Quarter-miler Jacob dashes to stardom

A former footballer from a school in Rohini took up athletics on the advice of his coach and soon became part of the Indian relay team, helping them create Asian record in the recent Budapest World Championships

World Cup: Free drinking water for fans at venues, including Delhi

Free water will be provided to fans at the stadia, including at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Work on toilets and seating for public on the verge of completion

India’s 15-member World Cup squad named

KL Rahul and Shardul Thakur retain their spots from Asia Cup squad while Prasidh Krishna and Tilak Varma left out

Asia Cup: Pandya, Kishan shine as rain spoils India-Pak match

The two add 138 runs for the fifth wicket after early wickets. Pakistan, unable to bat due to heavy rains, make it to Super Fours from Group A

Asia Cup: India win toss, elect to bat against Pakistan

India feature three all-rounders in Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja while Pakistan retain the XI that played Nepal

India-Pakistan set to face each other in first ODI in four years

The two teams have played T20 cricket in recent times, sharing honours. Saturday’s game is the first of the possible four matches between the two sides over the next 44 days

Para athlete Dhama searches for guiding hand

The Arjuna Award winner and 2014 Asian Para Games medallist is struggling to fund exposure for his guide runner, an integral part of visual handicap runner

National Sports Day: We should win gold at the Asiad, says 4x400m quartet

Quartet felicitated at the National Sports Day event which also witnesses sports minister Anurag Thakur launching websites for athletes and national sports federations