India’s Asmita Dey poses with her gold medal. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s Asmita Dey fought back tears after creating history at the Commonwealth Games 2026, dedicating her landmark women’s 48kg judo gold medal to her late father, coach and everyone who stood by her during the toughest phase of her life.The 23-year-old from Tripura,…
Sharmila Dhankar (ANI Photo) New Delhi: For Sharmila Dhankar, every throw carries the weight of a life rebuilt. From growing up in poverty in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district and surviving domestic abuse in her first marriage to selling the family home to sustain her sporting dream, the 40-year-old para shot putter has turned adversity into ambition…
India’s batsman Abhishek Sharma (AP Photo) India completed a 3-0 T20I series sweep over Zimbabwe, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi dominating the headlines after the 15-year-old became the youngest player ever to win the Player of the Series award in men’s international cricket.Sooryavanshi announced himself with a blistering 50 off just 18 balls in the first T20I,…
Mirabai Chanu (ANI Photo) There is a gold-winning performance and then there is the Mirabai Chanu way of doing it. In Glasgow on Sunday, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist lifter made it look like child’s play as she went about completing a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games gold medals. In her very first attempt in the…
The name ‘Anahat’ came from Guru Nanak’s prayer NEW DELHI: Aad aneel anaad anaahat jug jug ayko vays. This exact line appears once at the close of four consecutive stanzas, Pauris 28, 29, 30, and 31, of Japji Sahib, composed by Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, in the opening composition of the Guru Granth…
India’s Jhandu Kumar celebrates his bronze medal. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: When “Jhandu Kumar” echoed across the Commonwealth Games arena in Glasgow, it was no longer a name that invited ridicule. It was a name that had just delivered India’s first medal of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.For years, Bihar’s para powerlifter had endured taunts over…
NEW DELHI: India’s judo campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has suffered another setback. A day after 73kg judoka Arun Kumar was ruled out after failing a dope test, CWG silver medallist Tulika Maan has been withdrawn from the Glasgow Games after coming under scrutiny over alleged whereabouts failures.TimesofIndia.com spoke to Judo Federation…
NEW DELHI: The last few weeks have been nothing short of a whirlwind for 19-year-old equestrian Niharika Singhania. Securing Merit 4 alongside her horse, First to Cash Out, she booked her ticket to Japan for the 2026 Asian Games. And, as confirmed by the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) recently, Niharika will enter this year’s…
India men’s hockey team head coach Craig Fulton believes his side can beat any team in the world if they stick to their plans, saying the performances in the final leg of the FIH Pro League have given the squad confidence ahead of the World Cup and the Asian Games.India ended the FIH Pro League…
PR Sreejesh, Indian men’s hockey team. (Photo/Agencies) Former India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh has questioned the men’s team’s performances after it finished eighth in the FIH Pro League 2025–26 for the second straight season, saying India must measure itself against the world’s best rather than take comfort from success in Asian tournaments.India ended its Pro League…