Martial Arts sport Judo and Taekwondo making good strides in India. There are a total of 23 gold medals to play for at the Olympics (Judo with 15 and Taekwondo with 8). India for a long time has not invested in these martial sports which if invested can see India getting good number of medals…
Top-seeded Malvika Bansod clinched the women’s singles title while unseeded Kaushal Dharmamer secured the men’s title at the Yonex-Sunrise VV Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2022 in Pune on Sunday. Bansod secured a come-from-behind 13-21, 21-17, 22-20 win over Adita Rao in a thrilling final encounter which lasted an hour and three…
Hello and welcome to our coverage of Asian Youth U18 Athletics Championships 2022 being held in Kuwait. Live Link | Live Streaming India Medals at Asian Youth Athletics Championships India so far has 2Gold 5Silver and 5Bronze medals Amit | 1500m | Gold Medal Akash | ShotPut | Gold Medal Arjun | Javelin | Silver…
Olympian Srihari Nataraj (Karnataka) ended his campaign in the National Games Swimming competition in a blaze of glory, capturing his sixth gold medal with a brilliant show in the men’s 100m Freestyle final at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex here today. He won in 50.41 seconds, a new National Games record time. Through the week,…
Men’s Results Karnataka beat Gujarat 11-2 Haryana beat Tamil Nadu 3-0 Uttar Pradesh beat West Bengal 5-4 Maharashtra beat Jharkhand 3-1 Fancied Uttar Pradesh survived a massive scare before pulling off a 5-4 thriller (via penalties) against West Bengal to sneak into the Hockey semifinals of the 36th National Games at the Dhyan Chand Hockey…
Uttar Pradesh’s Ram Baboo, an unemployed Physical Education graduate, chose the National Games platform to draw attention to himself with a National record when winning the men’s 35km Race Walk at IIT Gandhinagar on Tuesday. His victory in 2 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds was sweeter as he beat the record holder Juned Khan of…
She is as practical as they get. And that is the reason Swapna Barman says that while her two-gold effort in the National Games Athletics competition at the IIT Gandhinagar campus gives her happiness, she is not satisfied with her own performance in her favourite event, the Heptathlon. She claimed the High Jump gold with…
Telangana’s B Sai Praneeth upset Kerala’s much fancied and in-form HS Prannoy 18-21, 21-16, 22-20 to help his team annex the Badminton Mixed Team gold in the 36th National Games here on Monday. His victory came on the heels of another brilliant show by the husband-and-wife duo of Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy who got…
Double gold medallist in the 36th National Games’ Rowing events, Khushpreet Kaur took up the sport over a chide for being a girl. “I had gone swimming and I got intrigued by its boats,” she disclosed on Monday, shortly after winning her second gold in the Quadruple Sculls with Vindhya Sankath, Poonam and Rukmini. Earlier,…
Tired of returning with a bloody nose from the ring, or getting a beating from his coach, Arunachal Pradesh’s Sambo Lapung gave up boxing. And took up weightlifting. “Yes, I had first tried boxing only for about a year in 2008. But I gave it up. What’s the point in getting thrashed both in the…
Gulveer Singh’s doughty effort to win the men’s 10,000m with a Games record in the Athletics competition today helped Services consolidate their position at the top of the 36th National Games medal charts. The three-time defending champions spurted to the pole position for the first time on Sunday, thanks to a good show in Rowing…
Olympian Pranati Nayak picked up two gold medals before signing off from the 36th National Games at the Sama Indoor Sports Complex here on Sunday. The West Bengal gymnast collected her first gold in the morning, the Uneven Bars title, and rounded it off by clinching the Floor Exercise crown in the evening. “Yes, it…
Karnataka’s Aneesh S Gowda announced his arrival as the next bright prospect on the senior stage in telling fashion, scripting a fairy-tale victory over seasoned Kerala’s Sajan Prakash in the men’s 200m Freestyle final in the National Games Aquatics competition at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex in Rajkot on Sunday. On a day which saw…
Reigning World under-20 champion Antim Panghal doesn’t like wasting time on the mat. Instead, she relies on her meticulous homework on her opponents a night before the bouts to dominate them. And it was usual business for the 18-year-old from Hisar, who walked away with the gold by defeating Madhya Pradesh’s Priyanshi Prajapati by fall…
Top seeds Telangana had to dig their heels in to edge out Maharashtra 3-2 in the semifinals of the Badminton Mixed Team Championship in the 36th National Games here at the PDDU Stadium on Sunday. They will now face the HS Prannoy-led Kerala team, which got the better of hosts Gujarat 3-1, in the summit…
You can easily empathise with Siddharth Pardeshi when he wishes for greater all-round attention to the sport that he so loves, Diving. A couple of years ago, he was in the news as one of the athletes who were stuck overseas during the Covid-19 induced Lockdown. He was in the FINA Development Centre in Kazan,…
Astha Choudhury (Assam) claimed the honour of becoming the first swimmer to break a record as the National Games Aquatics competition commenced at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex here on Sunday. She clocked 1:03.91 in the 100m Butterfly heats to take the Games record from Richa Mishra, who set it at 1:04.41 in Ranchi in…
‘I don’t put limits on myself. I just work hard and wherever God takes me, I go,’ says Amlan Amlan Borgohain has a simple philosophy when it comes to running. Don’t think too much about conditions or anything. Just run fast. The 23-year-old from Assam did just that to stop the clock at 10.38s at…
India’s best swimmers will go all out to make waves at the Sardar Patel Swimming Complex when the National Games Aquatics competition gets underway here on Sunday. Olympians Sajan Prakash (Kerala) and Srihari Natraj (Karnataka) among men and Maana Patel (Gujarat) among women are expected to claim top honours. Sajan Prakash emerged the Best Male…
Badminton star HS Prannoy showed he means business as he marked his return to court after a month’s break with a 21-11, 21-9 demolition of Orijit Chaliha to star in Kerala’s 3-1 victory over Assam in the National Games Mixed Team quarterfinals here on Saturday. “It is a nice feeling to be back on court….
