India's first Asian Games gold-winning heptathlete Swapna Barman has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) after testing positive for a banned substance. Despite her recent decision to retire…
Paris Olympics double medallist Manu Bhaker is training under Serbian coach Jelena Arunovic at the Asian Games camp in Bhopal, two months after the sudden death of her longtime coach Jaspal Rana.…
PV Sindhu's quest for a record sixth BWF World Championships medal ended in a 11-21, 21-15, 17-21 loss to China's Wang Zhi Yi in the Round of 16 at the Indira Gandhi…
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) provisionally suspended heptathlete Swapna Barman after she tested positive for Boldenone. This anabolic-androgenic steroid appears on the latest NADA banned substances list. The 29-year-old former Asian Games…
A 15-member Iranian women’s kabaddi squad has been training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Sonipat, Haryana, since August 13, preparing for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games starting September 19.…
Army havildar Sakshi Chaudhary, who dropped from 54kg to 51kg to secure a spot in the Indian team, won the women's 51kg gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. She defeated England's…
Indian decathlete Tejaswin Shankar, 27, has set his sights on an Asian Games gold and a long career after being named for the Arjuna Award. Shankar became the first Indian to win…
Veteran athletics coach Parveer Singh has been awarded the Dronacharya Award, the government's top honour for coaches, for his role in guiding Indian throwers to international medals over the past 25 years.…
About 15,000 competitors and officials are expected at the Asian Games in Nagoya and Aichi, Japan, from September 19 to October 4. Organisers have hired the Italian cruise ship Costa Serena to…
Indian squash prodigy Anahat Singh has postponed her admission to Harvard University to focus on qualifying for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where squash will make its debut. The 18-year-old, who recently…
