FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed an international football event every two years, preferably to be called Mini World Cup. The tournament will feature eight international teams that would be played in every October and/or November of every odd...
The Sports Ministry has added 107 athletes to the existing list of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) under Sports Authority of India (SAI). TOPS is a scheme under which selected sportsmen will receive funds to prepare themselves for the...
A game that has been constantly growing in India, especially in states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and
Madhya Pradesh, is Pickleball. The sport originated in the USA and travelled to India in 2006 through the hands of Sunil Valavalkar, an...
FIRST STEP OF WHEELCHAIR TENNIS
When 18-year old American acrobat skier, Brad Parks, met an accident; little did he know that it would be the end of his flying career. The accident left Parks paraplegic, bounded on a wheelchair and...
The Indian contingent is back from a highly successful Commonwealth Games. The Games at Gold Coast perhaps, is the most successful Indian campaign, not in terms of medal count but in terms of gold medals won by the athletes....
KURT FEARNLEY SIGNS-OFF WITH A GOLD
Australian para-sport legend Kurt Fearnley created a new Games record to win the gold in T54 Men’s Marathon and finishing off his career in style. Fearnley was in a dominating position from the start...
Defending Champions Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa settled for silver after losing their Women’s Doubles Squash final match to the New Zealand pair of Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy at the Commonwealth Games. Pallikal and Chinappa lost the final...
Saina Nehwal defeated compatriot PV Sindhu in straight games to win the women's singles title in the Badminton competition. Saina had a 21-18, 23-21 victory in the final to claim her second individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games....
NEW ZEALAND DOWNED AUSTRALIA IN WOMEN’S HOCKEY
The New Zealand women's hockey team won their first Commonwealth Games gold medal by defeating defending champions Australia by 4-1. This ended Australia's run of three successive Commonwealth Games gold medals in women's hockey. England won the...
India's next superstar, Manika Batra, created history by becoming the first Indian woman Table Tennis player to win a singles gold at the Commonwealth Games. Manika defeated Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 11-2, 11-7) in a one-sided...