RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won gold again at Rio’s Summer Olympics, blowing away the field in the 200-meter race Thursday. Bolt won his eighth Olympic gold medal with a time of […]
For someone born on June 19, 2000, Kanak Jha has done well to fit in with the older crowds. This year, 16-year-old Kanak Jha picked up the paddle as the youngest member of the United […]
BERLIN (TIP): A year of high-profile sports sponsorship has so far paid off for Adidas, with sales at its core brand up 25 percent thanks to events including the Euro 2016 football tournament. Higher sales […]
In 2012, Saina earned India its third medal at the London Olympics by clinching a bronze under fortuitous circumstances, when her opponent and world No 2 Xin Wang conceded the third-place play-off match due to a […]
KINGSTON (TIP): By his own charismatic admission, Usain Bolt is a living legend. But if the Jamaican sprint king pulls off only part of his stated goals in Rio de Janeiro, a whole new vocabulary of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Narsingh Yadav’s hopes of competing in the Olympics seemed bleak on July 27 after the wrestler failed a second dope test which was conducted on him on July 5. It is learnt […]
MADRID (TIP): Rafael Nadal will be fit and ready for Rio, the head of the Spanish Olympic Committee insisted July 14, even though the 14-time Grand Slam title winner is still sweating on his place […]
SONEPAT (TIP): When Cristiano Ronaldo jumped up 8 feet 7 inches to score a goal with a header against Wales in the Euro semi-final, he generated five times the power of a cheetah in full […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Indian cricket board (BCCI), which has long been looking for ways to minimize strain-related injuries to its players – especially the faster bowlers – has plans to devise a digital system that […]
MARSEILLE (TIP): A superb shootout save by Portugal’s Rui Patricio allowed Ricardo Quaresma to be the hero again as his spot kick against Poland sent them into the Euro 2016 semi-finals 5-3 on penalties after […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Following their silver medal winning performance at the Champions Trophy in London, the Indian men’s hockey team on June 29 jumped two places to fifth spot in the latest rankings, issued by […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh on June 29 said he is doing high intensity training ahead of his much-awaited title fight at home and hopes to “knockout” Australian Kerry Hope early for […]
BENGALURU (TIP): Coaching the Indian cricket team is one of the high-pressure jobs in the world. The expectations that comes with the team is enormous but Anil Kumble, the newly-appointed chief coach , is up […]
BANGALURU (TIP): Cricket Association of Bengal chief and former India captain Sourav Ganguly and former chief justice of India RM Lodha played a big role in the appointment of Anil Kumble as Team India coach […]
MUMBAI (TIP): When you meet a legspinner who’s taken 261 wickets in 61Tests (I’d have taken at least 500 if I was still playing, he says), you’d want to talk to him about his art, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian tennis stars Leander Paes and Sania Mirza set up mixed doubles final at the French Open after winning their respective semi-final matches in Paris on June 2. Paes and Sania also […]
PARIS (TIP): Novak Djokovic faces young gun Dominic Thiem in the French Open semi-finals june 3 while Andy Murray tackles defending champion Stan Wawrinka looking to become the first British man in the final for […]
HYDERABAD (TIP): Two days after struggling against a lower ranked opponent Saina Nehwal was in full flow on Thursday as she breezed past Fitriani Fitriani of Indonesia 21-11, 21-10 to advance to the quarterfinals of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Sanjay Bangar, former India all-rounder, has been appointed as India’s head coach for the Zimbabwe series, the Board of Cricket for Cricket in India announced on Thursday (May 26). Bangar has previously […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s Test captain and numero uno batsman Virat Kohli has been named as ‘Third Most Marketable Sportsperson’ in the world ahead of football superstar Lionel Messi , world No 1 tennis player […]
PARIS (TIP): Top seed and defending champion Serena Williams cruised into the French Open third round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Teliana Pereira of Brazil. It was a routine victory for the world number one […]
ASTANA: Sonia Lather (57kg) stood just one win away from ending India’s six-year-old gold medal drought at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championship as she advanced to final after outpunching Kazakhstan’s Aizhan Khojabekova in the […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]ORLANDO CITY (TIP): Brazilian veteran Kaka is the highest paid player in Major League Soccer , with a 2016 guaranteed salary of $7.167 million, according to figures released by the Players’ Union on May […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): About a couple of months ago, when India’s ICC World Twenty20 campaign ended in the semifinal stage, Mahendra Singh Dhoni reacted to retirement with a rhetoric, asking the scribes present in the […]
LONDON: Former champion Roger Federer withdrew from the French Open on Thursday, citing fitness issues, as his record run of appearing at 65 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments came to an end. The 34-year-old world number […]
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