Khelo India University Games 2021- The big show ready for a grand opening
The Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu, will inaugurate the Khelo India University Games 2021 at Bengaluru’s Kanteerava Indoor Stadium. Khelo India University Games, is a national level multi-sport event held in India, where athletes from universities across the country compete in different sports disciplines.The event was first held in 2020 at Odisha. Due to the worldwide pandemic, the second...
100-day countdown for Chess Olympiad begins with Anand’s message to youngsters
The 100-day countdown for the 44th Chess Olympiad, to be held in India, began with Viswanathan Anand terming the tournament a lifetime opportunity for youngsters. The Chess Olympiad will be held from July 28 to August 10 in Chennai. The tournament was originally scheduled to be hosted by Russia between July 26 and August 8 in Moscow but was moved...
Asia Pickleball Open- Indian players stand united to shine across different categories
Pickleball players from India has set the stage on fire as they won medals of all colours across different categories of the Asia Pickleball Open held at Phuket. The Indian players are ready to rule world Pickleball; the drums have started rolling from Asia Pickleball Open 2022. In almost every category, the Indians had a podium finish. Beginning with Snehal Patil-Vrushali...
R Praggnanandhaa wins the prestigious Reykjavik Open Chess
In an all Indian battle, young Indian Chess champion, R Praggnanandhaa, edged past D Gukesh to win the prestigious Reykjavik Open Chess tournament. After a two-year absence due to the worldwide pandemic, Reykjavik Open Chess tournament returned to the sporting calendar this year. Held for the 36th time, the tournament saw quite a few Indian players participating. The 16-year-old Pragganandhaa remained...
Asia Pickleball Open- Gold for Indian duo of Vrushali-Snehal in Advanced 19+ Women’s Doubles category
The Asia Pickleball Open 2022 is the first international tournament for Indian players after a two years' lay off due to the global pandemic. AIPA India players Vrushali Thakare and Snehal Patil defeated Macy Guo and Michelle Lim of Singapore in a closely fought match to win gold in the Advanced 19+ Women's Doubles category in Asia Pickleball Open 2022...
Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk, exiled by Russian bombs, embrace a peace-themed football tour
Ukraine's Football team, Shakhtar which was displaced from its original home of Donetsk in 2014, has started their peace-themed tour to bring attention to the plight of war victims and to raise money for the war effort. Shakhtar Donetsk opened a series of charity games on a government-backed "Global Tour for Peace" with a 1-0 loss against the Greek league...
World Bridge Championships: Indian senior men’s team win first-ever silver for the country
This is a historic moment for Indian men's senior team as they qualified for the final of World Bridge Championships for the first time and eventually won silver. The 45th World Bridge Team Championships was held from 27th March to 9th April 2022 in Italy. The Indian team was represented by Rajesh Dalal, Sukamal Das, Ashok Kumar Goel, Anil Padhye,...
Dipika Pallikal wins two gold medals at World Doubles Squash Championships
Dipika Pallikal teamed up with Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa to win the mixed doubles and women's doubles title respectively at World Doubles Championships. Less than six months after giving birth to twins, Dipika Pallikal won not one but two title at WSF World Doubles Championships. Playing with brother-in-law Saurav Ghosal, she clinched the mixed doubles title with a 11-6,...
Chibuzor, the Nigerian star of Kolkata Football in 1980s, passes away
Chibuzor Nwakanma came to India in the early 80s as a student and later played for the big three clubs in Kolkata as a forward. The Nigerian forward, Chibuzor Nwakanma, simply known as Chibuzor became a household name in the 1980s for his tremendous speed and a predatory instinct for goals. He turned out for all the three big clubs of...
Boris Becker facing imprisonment after being found guilty of four charges related to bankruptcy
Tennis great Boris Becker is facing seven years imprisonment after being found guilty of illegally moving his wealth from his business account post-bankruptcy in 2017. Six-time Grand Slam champion, Boris Becker, was accused of hiding millions of pounds worth of assets, including two Wimbledon trophies, to avoid paying his debts following his 2017 bankruptcy. At Southwark Crown Court he was...