Kanpur,  The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) has climbed to an astounding 73 notches over its previous year's ranking amongst the best universities in the QS World University Ranking-22.

This year, IIT-K has been ranked as the 277th position in the list of world's best university c

New Delhi,  Football forward Manvir Singh says playing with Sunil Chhetri has helped him learn how to stay in crunch moments.

Manvir was part of the India team that lost 0-1 to Qatar in a FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 qualifier match.

India now play Afghanistan in the next mat

Mumbai,   Shikhar Dhawan will captain India on a six-match white-ball tour of Sri Lanka in July, the Indian cricket board announced on Thursday. Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be vice-captain of the 20-member squad announced. Five net bowlers have also been picked.

The all-India senior selection commi

Paris,  Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut of France will clash with Alexander Bublik and Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan in the men's doubles final of the French Open.

Home favourites Herbert and Mahut saved three match points to beat Colombian second seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 6-

Lisbon,  India's Neeraj Chopra on Thursday won the javelin gold medal in the Meeting Cidade de Lisboa here on Thursday, with a throw of 83.18 metres recorded with his sixth and last attempt.

In the field of five Portuguese competitors, 23-year-old Chopra's best throw was 83.18m, which turned out

Jakarta,  Indonesia has rejected Vietnam's plea as the host of Southeast Asian Games 2021 to postpone the event from this December to mid-next year, an official said on Thursday.

Indonesia joined Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand on persisting the event t

Paris,   Unseeded Czech Barbora Krejcikova pulled off a remarkable upset by outlasting No.17 seed Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 9-7 in a French Open women's semi-final match to reach her first Grand Slam final on Thursday.

Barbora saved a match point at 5-3 in the third set and went on to win the tita

Paris,   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who reached her first Grand Slam final in 52th attempt after she beat Tamara Zidansek 7-5, 6-3 in the French Open semi-finals, said she found it tough to deal with repeated failures to make the summit clash in the past.

"Yeah, I had a lot of d

London,  Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne, who was ignored at the Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction this year, turned up the heat in England's T20 Blast competition scoring a career-best unbeaten 93 although his knock could not steer Glamorgan to victory over Gloucestershire.

Labuschagne&#

New Delhi,  Rahul Dravid, a former India captain and director of cricket at Indian board's National Cricket Academy (NCA), has said he gives every player an opportunity on India A tours to ensure they don't face the frustration he had to face as a youngster.

"I tell them upfront, if you come