Dubai Championships: Novak Djokovic bamboozles despairing Karen Khachanov to enter semifinals

Novak Djokovic used a dizzying array of drop shots to make short work of Karen Khachanov at the Dubai Open on Thursday, reaching the semi-finals with a dominant 6-2 6-2 win over the Russian seventh seed. The victory extended the Serbian world number one’s unbeaten start to the season to 16 matches and took his … Read more

Tamil Actor Ajith Kumar Takes Part in State Level Rifle Championships in Coimbatore

Tamil actor Ajith is well known as a race car driver, who has competed in India and overseas. He is among the few Indians to have raced in the international arena and in Formula 1 championships. But not many know that Thala Ajith is also a professional shooter. The actor recently participated in the … Read more

Jitender clinches silver in Asian Wrestling Championships to secure Olympic qualifiers spot, Rahul wins bronze

Jitender Kumar sealed his place in the Indian team for the Olympic Qualifiers with a silver medal at the Asian Championship here on Sunday, a result that could slam the Tokyo Games door on veteran Sushil Kumar. Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil had skipped the continental event citing an injury. A gold eluded India on the … Read more

Asian Wrestling Championships: Ravi Kumar wins gold, Bajrang Punia settles for silver

Asian Wrestling Championships: Ravi Kumar won a gold medal after defeating Tajikistan’s Hikmatullo Vohidov in the final whereas Bajrang Punia settled for a silver. Bajrang Punia lost the gold medal bout at the Asian Wrestling Championships. (IANS Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Ravi Kumar won gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships Bajrang Punia settled for a silver after … Read more

Asian Wrestling Championships: Divya Kakran 2nd Indian woman to win gold medal

Asian Wrestling Championships: In a stunning display of power wrestling, Divya Kakran won all four bouts in five-wrestler 68kg category, as the competition was fought in the round-robin format Divya Kakran won gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships. (PTI Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Divya Kakran won gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships on Thursday Divya … Read more

Ashu and Aditya win bronze medals for India at day 2 of Asian Wrestling Championships

  Wrestlers Ashu and Aditya won a bronze medal each in 67kg and 72kg Greco-Roman categories respectively, to take India’s medal tally at the event to 4.   India wrestler Ashu during his bout with Syria’s Abdulkarim Mohammad Al-Hasan (PTI Image) HIGHLIGHTS Ashu beat Syria’s Abdulkarim Mohammad Al-Hasan 8-1 Kundu defeated Nao Kusaka of Japan … Read more