India vs South Africa Women’s Test- A match of records
India had a crushing 10-wicket victory against South Africa in the one-off women's test. There were several records broken and new ones created in the one-off women's test match between India and South Africa. Indian Team makes highest score in Test cricket Indian Women's team scored 603 for 6 wickets before Harmanpreet Kaur declared the innings against South Africa. This is the...
A three-day Wheelchair Basketball training camp in Rudrapur
A special three-day Wheelchair Basketball training camp has started from June 28 at Stone Ridge International Public School, at Rudrapur in Uttarakhand. The Wheelchair Basketball camp at Rudrapur is being organized jointly by the Wheelchair Basketball Federation of India and the Disabled Sporting Society Uttarakhand. Bharat Bhushan Chugh, the State President of the Disabled Sporting Society has been instrumental in...
New Role- Kapil Dev takes over as president of the PGTI
Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev has taken over as president of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI)- the apex body for the Men's game in India. 41 years after he led India to the famous World Cup victory, Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev has embarked on new journey. He has taken over the mantle of president of PGTI from...
Hi 5 Youth Foundation signs a 3-year deal with Vector X
Hi 5 Youth Foundation is thrilled to announce a three-year partnership agreement with Vector X, to enhance the young athletes with essential equipment. The leading sports equipment brand, Vector X, will serve as the equipment and shoe partner to Hi 5 Youth Foundation. The company will be supplying Supreme Vector X basketballs and Vector X Dunk 2.0 basketball shoes at...
Vladimir Kramnik- One of the top Chess players for nearly two decades
In our series World Champion Born On This Date, we will learn about Vladimir Kramnik- the Champion who made a ELO rating performance of 2958 points at the tender age of 16. Vladimir Kramnik was born on 25th June, 1975, to Irina Fedorovna and Boris Sokolov-Kramnik at Tuapse in Russia. As a child, Kramnik studied in the Chess school established...
Paul Morphy- The William Shakespeare of Chess
In our column Champion Born On This Date, today I have the pleasure of presenting a beautiful game by Paul Morphy. He was a champion who can be called William Shakespeare of Chess. What 'all time greats' said about Paul Morphy? Bobby Fischer- "He was the most accurate Chess Player" and "He was probably the greatest genius in Chess". Garry Kasparov-"He mostly...
“We are thrilled to see Women In Sport growing…,” Sanaya Mehta
Sanaya Mehta, the founder of Women in Sport, shares the vision and mission of her organisation in a chat with Sportsavour. How did you start Women in Sport? Sanaya Mehta: So it started around five years back, if I'm not mistaken. There are two reasons behind this idea. I've been in sport my entire life. I've played basketball at Red Road and...
Tigran Petrosian- The Champion nicknamed as The Iron Tiger
In our series Champion Born On This Date, today we will see the life story of ‘The Iron Tiger’. You guessed it right! He is the 9th official World Champion Tigran Petrosian. Tigran Petrosian- The Iron Tiger Tigran Petrosian was orphaned in World War II. He had to sweep streets for making a living and became partially deaf due to exposure...
UEFA Euro 2024- Ronaldo, Modric to play their last championship
UEFA Euro 2024 will kick off as hosts Germany take on Scotland in the opening encounter. UEFA Euro 2024 is going to be hosted in Germany from June 15-July 15, 2024 in Germany. The opening encounter will be between Germany and Scotland at Munich. The knockout stage will begin from June 29, and the final is to be held at the...
Paris Olympics- Champions Park to become the centre for sharing
Paris Olympics and Paralympics organisers have initiated a unique concept of medal winners celebrating with fans at Champions Park. Champions Park is located in the Trocadéro at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. It is for the first time in the history of the Summer Games, all the medal winners will be invited to celebrate with fans at Trocadéro. Anybody...