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Two weeks after its triumphant SAFF Championship campaign, Indian football received a rude jolt as a ‘selection criteria’ set by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs ruled out its … Read More
Australian teen Sam Short won the men’s 400m freestyle at swimming’s world championships in Fukuoka on Sunday, pipping Tunisia’s Olympic champion Ahmed Hafnaoui to the title. The 19-year-old was on … Read More
Ariarne Titmus reclaimed her 400m freestyle world record and took gold after a dominant win over rivals Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh at the world championships on Sunday. Titmus came … Read More
VG Baskar is someone who is petrified of water. Ironically, he married Chethana Konethota, a third-generation state-level swimmer, continuing in the footsteps of her mother and grandfather. The newly-wed couple … Read More
Leon Marchand has broken Michael Phelps’ world record in the men’s 400-metre individual medley in a time of four minutes, 2.50 seconds. Phelps set the old record of 4:03.84 at … Read More
Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj came up with a season-best time but failed to qualify for the semifinals of the men’s 100m backstroke event at the World Championships on Monday. The … Read More
China’s Zhang Yufei won the women’s 100m butterfly at the swimming world championships in Japan on Monday. Zhang finished in 56.12sec, ahead of Canadian Olympic champion Maggie MacNeil on 56.45 … Read More
China’s Qin Haiyang won the men’s 100m breaststroke at the world championships in Japan on Monday. Qin came home in 57.69sec to finish ahead of Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi, American Nic … Read More
The absence of defending champion Caeleb Dressel from the men’s 50m butterfly event opened the door for Thomas Ceccon who touched the wall in 22.68 seconds to win Italy’s first … Read More
Teenage swim sensation Aryan Nehra equalled the ‘best Indian time’ to finish 27th in the 800m freesyle event at the swimming World Championships here on Tuesday. The 19-year-old clocked a … Read More
