Ishroop Narang, in white, competes against Canada’s Coralie Godbout during the women’s 78 kg Contest for Bronze Medal Judo match at the 23rd Commonwealth Games (CWG), in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI) Judoka Ishroop Narang missed out on a bronze medal after losing to Canada’s Coralie Godbout by yuko in the women’s 78kg bronze medal bout as…
Glasgow: India’s Jaismine Lamboria (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) Jaismine Lamboria, one of India’s leading boxers, will carry the national flag at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Glasgow on Sunday. The 24-year-old recently won gold in the women’s 57kg category, adding to the bronze medal she earned at the 2022 Birmingham Games.Lamboria has enjoyed a consistent…
India batter Abhishek Sharma returned to form in style, smashing 233 off just 91 balls in a local match for Amritsar Men Senior against Tarn Taran in the Punjab State Inter District Senior One Day Limited Overs Tournament 2026-27 on Sunday (August 2).The 25-year-old left-handed opener struck 15 fours and 25 sixes during his innings,…
Sunil Chhetri (PTI Photo) Sunil Chhetri has described Jamshedpur FC’s decision to leave the Indian Super League as a major setback for Indian football. The Tata Group-owned club announced that it will stop operations after its ongoing Durand Cup campaign and will not take part in the 2026/27 ISL season. Chhetri, who plays for Bengaluru…
Lovlina Borgohain (AP Photo) Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain said she felt hurt after noticing that India’s Northeast was missing from a map used by a popular Indian restaurant in Glasgow. The Assam boxer spotted the issue during a celebratory dinner for India’s record-breaking Commonwealth Games boxing campaign and raised it with the restaurant management.The Indian…
Glasgow: India’s Preeti Pawar, in blue, reacts after winning a gold medal (PTI Photo) Being the first off the blocks has its advantages. It can cause the jitters too. On Saturday, Preeti Pawar was the first to start the gold medal bout of the 10 Indians who had made the boxing finals at the Commonwealth…
The Laugardælir Church near Selfoss is so easy to miss that I had to find it using Google Maps. A small white timber building and a scatter of headstones in the southern Icelandic quiet, an hour or so from Reykjavík, ringed by nothing but farmland. This is the final resting spot of Bobby Fischer, one…
Former India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh Former India goalkeeper P R Sreejesh has urged the Indian men’s hockey team to put the jersey controversy behind them and concentrate on ending the country’s 50-year wait for a World Cup medal. The two-time Olympic bronze medallist said changing jersey colours is not new, pointing out that India had…
Commonwealth Games 2026 Day 11 Live: Saturday proved to be India’s defining day at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as the contingent produced one of its finest all-round performances in the history of the event. A record-breaking display by the boxing team, historic success in judo, milestone achievements in para sports and multiple medals…
Tanvi Sharma (Image credit: BAI) Indian badminton player Tanvi Sharma won the first BWF World Tour title of her career after beating Vietnam’s Thuy Linh Nguyen in the women’s singles final of the Taipei Open Super 300 on Sunday.The 17-year-old from Punjab defeated the sixth seed 21-16, 21-16 in just 36 minutes to lift her…
