Nitesh Dubey is a digital content producer at the Times of India with over two years of experience in sports journalism. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. Before joining TOI Online Sports Desk in March 2026, he was part of India News and Zee News. He has covered major sporting events,…
Praggnanandhaa outwits Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI: When it was finally revealed that Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa would play Board 1, meaning he would face the toughest oppositions — like his oppoennet in Anish Giri in India’s match against the Netherlands on Sunday — at the 46th Chess Olympiad…
Dehradun: From left to right, Maharashtra’s Rudrankksh Patil and Parth Rakesh Mane (PTI Photo) India opened their medal account on the second day of the shooting competition at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games with a silver medal in the men’s 10m air rifle team event, as Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Mane combined to…
Asian Games: Mairaj Ahmed Khan As Mairaj Ahmad Khan prepares for his fourth Asian Games, the medal occupying most of his thoughts isn’t the one on offer in Japan.It is the one that has stayed out of reach for more than two decades.“Olympic gold, which I haven’t got yet. The fight is for that. I…
Asian Games 2026 Day 2 Live: India will look to add to its medal tally on Day 2, of the Asian Games 2026 on Monday, with shooting, mixed martial arts, hockey, kabaddi and table tennis among the key events on the schedule. After winning two silver medals in shooting on the opening day, India will…
India’s women’s hockey team will play Indonesia in its second Pool B match India will look to add to its medal tally on Day 2, of the Asian Games 2026 on Monday, with shooting, mixed martial arts, hockey, kabaddi and table tennis among the key events on the schedule.After winning two silver medals in shooting…
Indian men’s hockey team at the Asian Games (Photo/ Hockey India) The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams wore saffron jerseys in their respective opening matches at the Asian Games on Sunday, despite Hockey India’s pre-event announcement that the teams would return to their traditional blue kits.Both teams wore saffron in their opening matches against…
India’s double Olympic medalist from Paris 2024 Manu Bhaker and kabaddi player Pawan Sehrawat lead the contingent at the athletes’ parade, during the opening ceremony of the 20th Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker wore a borrowed ceremonial kit at the opening ceremony in Nagoya after the kit issued to…
Medallists after the 10m Air Rifle Women Team Final. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India ended the opening day of medal competition at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with two silver medals in shooting, leaving the country joint 10th in the medal standings after a day that also saw assured medals, big wins in hockey and cricket,…
BCCI office bearers at the 95th Annual General Meeting BENGALURU: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to introduce a policy defining the scope of the Ombudsman and preventing its office from entertaining complaints concerning local or state-level matters, the TimesofIndia.com has learnt.The move is understood to aim at drawing a…