PV Sindhu, the Olympic silver medallist, couldn't match the pace, power and precision of Pornpawee Chochowong and lost 17-21, 9-21 in a match that lasted 43 minutes.

Yashaswini Deswal shot 238.8 to comfortably finish on top of the podium in the eight-women final while Manu Bhaker managed 236.7 to settle for the silver medal.

Suryakumar Yadav combined brilliance and audacity in his strokeplay to stamp his class during his international debut.  

Usman Chand is the only shooter from Pakistan to participate at this year’s ISSF World Cup in New Delhi.

In a chat with The Indian Express, Galina Bukharina talks about dealing with a performance slump in the 400 metres squad and how she and her wards are hoping to bounce back.

Kamalpreet Kaur qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in women’s discus throw with a national record attempt of 65.06m during the ongoing Athletics Federation Cup in Patiala on Friday.

Yamaguchi's deceptive returns and attacking counters can pose problems to PV Sindhu

Vithya and Nithya, 22, credit their tempo-driver father for encouraging them to take up track and field.

The NRAI's decision to select the squad for the Olympics based on the performance in the World Cup will further add an edge to the tournament, which will be held for rifle, pistol and shotgun events.

The army man from the arid Beed district of Maharashtra broke the national record for the fifth time in his career clocking 8:20.20s and rewriting his previous best achieved in Doha.

With the postponed Tokyo Olympics just 127 days away, every claim of a medal is followed by an asterisk as there is no way to gauge their – or their opponents’ – form.

The question after Kento Momota's 42-minute 21-13, 22-20 win over Parupalli Kashyap at the All-England though, was, if the Indian can draw out some last fuel from the reserves of his career.

Now that a spot in India’s Olympic campaign is hers, Bhavani Devi looks back at her initial years in fencing and how she was dealt harsh lessons on money and the cost of chasing one's dreams.

Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a 8.26 metre jump.

Pitches, ground dimensions and dew make batting second a big advantage in T20s in the subcontinent.

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, the pair that championed the ‘Stop War, Start Tennis’ slogan, are once again spreading the message of peace and appeal for the decoupling of sports and politics.

Means of escape during the playing days, a powerful tool for recovery and transition later... Nick Compton's camera is now helping him connect with the "rich cultural history" of South Africa.

Bipin Singh scored in the 90th minute against ATK Mohun Bagan to seal the final 2-1 in Mumbai City's favour at the Fatorda Stadium.

England pacers ran through hosts' batting before Eoin Morgan’s men made a mockery of a modest chase of 125.

India have a deep stream of T20 players, with multiple alternatives for each spot, making the task of filtering the best from the rest for the World Cup an arduous one.

Despite a wealth of attacking players in the ranks of ATK Mohun Bagan, no one quite compares to Roy Krishna. The 33-year-old has registered 29 goals and 13 assists across two seasons for the club.

Prithvi Shaw's good run of scores in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy follows 0 and 4 against Australia in the pink-ball Test in Adelaide, after which he was dropped from the Team India squad.

In Spain, Kaushik scored wins over the likes of world number four Kazakh Safiullin Zakir and Nikolai Terteryan of Denmark in the final.

Skipper hasn’t scored a ton in a long time, but his wristy play in recent games hints that a big one is round the corner.