Swiatek dominates to earn her 3rd Italian Open title and heads to French Open
"These are hard seven matches that you need to win, so I don't take anything for granted. I'll just work hard as I did in Madrid and Rome and we'll see"
19 May,2024 09:27 PM IST | Rome | AP | PTIElorda Cup: Gold for boxers Nikhat, Minakshi
Besides Nikhat and Minakshi’s gold medals, Indian boxers won two silver and eight bronze to better their last edition’s record of five medals
19 May,2024 08:16 AM IST | Astana (Kazakhstan) | PTIJaismine to compete in Olympic qualifiers 57kg category
Hooda was handed a 22-month suspension by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Friday
19 May,2024 08:13 AM IST | New Delhi | PTIZverev equals Becker’s mark to set up final with Jarry
Third seed Zverev looked like he would become the latest high-ranking victim of an unusual men’s tournament when he was battered in a sensational opening set
19 May,2024 08:04 AM IST | Rome | AFPNo. 1 motivation: India tennis ace Bopanna inspires Taiwanese Hsieh’s comeback
Hsieh, who also uses the English name of Akon, added, “I saw 43-year-old Bopanna win the men’s doubles title at this year’s Australian Open and also rise to the World No. 1 spot in doubles. I realised that I was 10 years younger than him and should be able to fight again
19 May,2024 07:51 AM IST | Mumbai | Suvam PalVerstappen matches Senna’s pole record at Imola
Oscar Piastri’s McLaren will start alongside the unstoppable Dutchman on Sunday after posting the second fastest time in a tight qualifying session
19 May,2024 07:48 AM IST | Imola | AFPAravindh stays in joint lead at Sharjah Masters
Chithamabaram took his tally to 3.5 points out of a possible four and shares the lead with local star A R Saleh Salem and Hans Moke Niemann of United States
19 May,2024 07:46 AM IST | Sharjah | PTISatwik-Chirag pair enters final, to face China's Chen Bo Yang-Liu Yi
Asian Games gold medallist pair of Satwik and Chirag needed just 35 minutes to beat their world No. 80 opponents 21-11 21-12 in the semifinal match of the Super 500 tournament at the Nimibutr Stadium
18 May,2024 05:14 PM IST | Bangkok | mid-day online correspondentSwiatek to face Sabalenka for title
World No. 1 Swiatek eased to a 6-4, 6-3 win over US Open champion Gauff for an 11th straight clay-court victory while second seed Sabalenka defeated Danielle Collins 7-5, 6-2
18 May,2024 06:46 AM IST | Rome | AFPArjun loses to Nikolas in Sharjah Masters chess
Erigaisi, however, bounced back to register a victory over Nikolzi Kacherava of Switzerland in the third round that puts back his status as World No. 8 eight in live ratings
18 May,2024 06:44 AM IST | Sharjah | PTISat-Chi, Ashwini-Tanisha enter semis; Meirba ousted
Earlier, Ponappa and Crasto clinched a hard-fought 21-15, 21-23, 21-19 victory over the Korean pair of Shin Seung Chan and Lee Yu Lim. In the men’s singles, Meirba Luwang lost to Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn 12-21, 5-21
18 May,2024 06:42 AM IST | Bangkok | IANSQuota-winning women wrestlers urge WFI to let them compete at Paris Olympics
Anshu Malik (57kg), India’s first female wrestler to reach the senior World Championships final in 2021, said all they need now is “mental peace” to prepare for the Games
18 May,2024 06:39 AM IST | New Delhi | PTIBoxer Parveen’s suspension forces India to lose Oly quota
“Parveen Hooda has been suspended for 22 months by the International Testing Agency [ITA] for Whereabouts Failures,” the Boxing Federation of India said in a media release
18 May,2024 06:36 AM IST | New Delhi | PTIFormer heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to make a comeback in the boxing ring
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, 57, is preparing for his first professional fight since 2005 against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, 27. The heavyweight bout at the Arlington, Texas home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, will be contested over eight two-minute rounds with each fighter using 14-ounce gloves. The outcome will be included in both fighters' professional boxing records. Paul, a YouTube influencer-turned-boxer, has won nine of 10 boxing matches with six knockouts against a mix of celebrities and middling fighters. He suffered his sole career boxing loss in February 2023 when he lost a split decision to Tommy Fury, the half-brother of World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Mike Tyson and Jake Paul took verbal jabs at each other on May 16) during a press conference to drum up interest for their July boxing match at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. While Tyson called Paul "a young boy" and vowed to "finish him", Paul said we would "put Tyson to sleep for the last time."