Chhetri seals India’s victory over Kyrgyz Republic
In a fast-pace Asian Cup qualifier match, India's Mr Dependable Sunil Chhetri scored the match-winning goal to surpass Kyrgyz Republic. This was Chhetri's 54th goal in his 94th match for the national team. India who had beaten Myanmar 1-0 in their first match of the qualifiers, notched up their 7th international win on the trot. With this win, India...
Jitu-Heena clinch gold in the mixed team 10m air pistol in Azerbaijan
Indian ace shooter Jitu Rai teamed up with Heena Sidhu to clinch gold medal in 10m air pistol event in ISSF World Cup held in Azerbaijan. Jitu and Heena forged a recovery from 0-4 to 7-6 to beat Russia. This win has given them their 2nd World Cup gold together after having won the event in New Delhi earlier...
Indrajeet marathons with grit from Tillikapur’s lanes to synthetic tracks
Indrajeet Patel is from one of the remotest villages of Allahabad. Located in Soraon district, Tillikapur does not have some basic livelihood facilities. In his childhood, Indrajeet had never seen an athletic track but was attracted to running. Being a farmer’s son, he helped his father in their field and in his free time he ran around there effortlessly....
Zerao at Zero Degree
A football match in remote Estádio Milton Corrêa at Macapa in Brazil attracts local people as it is not to the standard of international matches. But this soccer stadium has a very unusual centre line. The stadium is located at the centre of the Earth with the Equator running through its centre line dividing the stadium in two halves. The...
Sprint hurdler Siddhanth Thingalaya qualifies for World Athletics Championships
National-record-holder hurdler Siddhanth Thingalaya broke his own record at the Altis Invitational Meet in the USA to qualify for the World Athletics Championship to be held in August In London. Siddhanth clocked 13.48s, the standard time for entry in the World Championship. He broke his national record of 13.54s set a year ago at Arizona.
Olive Ridley chosen as the mascot of Asian Athletics Championship to be held in Odisha
Olly, belonging to the endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles that travel thousands of miles to arrive on the beaches of Odisha for their annual nestin, has been chosen as the official mascot of 22nd Asian Athletics Championship. The Games is to be held in Odisha from 6th-9th July, 2017. This is turning to be the biggest ever championship as...
GM Neelotpal Das loses to Nguyen Duc Hoa in Mumbai Mayor’s Cup
Vietnam Grand Master defeated Indian GM Neelotpal Das in the 10th Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Chess Tournament. After the 9th round both the players were tied at 7.5 points. But Nguyen emerged champion when he finished the 10th round with 8.5 points. GM Farrukh Amonatov became the runner up. Neeloptpal finished 3rd along with GM Diptayan Ghosh.
High Jumper Naimwon Narzary breaks 25-year -old Junior National Record
Laimwon Narzary of Assam broke a 25-year-old high jump national record of 1.75 metre when she cleared 1.77 metre height at the Federation Cup Junior National Athletics. The former record was held by Bobby Aloysius which was established in 1992. 19-year old Narzary is also a gold medallist at the World school Athletics in 2015.
It is ‘Dugout’ in Baseball
For Indian cricket lovers, Dugout refers to the benches just behind the boundary line allowing players to enter and exit the field quickly to keep in pace with the speed of 20-20 matches. But the term has its originality not in cricket but in . Dugout probably started in 1844 in professional baseball when an area was built with...
Bolt runs his final 100m race at home in 10.03, wins it
Usain Bolt ran his final race on home soil at 2nd Racers Grand Prix in Kingston. Bolt was emotional and got a slow start but recovered rom it to win the race. "The run was just ok. I must say it was ok," Bolt said after a lap of honour before a full house.