Players take ice bath in broken tank; Ministry orders probe
The pathetic condition of facilities in some of the centres of Sports Authority of India (SAI) was revealed when a noted newspaper publication reported about players taking ice bath in a broken plastic tank. The incident happened in the SAI centre of Bengaluru where the members of junior hockey team were found using a broken plastic water tank for...
Shapath Bharadwaj wins individual bronze, Lakshay-Manisha win team bronze
15-year old Shapath Bharadwaj won bronze in double trap shooting in ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup at Porpetto in Italy. Shapath qualified in second place for the final round shooting 131 out of 150. In the bronze medal match , he defeated Eraldo Apolloni of Italy scoring 48 over 40l. James Dedman of Great Britain won the gold and Miki Ylonen...
Summer Universiade-an international multi-sport event for university athletes
SUMMER UNIVERSIADE 2017 (WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES) Date: 19th August 2017-30th August 2017 Venue: Taipei, Taiwan Description: The International University Sports Federation (FISU) organise the Universiade (World University Games) every two years. The Universiade is the largest multi-sport event in the world apart from the Olympic Games. The most recent games were in 2017: the Winter Universiade held in Almaty, Kazakhstan The Summer Universiade is held in...
At 15, shooting sensation Shapath Bharadwaj hits the bull’s eye
When Shapath Bharadwaj takes his guard tomorrow to defend his double trap title in the ISSF Junior World Cup Shotgun event in Porpetto , the whole shotgun fraternity will have a close eye on him. Shapath has a meteoric rise in his sport in the last 2-3 years. From being a sensational young player, he has become the youngest shotgun...
World Junior No 1 Lakshya Sen wins Bulgaria Open Badminton
Indian teen-age badminton sensation Lakshya Sen won the Bulgaria Open International Series title defeating Croatia's Zvonimir Durkinjak in the hard-fought men's singles final in Sofia, Bulgaria. 16-year old Lakhya, The defeated second seed Zvonimir 18-21 21-12 21-17 in a 57-minute match. He had beaten Sri Lanka's Dinuka Karunaratna 21-19 21-14 in the semi-finals yesterday. Uttarakhand boy Lakshya Sen turned 16...
Faith leads to freedom-the endurance story of Runner Samir Singh
Samir Singh was destined to run. A run that had started at the age of 5, culminated at the age of 45. It was a run that stunned the world, a run that is and will remain as one of the most enduring stories of extreme human endurance, passion and freedom. Surrounded by hills and hillocks and barren lands, Samir...
India finish Asian Shotgun Championship with 8 medals
Indian shooters commendably finished the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship with 8 medals. On the concluding day of the championship, the pair of Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Rashmi Rathore bagged a gold medal in the skeet mixed team event. The Indian duo edged past the Chinese pair of Liu Jiangchi and Gao Jianmei by 28-27 in the gold-medal match. Earlier, Ankur Mittal had...
7 medals for India at 7th Asian Shotgun Championship
Indian shooters put up a good show at the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship held in Kazakhtan. They won 7 medals in total till the second last day of the championship. On the first day of the competition, Ankur Mittal showed his class when he defeated UAE's Khaled Alkabi 71-70 to win his second international gold of the year after winning...
Prompt Action of Olympic Task Force; submits final report to the ministry
This is perhaps for the first time that prompt action has been taken by a committee formed by the government in order to prepare an overall strategy for sports facilities, training and selection of athletes in India. The Olympic Task Force set up after the debacle of Indian athletes in Rio Olympics submitted its report suggesting a road map...
“Indian sport has definitely changed, but there’s a long way to go”…..Mreenal Chakraborty
Mreenal Chakraborty likes to refer himself as ‘Mental Toughness Trainer’. He is the man behind some very significant achievements in Indian sport. The most noteworthy among them is Junior Hockey World Cup victory after 15 years in December 2016. Mreenal Chakraborty is currently in Berlin working closely with Indian Archery Team participating in World Cup there. His only focus...