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NEW DELHI: Play was briefly stopped during a first-round match at the Australian Open on Sunday after a ball girl collapsed amid rising temperatures, prompting players Zeynep Sonmez and Ekaterina Alexandrova to rush to her aid.The incident occurred during the second set as Russian 11th seed Alexandrova was serving, when the ball girl suddenly fell…
Elon Musk has sent an ‘open warning’ to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. In a post on microblogging site X (formerly known as Twitter), Musk said that he “can’t wait to start trial”, anticipating dramatic revelations from discovery and testimony in his ongoing lawsuit against the ChatGPT-maker. The tech billionaire was responding to an X post…
NEW DELHI: The India Open Super 750 has ceased to be a celebration of world-class badminton. Instead, it has become a daily case study in administrative failure. Not a single day of the marquee BWF World Tour event at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium has passed without controversy. On Saturday, the tournament plummeted to a…
AI generated representative image In a rare departure from the trading calendar, stocks markets will remain open on Sunday, February 1, after the BSE and NSE announced special full-day sessions to allow investors to react immediately to the presentation of the Union Budget for 2026-27 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.Both the BSE and the NSE…
NEW DELHI: Controversy continues to mar the India Open Super 750 badminton event at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here. After complaints about city air quality, dirty surroundings, lack of heating and a monkey menace, the spotlight shifted on Thursday to a bizarre new low – bird droppings on the court halted play twice during…
PSG’s head coach Luis Enrique reacts after the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich in Paris, France, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo) PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique is open to a sin-bin-style system in soccer whereby players are temporarily removed from a game for fouls. Sin-bins are…
India’s H.S. Prannoy (PTI Photo) The Badminton World Federation has acknowledged the concerns raised by players at the India Open Super 750 in New Delhi, while maintaining that the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex remains a significant upgrade as a venue and is capable of hosting major global events.In an official statement issued after engaging with…
HS Prannoy during the men’s singles round of 16 match against Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew at the India Open 2026 badminton tournament, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: A day after a monkey was seen in the spectator gallery at the India Open badminton tournament, play was disrupted again on Thursday when bird droppings…
Anders Antonsen of Denmark (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: A day after Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt slammed the unhealthy conditions at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, the venue for the ongoing India Open Super 750, another Danish badminton player Anders Antonsen revealed that he withdrew from the tournament for a third straight year due to what he…
India’s PV Sindhu returns to Vietnam’s Nguyen Thuy Linh during the women’s singles round of 32 match at the India Open 2026 badminton tournament, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Wednesday pushed back against criticism over playing conditions at the ongoing India Open 2026, with its general…