Uttar Pradesh’s Abhishek Pal and Parul Chaudhary completed a unique double at the National Games here on Saturday, winning the Men’s and Women’s 5,000m gold for their state. Parul Chaudhary was delighted with her performance but Abhishek Pal was a slightly disappointed man even though he beat the stiff challenge of Services’ Karit Kumar and…
The women’s 49kg weightlifting competition unfolded on expected lines in the 36th National Games, with a tactical battle between Mirabai Chanu and Sanjita Chanu at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on Friday. In the end, Mirabai walked away with the gold with a total lift of 191 kgs (Snatch 84kg, Clean & Jerk 107 kgs)…
Gujarat’s ace shooter Elavenil Valarivan gave the hosts their fourth gold even as several favourites, including Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, pathbreaking fencer Bhavani Devi and wrestler Divya Kakaran, lived up to their top billing and pocketed gold medals in their respective events in the 36th National Games here on Friday. The athletics arena…
Tamil Nadu & Karnataka are top two seeds in men team while Ankita Raina led Gujarat & Maharashtra are top two in women team. 2022 National Games Men Team The tennis action at the national games is all set to start from tomorrow. We will have the team events tomorrow. In the men section…
Deepika and Vanshika star at the Youth National Championships 2022 in Bhopal Haryana’s rising Javelin Thrower Deepika and Pole Vaulter Vanshika Ghanghas broke National U18 girls records on their way to victory on the concluding day of the 17th AFI National Youth Athletics Championships at the Tatya Tope Stadium here on Monday. Deepika, who is…
Top-seeded pair exits and six others follow suit in mixed doubles In the mixed doubles event that set the ball rolling on the third day of the 36th National Games competition at the Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Indoor Stadium here today, only three seeded pairs survived to enter the quarterfinals. In the women’s doubles, however, Sreeja Akula…
The experienced team from West Bengal defeated defending Champions Maharashtra in Women Team National Games This was always on cards when two top team from India were in the final to fight for the Gold Medal. While West Bengal showed great skills and game plan on their way to the final, Maharashtra team did just…
Karman Kaur Thandi upsets eighth seed Paquet on opening day of WTA Chennai open 2022 India’s Karman Kaur Thandi scored the big upset on the opening day of the WTA Chennai Open with a three-set win over eighth seed Chloe Paquet, of France at the SDAT Tennis Stadium on Monday evening. The 24-year-old wild…
Indian Challenge at World Wrestling Championships, Belgrade 2022. Written by | Sanjay Verma India came back with only 2 medals from last world championships at Oslo, Norway in the absence of stars like Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya. This year they would certainly like to improve on their best ever tally of 5 medals which…
The long awaited Tennis action is to begin at the SDAT Tennis Stadium from 12th of September 2022 when the main draw matches of the Chennai Open WTA250 International Women’s Tennis Championships will begin. Now there is a good news for the tennis loving fans in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu, particularly for…
Written By : Raghava Ravuri Denim Yadav is a promising talent who made headlines by winning the U18 international singles title of the ITF(International Tennis Federation) in the month March. With a current ITF ranking of 221 and a career high of 123 he is rated as one of the top 5 players in India…
Hello and Welcome to our coverage of the world championships. With no Sindhu yes its a little dampener from Indian perspective in Women Singles but its game on in the Men Singles and Men Doubles Live Streaming Link India started off with a flying start with Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy defeating their opponents from Maldives…
Antim Panghal 53Kg bags Gold while Sonam 62Kg, Priyanka 65Kg & Priya 76Kg earned Silver Medal Written By : Raghava Ravuri The historical Gold that Antim won made her the first ever Indian Women Junior World Champion. The pre-tournament star from India Sonam Malik lived upto her reputation only to lose to the mighty Japanese…
Writer : Manav Chowdhury FIFA has finally banned the AIFF (All India Football Federation),the fear which was going on for months inside the mind of every Indian football fan has come true. FIFA has banned AIFF with immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties,which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA statutes Effects…
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the World Junior Athletics Championships being held in Cali. Of the 45 being called for the camp, 33 were selected initially and now 31 seems to be the final count after two withdrawals for Covid+ If you are looking for the Indian schedule and yet not read our…
Here we bring you the schedule of the Indian events at the World Junior Athletics Championships being held in Colombia Day1 | 1 August Men 1500m | Arjun Waskale | Heat 1 | 8:15pm Women 800m | Asha Kiran | Heat 1 | 9:30pm Women 800m | laxita Sandilea | Heat 4 | 9:54pm Men…
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the action packed day for Indias at the games today. If you are looking for the schedule then click here We again start with Lawn Bowls but a lot of action starts from 1:30 pm and a potential Gold Medal as well Let the action begin for today….
