Khelo India Youth Games- Haryana reclaims title with a grand tally of 52 gold
The Khelo India Youth Games 2021 which started on June 4, ended on a high note with Haryana topping the table with a total of 137 medals followed by Maharashtra (125) and Karnataka (67). On the final day of the Khelo India Youth Games, Haryana boxers swooped on as many as 10 of the 20 Boxing gold to surge past...
Khelo India Youth Games- Maharashtra’s Sanyukta Kale wins all five gold medals in Rhythmic Gymnastics
Maharashtra maintains its top position as Sanyukta Kale swept all the five gold medals in Rhythmic Gymnastics at the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games. 16-year-old Sanyukta Kale won five gold medals in the all-round, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon categories at the Khelo India Youth Games. Maharashtra now has an overall medal tally of 66 (24 gold, 24 silver and...
Khelo India Youth Games: Maharashtra’s Kajol Sargar becomes the first gold medallist of this edition
The ongoing 4th edition of Khelo India Youth Games which is being hosted in five different cities - Panchkula, Shahabad, Ambala, Chandigarh and Delhi- includes 4,700 athletes from India’s 36 states and Union Territories. 17-year-old weightlifter, Kajol Sargar from Sangli in Maharashtra, clinched the first gold at the Khelo India Youth Games, 2021. Kajol lifted a total of 113 kg...
4th edition of Khelo India Youth Games gets a glittering start in Panchkula
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 4th edition of Khelo India Youth Games at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula. The 10-day Khelo India Youth Games was finally inaugurated after several postponement due to the worldwide pandemic. The 4th edition will be taking place in Haryana, with Panchkula being the epicentre. It will have the presence of...
The essence lies here- JMD proves again that Pickleball is truly a ‘Sport for All’
The JMDYC Pickleball Tournament Season 3 was held in Mumbai from 27th to 29th May 2022, where around 200 players participated from across different districts of Maharashtra. Jal Mangal Deep Society (JMD) continues to remain an inspiration; it is here where sport is elevated from sweating and performing on the field to become the love and life for the residents....
“The exceptional result at Deaflympics was due to systematic preparation…” Stalin Nagarajan
India returned from Brazil with the best-ever result at Deaflympics. A look back to the eventful tournament through the eyes of Stalin Nagarajan, the coach of India's Tennis team at the 24th Deaflympics. Stalin Nagarajan, the man behind the growth of many talented young Indian Tennis player including Sania Mirza, was assigned the role of coach for the Indian Tennis...
Archery World Cup- India finish with five medals in Stage 2 at Gwangju
India won 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze in Stage 2 of the Archery World Cup at Gwangju in South Korea. Indian Men’s Compound Team, featuring Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Aman Saini, won successive gold medals at the Archery World Cup 2022. In Stage 1, they defeated France by 232-230 in the final to win gold. In Stage...
R Praggnanandhaa beats Magnus Carlsen for the second time in 2022
Just three months apart, Chess prodigy, R Praggnanandhaa defeated world champion, Magnus Carlsen, for the second time with the latest victory at the Chessable Masters Online Rapid Chess Tournament. 16-year old R Praggnanandhaa, who in 2016 became the youngest international master in history at age 10, had beaten Magnus Carlsen at the Airthings Masters Rapid Chess Tournament earlier in 2022....
India’s Nikhat Zareen is the new world champion in 52kg Boxing
Nikhat Zareen won gold in 52kg category at the Women's World Boxing Championship held in Istanbul, thus, becoming the 5th woman from India to clinch the world crown. 25-year-old Nikhat Zareen is a former World junior champion and an Asian bronze medallist. In the final of the Women's World Boxing Championship, Nikhat fought brilliantly to score 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27,...
Prime Minister to host India’s most successful Deaflympics contingent
India's largest contingent at Deaflympics returned with the richest haul of 16 medals from the Games that was held at Caxias do Sul in Brazil. In the 24th edition of the Deaflympics around 2,100 athletes from 72 countries participated that took place from May 1-15. India sent the largest-ever representation in Deaflympics with a contingent of 65 athletes to compete...