Santiago Nieva steps down as High Performance Director of Indian boxing team

New Delhi, May 7, 2022: Santiago Nieva has stepped down from his role as Indian boxing team’s High Performance Director.Nieva, who took charge of the national team in 2017, played a vital role in taking Indian boxing to greater heights. “Indian boxing has benefited immensely with Santiago’s presence. He has played an instrumental role in crafting…

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Feature Event | 800m

The 800m is a common track running event also known as shortest middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and sometimes referred to as the two-lap sprint. History Races over the ‘middle distances’ took place in the Ancient Olympic Games and were revived in the middle…

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Charanjot Singh & Mayank Prajapati to represent India in FIFA Branded Soccer Games & Street Fighter V at 2022 Asian Games

Karman Singh and Ayan Biswas, who stood second in the respective titles, will be included as substitutes in the Indian contingent at the prestigious multi-nation event   Charanjot Singh, one of India’s star FIFA pros, and Street Fighter V athlete Mayank Prajapati produced sensational performances to secure themselves berth for the 2022 Asian Games after…

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Sutirtha struggle to enter the main draw

Qualification Rounds Update from TableTennis Nationals Former National champions Archana Kamath, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Madhurika Patkar, taking the qualification route, entered the women’s singles main draw in the 83rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships at the SAI Indoor Stadium. With the direct entry stipulations restricting only the top eight ranked players in the…

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BAI selects strong contingents for CWG, Asiad and Thomas & Uber Cup

14-year-old Unnati makes it to Senior Indian team. 120 players competed in the selection trials; 40 players inducted in the core group.   Following six days filled with high-voltage competition and nail-biting action in the selection trials at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Thursday announced strong…

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Sports Roundup Wednesday

Heres the summary for you of all the action that happened on Wednesday from India perspective   TENNIS Asia-Oceania World Junior Tennis under-14 boys c’ship: Having finished second to Korea, India opted to conserve energy for the quarterfinals against Kazakhstan, the topper from group-D, by skipping the doubles. Korea bt India 3-0 Lee Ha Eum…

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