It’ll allow you to go faster in the last part. If you overcook it in the first half, it is really hard to recover

Sindhu, a former champion, fought back strongly after a one-sided opening game loss but faltered in the decider, going down 9-21, 21-19, 17-21 in a gripping 62-minute contest

Gukesh became the youngest-ever World Chess Champion, while Manu became the first Indian athlete to win twin medals in a single Olympics

Nair has notched up scores of 112, 44, 163, 111, 112, 122 and 88 in his last seven innings, a total of 752 runs. 

Serbian star Novak Djokovic powers into last 16 despite experiencing breathing problems during three-set win over Czech Tomas Machac in Melbourne

The Indo-Chinese pair started strong, racing to a 3-0 lead in the opening set

The former No. 1 had a disrupted build-up to the first Grand Slam of the year, retiring from the final in Auckland, again with an abdominal injury

The World No. 1 remained on track to win her third consecutive Melbourne Park title, but only after a rollercoaster scrap that lasted more than two hours on Rod Laver Arena

Title contenders Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, recovered from an opening game reversal to beat Japan’s Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura 20-22 21-14 21-16 to inch closer to the crown

The elite international athletes spoke at a press meet held at the Marathon press centre on Thursday afternoon

In the boys U-16 final, Dr Antonio Da Silva (Dadar) cruised to a 56-27 win over St Anne’s (Malad). Anuj Chougule’s five defensive catches proved to be the clincher for the victors

Speaking on Tuesday,  Gunners manager Mikel Arteta flagged the “terrible consequences” of online abuse. “It’s something that we really have to eradicate,” he said

Goalkeeper David Raya believes Arsenal are very much in the title race after 2-1 win over Spurs takes them to second spot in points table; Liverpool on top