Manpreet, Lakshmanan win gold on first day of the Asian Championships
Shot-putter Manpreet Kaur won the first gold medal for India followed by long-distance runner Govind Lakshmanan in 5000 m race. India won a total of 7 medals in Day 1 of Asian Athletics Championship at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar. China ended the day in second position with 1gold and 2 silver. Birthday girl Manpreet upstaged defending champion Guo Tianquin of...
Tintu Luka carries the flag; Asian Athletics Champonship declared open
The Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar saw a glittering Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship where more than 700 participants from 45 countries took part in the march past. India's middle-distance ace runner Tintu Luka led the 95-member Indian contingent. 8 members of the Pakistan contingent including 6 athletes and 2 officials who were given visa at the...
India win against Sri Lanka, make it 4 out of 4
Indian women cricketers are in top form in their World Cup outing as they had a clinical victory against Sri Lanka in their 4th group match at County Ground in Derby. India, batting first, put up a good show with Mithali Raj showing her mettle once again. After missing her half-century against Pakistan in the last match, she scored...
With every fall she rises; its out of the world story of Shital Mahajan
It was 18th April 2004. A 22-year old Indian with immense courage dived out from a Russian helicopter. She became the first woman to jump from the geographical North Pole at -37 degrees centigrade without any formal skydiving training. It was just a beginning. Two years later, on 15th December 2006, she performed an accelerated free fall jump. That...
Asian Athletics Championship to start from today
Bhubaneshwar's Kalinga Stadium is ready to host the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship that will see a wide range and the best of Asian athletes participating in the Games. More than 700 athletes from around 45 countries will be participating in the tournament that will have 42 events. This is the second time that the Championship is held in India....
Jehan creates history by winning in FIA F3 European Championship
Jehan Daruwala of Sahara Force India Academy becomes the first Indian to win in FIA F3 European Championship in Nuremberg, Germany. It is 18 years after Narain Karthikeyan's win in British F3 Championship, an Indian won a top spot in international circuit. The Mumbai lad soaked up pressure from Germany’s Maximilian Günther for the entire duration of the race...
India thrash Pakistan; win their 3rd straight match
Indian women registered a thrashing victory over Pakistan in their 3rd match in Women's World Cup at derby. Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht took 5 wicket to help India win by 95 runs. India won the toss and elected to bat first but could not take the advantage as the batters made a meagre 169 for the loss of 9...
Odisha to host Asian Athletics Champion 2017
22nd Asian Athletics Championship 2017 Date: 5th July 2017-9th July 2017 Venue: Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar In two days time, the Eastern state of Odisha will proudly host the prestigious Asian Athletics Championships at the renovated Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar. The Asian Championships was earlier hosted twice by India, in 1983 in Delhi and then again in 2013 in Pune. This year Bhubaneswar will...
English ‘Soccer’ became American
This is the American term of Football. But if we look into its history, Soccer is not conceptualized in America but it was very much a British import in America. In the 19th century football was quite popular in England but there were two forms of it-one played with foot called Association Football and the other played with...
Srikanth climbs to 8th position in the latest ranking released by BWF
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth rose to 8th position after his consecutive Superseries victories in Indonesia and Australia., according to the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings. Hyderabad-based Srikanth had last reached the top 10 in October 2016. However his career-high ranking remains No 3 which was achieved in June 2015.