On Saturday, D.P. Manu, placed 14th on the Road to Paris Olympics chart, won the javelin gold at the Taiwan Athletics Open in Taipei with an 81.58m throw in the final round. The Asian silver medalist, World No. 12, and sixth-place finisher at last year's World Championships in Budapest, accomplished three 80-plus throws on the World Athletics Continental Tour (bronze event). Taiwan's Chao Tsun-Cheng, an Asian record holder and the first Asian to surpass 90m (PB 91.36m, 2017), won silver with a 76.21m throw. The javelin event at the Paris Olympics will include 32 participants, nine of wh
Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek, and Emma Raducanu won the Billie Jean King Cup qualifications. With a 6-2, 7-6(5) victory over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva, Osaka's dominant performance—which featured 15 aces—moved Japan closer to the BJK Cup Finals. It was Osaka's first return to team competition since February 2020, demonstrating her strength after childbirth. Japan took a 2-0 lead thanks to Nao Hibino's dominant performance. In November, the qualifiers saw 16 nations compete for a position in the Finals in Seville, Spain, including defending champion Canada and others. Australia, he
On Wednesday, India's teenage chess sensation, R Praggnanandhaa, defeated world number one Magnus Carlsen in the Norway Chess Tournament. This victory pushed Carlsen to sixth place in the points ranking. Praggnanandhaa has previously beaten Carlsen in rapid and exhibition games. Notably, this is Carlsen's home tournament. Praggnanandhaa told the Indian Express that he was unaffected by Carlsen's "provocative opening." Praggnanandhaa received applause on social media following his win. Many people asked about the match's re-telecast. One of the X users said, "Not an unexpected game by P
Olympiakos made history by winning Greece’s first European club title, defeating Fiorentina 1-0 in the Europa Conference League final. Ayoub El Kaabi scored the game-winning goal in the 116th minute of extra time, prompting wild celebrations in Athens after a tight VAR check confirmed it. Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Radamel Falcao previously held the knockout record, but El Kaabi, the competition's top scorer, broke it with 11 goals. The victory, gained under coach Jose Luis Mendilibar, consigned Fiorentina to their second consecutive Europa Conference League final defeat. "We
On Wednesday, PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy reached the second round of the 2024 Singapore Open Super 750 competition. Viktor Axelsen defeated Lakshya Sen. Sindhu, who last won a BWF title in Singapore two years ago, recently finished second at the Malaysia Masters. She overcame Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 21-12, 22-20 in 44 minutes to advance to the second round, where she will face Carolina Marin of Spain, who has an 11-5 record against her. Prannoy, the world number ten, defeated Belgium's Julien Carraggi 21-9, 18-21, 21-9, and will next face Japan's Kenta Nishimoto. Treesa Jolly and
Jannik Sinner had a convincing performance to advance to the second round of the French Open, while Iga Swiatek defeated qualifier Leolia Jeanjean to face Naomi Osaka. Sinner overcame previous injury struggles to defeat American Christopher Eubanks 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the tournament's first round on Monday. Sinner, who won the Australian Open earlier this year, was forced to withdraw from the Madrid Open and miss the Rome Masters owing to a hip injury. However, he demonstrated his prowess on Roland Garros' clay courts, forcing Eubanks to withdraw at the first hurdle for the second straight ye
On Sunday, the Kolkata Knight Riders won their third IPL title with an eight-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai. Kolkata dominated the group stage, having already defeated Hyderabad in the first qualifier, and they replicated their dominance in the final, which lasted only 29 overs. Pat Cummins, the skipper of Hyderabad, questioned his decision to bat first as his team crumbled for 113 runs in 18.3 overs. Mitchell Starc, the match's MVP, struck twice early, while Vaibhav Arora removed Travis Head for a duck on the first ball, frightening Hyderabad. Andre Russell took three
Dipa Karmakar, a top gymnast, made history as the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Asian Senior Championships, winning the women's vault. The 30-year-old, competing from Uzbekistan's capital scored an average of 13.566 points in the vault final. North Korean gymnasts Kim Son Hyang and Jo Kyong Byol won silver and bronze medals, with scores of 13.466 and 12.966, respectively. In 2015, Dipa won bronze in the same event at the Asian Championships after finishing fourth at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Ashish Kumar also earned a bronze medal in the individual floor exercise at the 2015 Asia
National champion Sachin Siwach (57kg) had an impressive start for India at the 2nd Boxing World Qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympics, defeating New Zealand's Alex Mukuka. Siwach, a gold medalist at the Strandja Memorial, took command from the start, winning 5-0 and setting a great tone for India's ten-member squad. Siwach used an aggressive offensive approach throughout the fight, leaving Mukuka with little room to manoeuvre. With the first two rounds firmly in his favour, Siwach left no room for a comeback, effectively sealing the victory. India has sent seven men and three women to co
On Sunday, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka overcame an early scare to defeat unseeded Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 in the first round of the French Open. This victory was her first at Roland Garros in three years. After a 15-month maternity leave, Osaka lost in the first round of the Australian Open in January. In Paris, she initially dominated, leading Bronzetti from the start. However, Osaka nearly collapsed in the last set, dropping a 4-0 lead before winning the two-hour match. If Swiatek defeats French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean on Monday, she might face champion Iga