated an inquiry against three Haryana climbers after allegations that they had “faked” their climb.

Gautam Gambhir has no personality or great records, just a lot of attitude: Shahid Afridi

Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi opens up about India-Pakistan rivalry on cricket field and his run-in with Gautam Gambhir in 2007 Asia Cup.

Here are the 15 likely to lead India’s charge under Virat Kohli at World Cup 2019

From all indications, India’s major surprise for the World Cup 2019 squad could be the No. 4 position, right after Virat Kohli’s slot.

As Gautam Gambhir enters politics, a look at others who played second innings on poll turf

ThePrint takes a look at some of the prominent sportspersons who tried their luck in politics, and won or lost a Lok Sabha seat.

On Camera

PM Modi rebranding is due. He should begin with land acquisition and farm laws

PM Modi looks determined to follow up on his Red Fort speech on reforms, but he is still looking diffident when it concerns farmers.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.