New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his heartfelt greetings to the nation on the occasion of National Sports Day, celebrated annually on August 29 to honour the legendary hockey icon Major Dhyan Chand.
Zurich, Aug 29 (IANS) World Champion Neeraj Chopra produced his best throw of the night on his sixth and final turn -- hurling the javelin to 85.01 -- to finish second in the season-ending Diamond League Final here on Thursday night. Chopra was placed third at 84.35 with two legal throws, followed by three fouls, but moved up to second place, overtaking Keshorn Walcott, with his last-ditch effort.
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The New Delhi Tigers signed off their Delhi Premier League (DPL) 2025 campaign in style, pulling off a nail-biting 6-wicket win over the North Delhi Strikers after chasing down a daunting 200-run target on Thursday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Mysore, August 28 (IANS) The Mangaluru Dragons have been crowned champions of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025 as they won by 15 runs (rpt 15 runs) via the VJD method against the Hubli Tigers, in the final, at the Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Stadium. The Mangaluru Dragons, who were 85/2 in 10.4 overs when rain halted the match, had eight wickets in hand and were 15 runs ahead of the par score during their chase of 155.
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) In a thrilling conclusion to the Junior Girls category of the 64th edition of Subroto Cup International Football Tournament, Team Betkuchi High School, Assam, emerged victorious by 3-1 over Team Nandajhar Adibashi Pashili High School, West Bengal to claim the prestigious title.
Hosur (T.N.), Aug 28 (IANS) Amandeep Drall roared back into form with a solid card of 4-under 68 to take a share of the four-way lead after two rounds in the 12th Leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour at Clover Greens here on Thursday.
Johannesburg, Aug 28 (IANS) The player auction for Season 4 of SA20, South Africa's domestic T20 league, is set to take place on September 9, and a total purse of 7.37 million USD will be splurged to fill 84 slots across the six franchises' remaining squad positions.
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) FanCode, the sports content platform owned by Dream11 parent company Dream Sports, on Thursday announced that it will shut down its sports merchandise business, FanCode Shop, by October this year.
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Rio de Janeiro Olympian Gurpreet Singh led India to a 1-2 finish in the 25m Standard Pistol event with Amanpreet Singh winning the silver at the 16th Asian Shooting Championship in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Thursday to swell India’s medal tally to 82, including 44 golds, 20 silver, and 18 bronze.
Kolar (Karnataka), Aug 28 (IANS) Delhi’s Shaurya Bhattacharya delivered a tournament low score of six-under 66 to build a three-shot lead at a total of eight-under 208 in round three of the INR 1 crore Kolar Open 2025 being played at the ZION Hills Golf Course located near Kolar in Karnataka.
