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Fresh from their exploits in the Thomas Cup and Commonwealth Games, seventh seed Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made it to the semifinals and collected their first World Championship bronze.

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17-09-202215 STORIES

Return of high-level tennis: A general view of the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam, Chennai, which will host the WTA 250 tournament.

WTA carnival brings Tour-level tennis back to Chennai

Ever since the annual men’s event, which ran for just over two decades in Chennai, found a new home in Pune starting from the 2018 edition, sport in C

Sumptuous fare: Members of the India Red team after clinching the Duleep Trophy title in 2019-20. The creme de la creme of fringe players will not be playing the tournament as it clashes four-day and one-day series between India A and New Zealand A.

Duleep Trophy is back: All set for a full season of domestic cricket

Duleep Trophy, back in its inter-zonal avatar, will kickstart what promises to be - for the first time in three years - an unshortened season of domes

Rahul Dravid had a mild bout of COVID-19 and recovered quickly.

World of cricket: Smriti Mandhana shines in The Hundred; Dravid joins team after recovering from COVID-19

Rahul Dravid had tested positive for COVID-19 before departing for UAE for the Asia Cup. But he recovered quickly and was able to join the Indian team

Being physically active allows the mind to de-stress. When the body indulges in physical activity, the mind has an outlet to release negative thoughts.

One diet size does not fit all

Success stories in sport often spark a desire in budding athletes to adopt the diets of their favoured athlete from their discipline. It is based on t

Mojo is back: Vijender Singh celebrates his win over Eliasu Sulley on August 17. It was his first bout since his defeat to Artysh Lopsan in March, 2021. Instead of swinging wildly like he had against Lopsan, he methodically used his jab to find his range against Sulley.

Vijender Singh: ‘Loss to Artysh Lopsan was a hit to my ego’

Last year, Vijender Singh was knocked out by a rookie after a year and a half of being inactive. Realising that he had prepared badly, he went back to

Transforming lives: Entrance of the Tihar Jail, the largest complex of prisons in South Asia. “Parivartan” — a prison to pride initiative — aims at building confidence and improving the well-being of prison inmates through sports.

Games Tihar Jail inmates play: Badminton, Chess, Kabaddi, Kho Kho and more

Parivartan aims to reach out to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable sections of the society — prison inmates — and add joy and health to their lives

On a mission: Maxime Cressy volleys during the contest against Cameron Norrie in the Rothesay International Eastbourne tournament in June. “My mission is to become No. 1 using the serve and volley game style. That would be the top of the pyramid in terms of proving to people that serve and volley is efficient,” says Cressy.

Maxime Cressy, reviving old school tennis with non-stop serve and volley game

Since the early 2000s, serving and volleying has plummeted in popularity among tennis players. But 25-year-old Maxime Cressy has made it his mission t

Deadly duo: India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty celebrate after winning their men’s doubles quarterfinal against Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi at the BWF World Championships in Tokyo. The duo made history by becoming the first Indian men’s pair to finish on the podium at the World’s.

BWF World Championship: Satwik, Chirag scale new heights

Fresh from their exploits in the Thomas Cup and Commonwealth Games, seventh seed Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made it to the semifinals a

Troubled times: Australia’s Nick Kyrgios reacts during the Wimbledon men’s singles final against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic on day fourteen of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, July 10, 2022. A tennis fan who was temporarily removed from Centre Court during the final following a complaint by Kyrgios is taking legal action against the Australian player for what she describes as a “reckless and entirely baseless allegation. The spectator, Anna Palus, said in a statement released by her lawyers that she was bringing defamation proceedings against Kyrgios in a bid to clear her name.

Last Word: Does ‘assumption of risk’ hold when a spectator is insulted by a player?

A spectator at Wimbledon who was cheering the Australian finalist Nick Kyrgios was accused by the player of being drunk and of distracting him during

Slippery slope: Northeast cricket has always been a soft target. One of the late entrants to the domestic circuit, the teams from the region were in a state of mismanagement and confusion in their initial years. Swindlers not only lured young fringe cricketers but also convinced a few officials to become a part of the scam.

Selection scams mar NorthEast cricket

Since 2018, States associations in the NorthEast have struggled to keep cricket in the region unsullied. Conmen try to lure young cricketers into thei

Bhavani Devi competes in the Olympic Games in Tokyo in July, 2021. Devi was the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics, bowing out in the second round to World No. 3 Manon Brunet.

Bhavani Devi: Competing at the highest level entails immense sacrifices

After a crushing loss at the World Championships, C. A. Bhavani Devi is happy to have held on to her crown at the Commonwealth Championships. It has g

Deepak Chahar appeals for the wicket of Zimbabwe’s Innocent Kaia during the ODI series against Zimbabwe.

Statsman: Chahar, Axar, Prasidh achieve rare feat for India

Deepak Chahar, Prasidh Krishna and Axar Patel took three wickets each one of the ODIs in the three-match series against Zimbabwe. It was the fifth occ

Point proven: After a humiliating loss against Brentford, Manchester United stunned Liverpool at Old Trafford. Here, Marcus Rashford celebrates after scoring the team’s second goal.

European Leagues: Red Devils back to winning ways, Harry Kane enters record books

Erik ten Hag leaves out Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United’s starting XI against Liverpool and ends up with the first Premier League win of the

Unstoppable: Max Verstappen celebrates his victory at the Belgian Grand Prix. With just eight rounds to go, Verstappen can seal the title as early as the Japanese Grand Prix if he nets another 11 points over the next four rounds.

Belgian GP: Verstappen in a league of his own

Max Verstappen started the Belgian Grand Prix in 14th place, thanks to a grid penalty, but it made no difference to him as he surged ahead of the rest

Paying the price: South African skipper Dean Elgar’s defence is breached by England’s veteran paceman James Anderson during the second innings of the second Test match in Manchester. England won the match by an innings and 85 runs to level the series.

Elgar’s decision to bat first in second ENG vs SA Test baffling: Gavaskar

South Africa’s Dean Elgar has the image of a tough no-nonsense captain, who is unafraid to take the tough decisions and is prepared to take the blows

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