Dev Gulia, Manju Kumari win bronze in Junior World Wrestling
Junior wrestler of India Veer Dev Gulia and Manju Kumari won bronze medal in Junior World Wrestling Championship in Tampere, Finland. In the men's 74kg freestyle, Gulia finished third after getting the better of Yamasaki Yajuro of Japan 8-5 in the opening day of the Championship. Manju Kumari, on the other hand, got the better of Ilona Prokopevniuk with a 2-0...
Bhambri stuns World No 22 Monfils in Citi Open at Washington
Indian Davis Cup Squad member Yuki Bhambri recorded the second biggest win of his career when he knocked out world number 22 and defending champion Gael Monfils in the ATP Citi Open in Washington. Bhambri enters the pre-quarter finals and now faces Guido Pella of Argentina. Bhambri took 1 hour and 51 minutes for a 6-3 4-6 7-5 upset win...
Selection controversy of P U Chitra, Sudha Singh; it’s a curious case of AFI
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Indian para athletes face apathy; doesn’t they deserve better acceptance?
In spite of giving their best ever performance in the Deaflympics -clinching five medals, including a gold- Indian contingent of hearing impaired athletes returned home without any recognition. There was not a single official from the Sports Authority of India (SAI) or the sports ministry in the airport to welcome them. Visibly upset with this apathy, the athletes refused...
Gilli Danda International Federation approves Rule Book for Gilli Danda
In the blog post ‘Gilli Danda Strikes From Sepia To Colour’ (https://www.sportsavour.com/gilli-danda-strikes-from-sepia-to-colour/) we referred about the Rule Book that was going to be introduced by Gilli Danda International Federation (GDIF). As promised by the Secretary General of the Federation, Bhupendra Kisan Bharat (https://www.sportsavour.com/we-need-to-spread-our-rural-sports-to-various-strata-of-the-society-bhupendra-kisan-k-bharat/) the Rule Book has come into existence in the last week of July 2017. This is...
The King Is Back; Garry Kasparov returns to chess
The youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion at age 22; ranked world No. 1 for 225 out of 228 months; had a peak rating of 2851, have a record of 15 consecutive professional tournament victories and 11 Chess Oscars. That’s Garry Kasparov-the genius, the ‘monster with 100 eyes, who sees all’, the man who was invincible for almost two...
Some of the world’s greatest in World Athletics Championships
WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Date: 4th August 2017-13th August 2017 Venue: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London Description: Athletic greats Usain Bolt and Mo Farah will take to the global stage one last time at Athletics World Championships 2017 in London from 4-13 August. Usain, who has completed the 100m-200m sprint double at the past two World Championships, plans to compete in the 100m...
How PKL changed Kabaddi from a Rural to a Ruling game
A game, where in every 30 seconds there is a high point. It is a game of incredible fitness and unmatched intensity. Kabaddi , a short game in tune with today’s generation, has taken the Indian sports scenario to an unimaginable level that almost touched the famed height of cricket in India. Kabaddi originated in rural India, some 4000 years...
Falcons TTC win inaugural Ultimate Table Tennis
The inaugural edition of Ultimate Table Tennis-the TT League of India-is a hit. Falcons TTC won the title by defeating Shazé Challengers 14-9 at the NSCI stadium in Mumbai. India's young sensation, Sanil Shetty faced Li Ping in the opening match of the final tie in front of a packed stadium. Ping, the retired Chinese player who plays for Qatar...
Tinnis to Tenez, and then Tennis
A group of historians believe that the the name Tennis originated from an Egyptian town on the Nile called Tinnis (in Arabic). Some other historians believe that the word came from Old French, via the Anglo-Norman term Tenez which means ‘hold, receive or take. Ancient and Medieval European literature has mentions of tennis in various pieces. In one of...