NEW DELHI: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Saturday sent his best wishes to the Indian contingent as the 20th Asian Games officially got underway in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, expressing confidence that the athletes would make the country proud.Chopra, who will miss the continental showpiece after an ankle ligament injury ended his 2026 season, took to X…
Prithvi Shaw once looked destined to become one of Indian cricket’s next big batting stars. A teenage prodigy who led India to the Under-19 World Cup title and scored a century on his Test debut, Shaw was compared with Sachin Tendulkar and tipped for a long international career. But years later, the Mumbai batter finds…
Anojan Sivarasa’s family has claimed that he was sentenced to death over a social media post allegedly amounting to blasphemy A Sri Lankan opposition lawmaker on Saturday urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in the case of a young Sri Lankan Tamil facing judicial proceedings in Saudi Arabia.In making…
Pawan Sehrawat and Manu Bhaker (Image credit: X NEW DELHI: India kabaddi star Pawan Sehrawat could not sleep after learning that he would carry the Indian flag at the Asian Games 2026 opening ceremony.Sehrawat was named India’s co-flag-bearer alongside double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker after a late change. Tajinderpal Singh Toor, who was earlier named…
NEW DELHI: Former India captain Rohit Sharma has revealed the unlikely comfort food he would turn to during sleepless nights in the middle of Test matches, recalling how the pressure of his favourite format often left him nervous and craving a late-night snack.Rohit, who played 67 Tests for India between 2013 and 2024, opened up…
Bittu was detained by the Ludhiana Police and whisked away to an undisclosed location NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu was detained by Ludhiana Police on Saturday after he protested with eggs and tomatoes as chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s cavalcade passed through Ludhiana.Bittu was detained by the Ludhiana Police and…
India’s Yuki Bhambri (Image: X) New Delhi: India will have Yuki Bhambri back in doubles contention at the 2026 Asian Games after he provided a fitness certificate to the All India Tennis Association (AITA), the governing body for the sport in the country. Bhmabri had missed the Davis Cup Qualifying tie against South Kore in…
Cheteshwar Pujara and Pat Cummins. ( AP Photo) Pat Cummins has faced some of India’s biggest cricketing names during his international career, but when asked to identify the toughest Indian opponent he has come up against, the Australia captain did not pick MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma.Instead, Cummins went back to the player…
File photo: Thane Police arrest three in connection with TET paper leak case NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test paper allegedly walked out of an Agra printing press hidden inside shoe insoles, with two employees paid Rs 8,000 each to smuggle out the confidential examination material, according to a chargesheet filed by Thane City…
NEW DELHI: Shooting ace Manu Bhaker has urged her fellow Indian athletes to put the organisational issues surrounding the Asian Games behind them and focus on competition, saying the continental showpiece represents a “once in a lifetime opportunity and experience”.The build-up to the Games in Japan has been marred by complaints from athletes and officials…
