Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on August 27 made history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships with a throw of 88.17m in the men's javelin final in Budapest. Kishore Jena (84.77m) and DP Manu (84.14m) took the fifth and sixth spots, respectively, making three Indians finishing in top eight of an event in the World Championships for the first time. The 25-year-old Chopra achieved his best throw of the day in his second attempt. He had a foul to start with, but then got 88.17m, 86.32m, 84.64m, 87.73m and 83.98m. Pakistan's reigning Commonwea
The Indian women’s blind cricket team won the gold at the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) World Games in Birmingham on August 26. The team defeated Australia by 9 wickets by restricting their opponents to 114/8 in the allotted 20 overs and accomplishing the revised target of 42 in the fourth over. The Indian women’s team remained undefeated, winning all their league games as blind cricket made its debut in the IBSA World Games. In Saturday’s match, Australia went off to a poor start after batting first as they lost the first wicket in the 4th over. India picked two w
In an outstanding performance at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on August 27, the Indian quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh clocked 2 minute 59.05 seconds to break Asian record and make the finals for the first time ever in history. The team finished second behind the USA (2:58:47). Japan had set the previous best Asian record of 2:59.51 in 2021. As per the rules, the top three finishers in each of the two heats and the next two fastest qualify for the final. India's timing was the second best overall across th
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa made the nation proud with his sensational run in the FIDE World Cup Final in Baku, Azerbaijan, on August 24. Magnus Carlsen came good and stopped his Indian competitor 2.5-1.5 for his maiden World Cup title. Though Praggnanandhaa went down fighting to the world no.1 player, he garnered huge praise and appreciation for his performance in the tournament. The 18-year-old chess prodigy from Chennai lost to Carlsen in the tie-breaks after the classical games in the final ended in a stalemate. Despite the defeat, he
Brazilian winger Neymar has joined Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in a two-year contract that reports say could earn him 160 million euros ($174 million). With the move, the 31-year-old forward ends a six-year stay in the French capital and follows in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Sadio Mane in swapping Europe for the Middle East. The soccer star on August 19 received a rapturous welcome from a multitude of devoted fans at Al-Hilal, marking his entry into the ranks of high-profile footballers who have joined the Saudi Pro League.
Novak Djokovic surpassed Rafael Nadal to create the record for biggest undefeated head-to-head run against a single rival in the Open Era, by marking his 19th straight victory against Gael Monfils on August 18 at the Cincinnati Masters. The Serbian tennis star beat the previous record of Nadal against Richard Gasquet, which stood at 18-0. Djokovic took one hour and eight minutes to outdo Monfils 6-3, 6-2 in the third round. Roger Federer claims the third position on the list, boasting an impressive 17-0 record against former player David Ferrer. Federer also maintains the same record again
India won the men’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey defeating Malaysia 4-3 in the final at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on August 12. The win was a historic fourth title win for India. With the victory, the team has soared to third place in the latest FIH rankings. The Asians hockey champions made a remarkable comeback in 11 minutes, overturning a 1-3 score in the first half to a thrilling 4-3 victory over Malaysia. From the Indian side, Jugraj Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored the goals. Kamal Abu Arzai, Razie Rahim, and Aminudin
Cristiano Ronaldo led nine-man Al Nassr Football Club to its first Arab Club Champions Cup title after scoring twice in a 2-1 extra-time win over Al-Hilal at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on August 12. Al-Hilal scored the first goal in the 51st-minute in the final match, with Brazilian footballer, Michael opening the score. Ronaldo equalised the goal in the 74th-minute for Al-Nassr, and later scored the second goal in extra-time. The Al-Nassr team was also reduced to nine men, with Abdulelah Al-Amri and Nawaf Boushal receiving red cards. The Arab Club Champions Cup is p
India’s Jyothi Yarraji clinched a bronze medal at the 100 m hurdles event at the World University Games in Chengdu, China on August 4. The hurdler clocked 12.78 seconds to better her own women’s 100m hurdles national record in the race. The reigning Asian champion had earlier clocked 13.12 seconds and 13.05 seconds in the heats and semifinals, respectively, to enter the eight-woman final. Yarraji, the only woman from India to record a sub 13-second 100 m hurdles, broke the national record for the ninth time, and was just a whisker away from matching the Paris 2024 Olympics qualifyin
Chess prodigy and Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh has now become India’s top-ranked chess player, overtaking India’s first GM Viswanathan Anand in live ratings. Gukesh’s ranking improved after he qualified for the third round of the FIDE Chess World Cup, a major single-elimination tournament going on in Baku, Azerbaijan. The 17-year-old GM beat the home turf’s GM Misratdin Iskandaro to secure a live rating of 2755.9, narrowly beating Anand’s 2754.0. Anand has been India’s top chess player in the published rankings for the last 36 years. That is also expected to change when FIDE