NNW Bureau

An Seyoung and Jason Gunawan ruled supreme at the 2026 BWF China Masters on Sunday (6 September). Olympic champion An clinched her seventh women’s singles title of the season, doing so without dropping a game …

Shimada Mao rose to the occasion to win her first senior international title in a personal best of 231.32 at the Kinoshita Group Cup in Tokyo on Sunday (6 September), beating a pair of Olympic …

Australia men and women have obtained quotas for LA 2028 at the 2026 AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Championships in Shangluo, People’s Republic of China.  In the men’s final, the Aussies Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher came from behind to defeat compatriots Thomas …

Team USA needed all their experience on the World Cup stage to edge past Italy  55-52 at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 on Sunday (6 September). Led in points by Jackie Young (10) …

Team USA are attempting to win their fifth FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup title in a row as they take on the best in the world in Berlin from 4-13 September. Boasting …

There are many missing pieces in Ismael Oumarou Ox’s life. The childhood he never had left him yearning for safety and ultimately led him to taekwondo. “Growing up in Africa for me …

Bollywood actor and NorthEast United FC co-owner John Abraham has named Parthib Gogoi, Redeem Tlang and goalkeeper Gurmeet Singh Chahal among his favourite Indian footballers, insisting that homegrown players come before international superstars for him. Asked …

The Indian football team will return to the AFC U20 Asian Cup for the first time in two decades after securing their place at the 2027 continental championship on Sunday. India sealed qualification with …

Paris 2024 Olympian N Sriram Balaji’s second-round defeat in the US Open 2026 tennis men’s doubles brought India’s campaign at the season’s final Grand Slam to an end in New York on Sunday. World No. 54 …

Ancy Sojan Edappilly may have broken one of Indian athletics’ longest-standing national records this year, but the 6.88m leap has only brought her closer to the mark she has been chasing all …