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Puebla (Mexico), April 11 The Indian women's compound trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Madhura Dhamangaonkar, and Pragati edged out the USA 233-232 to win the gold medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 here on Saturday.This medal, India's first in the season-opening competition, was a welcome...

April 11, New Delhi — Head Constable Abhimanyu, a 24-year-old wrestler from Hisar, Haryana, of the CISF Central Wrestling Team, has brought immense pride to the Force and the nation by winning the gold medal in the 70 kg freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championship held in Bishkek...

Bishkek, April 11 World U23 champion Sujeet and Abhimanyou registered contrasting victories in their respective men's freestyle final bouts to help India clinch two gold medals on the penultimate day of the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships here on Saturday.Sujeet, who has been unbeaten so...

New Delhi, April 11 As Ayush Shetty stood on the verge of ending India's 61-year wait for a men's singles title at the Badminton Asia Championships, former champion Dinesh Khanna couldn't help but see a familiar scenario unfolding.Khanna's own triumph in 1965 remains India's only success in...

Little Andaman, April 10 – Tamil Nadu surfers dominated the opening day of the inaugural Little Andaman Pro 2026, the first national surfing and stand-up paddling championship held in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The event kicked off on Friday at the iconic Butler Bay beach.Teenage...

Gandhinagar, April 10 A Gujarat Police dog, named "Check," won gold and bronze medals at the 69th All India Police Duty Meet (AIPDM) 2025-26, a significant achievement after a 16-year gap, officials said on Friday.The male dog won gold in the tracking category and bronze in the overall...

Date: April 10, 2026, GandhinagarGandhinagar: A three-and-a-half-year-old Labrador named "Check," a police dog from the Anand district police, brought prestige to the state police by winning a gold medal and a bronze medal in two different categories at the 69th All India Police Duty Meet...

Ningbo (China), April 10 India's Ayush Shetty stunned world number four Jonathan Christie of Indonesia to reach the men's singles semifinals of the Badminton Asia Championships here on Friday.Shetty, ranked 25th, defeated Christie 23-21, 21-17 in a hard-fought quarterfinal.This was the first...

New Delhi, April 10 India's 3x3 women's wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.The Games will take place from July 23 to August 2, with the 3x3 wheelchair basketball competition taking place from July 24 to 29.India qualified...

New Delhi, April 9 Vaishnavi Adkar emphasized her growing self-belief despite a narrow defeat, stating that expectations arise from her ability and that she believes she can win after India lost to Indonesia in the third day of the Billie Jean King Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie, following a...

In wrestling, Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers secured three more medals at the 2026 Asian Wrestling Championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, yesterday. Nitesh Siwach won silver, while Prince and Sachin Sahrawat won bronze. This brought India's total medal count to five at the continental championship...

Shimla, April 8 Indian girls asserted their dominance with a 3-0 victory over Sri Lanka, while the boys easily defeated Maldives by a similar margin to begin their campaign in the ITTF-ATTU Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships on a winning note here on Wednesday.Having received a higher...

Granada (Spain), April 8 Indian shooters had a disappointing performance in the men's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF Pistol/Rifle World Cup here on Wednesday, with all three participants failing to qualify for the finals, just a day after winning the mixed team gold with a world-record...

New Delhi, April 7 Top-ranked Indian Abhay Singh lost in a five-game thriller to world No 7 Youssef Ibrahim of Egypt in the second round of the El Gouna Open squash, a PSA Platinum event, in El Gouna, Egypt.Abhay, ranked No. 25 in the world, started strongly, winning the first and third games...

Sri Vijaya Puram, Apr 6 A national-level surfing (wave riding or surfboard) championship will be held at Butler Bay in Little Andaman from April 9 to 12, officials said.Butler Bay is located nearly 130 km south of Sri Vijaya Puram. This will be the first time that the Andaman and Nicobar...

Ningbo (China), April 6 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have withdrawn from the Badminton Asia Championships due to Rankireddy's shoulder injury, even as in-form Lakshya Sen and experienced PV Sindhu are preparing to lead India's challenge with the aim of ending a long wait for a...

El Gouna (Egypt), April 5 – Abhay Singh rallied to defeat Egyptian world No. 13 Aly Abou Eleinen 9-11, 11-8, 3-11, 11-4, 11-8 in the men's opening round of the El Gouna Open, a PSA Platinum event.Abou Eleinen managed to win the first game 11-9. Singh immediately responded in the second...

Bengaluru, April 4 – Murali Sreeshankar kicked off his season impressively by winning the men's long jump at the inaugural edition of the Indian Athletics Series 2026 in Bengaluru on Saturday.Competing at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, the 27-year-old produced his best jump on the fourth attempt...

Jammu and Kashmir continued their impressive performance in the 16th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2026, winning both their opening matches in Ranchi, Jharkhand.In their second match, J&K secured a dominant 14-0 victory over Hockey Rajasthan in a Pool B, Division ‘C’...

Pathum Thani (Thailand), April 4 India will draw inspiration from their spirited first-half performance in their 0-6 defeat to Japan in the previous match when they take on another formidable side, Australia, in their second Group C match of the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup here on Sunday.India...