The Defending Champions won both the tie in straight games on Day One of TT Team competition On expected lines the Indian women team stormed past the their opponents from South Africa & Fiji in no time to put their one foot in the Quarterfinals. With the kind of squad India possess in the Commonwealth…
Teenager showed no nerves in her first match at the CWG, moved into the Rd32 in Women Singles. The much talked about Anahat Singh who made her way into the Indian team for the commonwealth games had lot of people waiting to see how she performs. She came she conquered and with a smile on…
Indian mixed team studded with stars broke no sweat in defeating Pakistan in first group match in Badminton CWG 2022 When you have PV Sindhu, Srikanth Kidambi, Lakshya Sen & Chirag/Satwik at the Commonwealth level it makes for a deadly team. Indian team who had won gold in the mixed team event in the last…
Amidst an action packed day for Indians, one man kept the Indian fans waiting late past midnight. Srihari Nataraj who had qualified for the Tokyo Games last year showed immense competitive spirit as he raced two times in the day with good timings to mark his entry into the Finals of the 100m Backstroke Men…
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the much awaited Commonwealth Games which started yesterday with the opening ceremony. After the postponement of the Asian Games, CWG became much more important event for many athletes in an otherwise cramped schedule. India has send the allocated quota of 210 athletes at the game which includes 106…
Wrestling is the Sport which has given India third highest number of medals at Commonwealth Games with 102 medals including 43 Golds. Written by | Sanjay Kr Verma Only shooting and weightlifting have done better than wrestling. In fact, wrestling has given us the first medal in the history of the Games way back in…
A total of 45 athletes were called in for camp in Patiala but only 33 could make the cut India will be represented by a strong 44 member including 33 athletes for the world junior athletics championships to be held in Cali Colombia from 1 Aug 2022. The Indian team includes 5 coaches, 2 physiotherapist,…
Here you will find the latest updated schedule for Indian events at the #Birmingham2022 CWG22 games. The games will be broadcasted on SonyLiv. India has send more than 200 athletes to compete at the games. Day9 Schedule | IST Timings | 6 Aug TT | Reeth/Sreeja v Wales | Women Doubles | Rd16 | 2:00pm…
Three throws done and the pre-tournament favourite Peters and Chopra were chasing different goals at the halfway mark Reigning Olympic Champion who has been in splendid form since the time he made a return to the competitive circuit was poised to finally touch that 90m mark. Chopra who generally starts with a big effort fouled…
The French open Semifinalist Indo-Dutch pair scored a superb win over Top Seeds in Germany Rohan Bopanna & Middelkoop who not very long ago made the whole nation take notice while they scored some fabulous victories during the French Open were back in the Clay court. The fourth seed pair has shown some great…
The pair defeated second & third seed in consecutive matches to make it to final Purav Raja & Divij Sharan who are reuniting as a team after a good five years have shown phenomenal results in the last two tournaments that they have played. They both in the recent past have taken a lot of…
Young and promising Karan Singh reached his career first QF at SriLanka Futures Amidst the political scenario in SriLanka a bunch of young Indians made it to Island nation to play the futures event in a bid to make some important ATP points Not often do you get to play tournaments in the Indian subcontinent…
Young 23 year old Karan Singh has entered round two defeating Kokubo at the World Championships A 24 member Indian contingent is participating in the World Championships in Egypt which is happening from 15-23 may 2022 Karan who has been showing glimpses of good form of late made it to the main draw on the…
