Sawan Barwal created history by breaking India’s longest-standing national record in the marathon at the NN Marathon Rotterdam on Sunday.

Barwal clocked 2 hours 11 minutes and 58 seconds to finish 20th in the elite race, eclipsing the previous national record of 2:12:00 set by Shivnath Singh in 1978. The mark had stood for 48 years, making it the oldest national record ...

Ayush Shetty secured a silver medal at the Badminton Asia Championships 2026, finishing runner-up in the men’s singles event after losing to world champion Shi Yuqi in the final in Ningbo, China, on Sunday.

The 20-year-old Indian, ranked world No. 25, went down 21-8, 21-10 in 42 minutes against the second-ranked Chinese shuttler. Despite the defeat, Shetty’s campaign ma...

Badminton Asia Championships 2026 Highlight: Ayush Shetty's dream run ended with a historic silver at the Badminton Asia Championships 2026, ending India’s 61-year wait for a men’s singles silver.

Playing his first major senior final, the 20-year-old went down 8-21, 10-21 to the experienced Shi Yuqi, who claimed his second continental title.

After a tough...

New Delhi: 44 years after she bagged a 1500m silver medal at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, Geeta Zutshi was back on an athletics track in the city, competing in a Masters meet.

"Oh my God. I didn’t even realize I was running in Delhi after 44 years," Geeta told

India's Vaishali Rameshbabu registered her fourth win in six rounds as she took down Aleksandra Goryachkina in Round 11 of the 2026 FIDE Candidates to solidify her spot as the leader of women's competition on Saturday.

Playing with the black pieces, Vaishali forced a resignation out of Goryachkina in 45 moves.

In a London system game both the players were evenly m...