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Women athletes from various states take part in the 400 metres hurdle at the Amaravati 57th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship-2017 at Acharaya Nagarjuna University on Saturday. (Photo: DC)

National athletics tourney begins on ANU campus

They asked the students to participate in sports besides education and hoped athletics championship will inspire ANU...

16 July 2017 6:20 AM IST

Sundar found redemption after he had been disqualified from his event in Rio 2016 due to technical reasons. (Photo: Youtube Screengrab)

World Para Athletics: Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar wins gold;...

Gurjar took home the gold medal and the tag of world champion with a personal best throw of 60.36m.

15 July 2017 1:12 PM IST

Force India has never won a race but it is fourth out of 10 in the constructors championship this season. (Photo: AP)

Vijay Mallya's Force India set for rebrand, to remove India from F1...

Force India was established a decade ago after Mallya took over the Spyker team.

15 July 2017 9:10 AM IST

Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor are set to face each other in a boxing ring in Las Vegas on August 26 in what could be the richest fight in history. (Photo: AP)

Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor take trash-talk tour to New York

Thursday's show at the Barclays Center, home of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, drew a pro-Conor McGregor crowd of more than...

14 July 2017 3:32 PM IST

Kayakers practise at Kodencherry.

Kayakers descend on Kodencherry

Kayakers from New Zealand, Germany, Nepal, Italy, US and Denmark reported at Kodencherry and started practice sessions...

14 July 2017 6:35 AM IST

Vijender Singh will square off against Maimaitiali, the WBO oriental super middleweight title-holder, in a winner-takes-all fight on August 5 in Mumbai.(Photo: PTI)

No special preparations for clash with Zulpikar Maimaitiali: Vijender...

Vijender Singh has not competed since successfully defending his title against Francis Cheka in December last year.

13 July 2017 3:12 PM IST

Lochtes first meet since Rio was in a Masters competition in April, which wasnt sanctioned by USA Swimming. (Photo: AP)

Ryan Lochte completes 10-month suspension makes comeback at USA...

Lochte and three other swimmers were suspended after they vandalized a gas station and said they had been robbed at...

13 July 2017 12:41 PM IST

Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand will inaugurate the league.

Dawn of a new era for table tennis?

A match-up between Mavericks and Falcons at the Nehru Stadium here will set the ball rolling in the ambitious league.

13 July 2017 1:00 AM IST

Winners and runners-up pose with their trophies at the Telangana State Ranking table tennis tournament played in Hyderabad.

Nizamabad, Warangal are champions

The winners were imperious from start to finish and proved tough.

13 July 2017 12:32 AM IST

Varuni Jaiswal in action during the recently concluded state ranking table tennis championship played in Hyderabad.

Double for Snehit

Varuni Jaiswal also won two titles to take top honours at TT event.

13 July 2017 12:32 AM IST

Kanchanmala Pande, who is blind and competes in the S11 category, clinched silver despite having to beg and borrow money to sustain herself in Germany. (Photo: Facebook/ PTI)

Indian blind swimmer begs in Germany; Abhinav Bindra tweets to Modi,...

Completely shunned by the PCI, Kanchanmala Pande was forced to take to the streets to beg and borrow money.

12 July 2017 5:41 PM IST

McGregor and Mayweather traded clever insults and profane boasts among each other. (Photo: AP)

Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather press tour kicks off with battle of...

Mayweather's fight with the Irish MMA star is going to be his last one.

12 July 2017 3:23 PM IST