Ace India boxer Nitu Ghanghas on Saturday etched her name in history books, becoming the world champion in the 48kg weight category in the ongoing Women's World Boxing Championships in the national capital. The 22-year-old defeated Mongolia's Lutsaikhan Altansetseg in the final for the gold. Nitu registered a dominating 5-0 win over the Mongolian opponent. More

Delhi Capitals captain Meg Lanning on Saturday said that the summit clash against Mumbai Indians is a 'massive challenge' for her team, but also added that they are confident going into the final on Sunday. Lanning conceded that Delhi have to play their best in the high pressure against Mumbai at the Brabourne stadium. More

With her parents in attendance and hopes of an ISSF World Cup medal here depending on her last event, 25m pistol, after a blank in air pistol, Manu Bhaker was doing all she could stay focused -- be it juggling tennis balls in the lawns of the MP State Shooting Academy to focus ahead of the rapid stage of qualification or a small meditation routine after booking a place in the medal round. More

Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings suffered a major blow as their explosive top-order batter Jonny Bairstow was ruled out of the entire upcoming season, which begins from March 31. Bairstow, who suffered a freak injury in September last year and had to undergo surgery and has failed to recover in time for the two-month long tournament. More

Read more on TOI Sports More

Fast bowler Shivam Mavi on Saturday said that Gujarat Titans have bolstered their bench strength for the upcoming Indian Premier League season and they have no pressure to perform as the defending champions. The 24-year-old pacer Mavi, who was earlier a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders camp, added Gujarat have worked hard to bolster their bench strength this season. More

India's star women pugilists Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain are directly through to the Asian Games squad after their exploits in the ongoing Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi. It was confirmed by India's High Performance Director Bernard Dunne on Saturday. More

Royal Challengers Bangalore's director of cricket Mike Hesson feels that there is potential for the all-rounders to play a big part in the new 'Impact Player' rule introduced for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Hesson likes the concept and thinks that it will bring little intrigue in the game. More

More

Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia on Saturday became the first rider to win the newly-introduced MotoGP sprint race at the season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix. More

Gary Ballance struck a fine unbeaten half-century after Wessly Madhevere and Craig Ervine's solid opening stand as Zimbabwe registered a comfortable seven-wicket win over Netherlands in Harare on Saturday. With the victory, the hosts clinched the three-match series 2-1. Ballance struck a responsible 72-ball 64 not out alongside Madhevere and Ervine's 96-run opening stand as Zimbabwe chased down a par 232 target with 50 balls to spare. More

India and Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Saturday declined to comment on the issue of short boundary in the Women's Premier League (WPL), saying that administrators and not players should be deciding on such limits. The inaugural WPL began earlier this month on the directive from the BCCI that the boundary limits should be brought in, five metres lesser than last month's T20 World Cup to a maximum 60 metres. More

With just over 6 months to go for the ODI World Cup, Team India would desperately want Jasprit Bumrah to be fully fit and raring to go for the mega event. The trouble though also is that there are not too many home ODIs left for India to play before the mega event starts and Bumrah has been missing in action for a while. More

Rishabh Pant's absence considerably reduces Delhi Capitals' chances in the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League as the fear factor associated with the franchise won't be there this time round. What could affect the Ricky Ponting-coached side even more is the lack of quality Indian pacers in the team, which will start its campaign against Lucknow Super Giants on April 1. More

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez on Saturday broke the lap record twice in the qualifying session to put Honda in pole position at the season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix. More