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.
“We need to spread our rural sports to various strata of the society…..” BHUPENDRA KISAN K BHARAT
The age-old Indian game that has entertained the common people through ages is Gilli Danda. Popular in rural and semi-urban region, this sport is mainly played in India and its neighbouring countries. But it is also played in some other Asian countries in different formats. In Cambodia and Philippines this sport is played in the form of Syatong. People...
Nadal clinches French Open, wins it for a record 10 times
Rafael Nadal wins his 10th French Open title at Roland Garros by beating Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1. It is a historic feat as no other tennis player has won a single Grand Slam on 10 occasions. It is also the 3rd time that he won the title without conceding a set. Indeed the Spaniard is the King of...
Abhishek Agarwal- one of squash’s budding talent
Abhishek stays quite some kilometres away from Mumbai. But the place where he belongs to has given him the opportunity to play a sport that is rarely played in India. Brush with a squash court in his childhood with some seniors playing the game enthusiastically had inspired Abhishek to start playing squash. The speed of the game attracted him,...