COVID disrupts sports yet again; Khelo India Youth Games is the latest to be postponed for the surge
Panchkula, Ambala, Chandigarh, Shahabad, and Delhi, were the 5 cities where The Khelo India Youth Games were to be held. Haryana, the hosts of this fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games, had actually been the winners of the first edition of the Youth Games, back in 2018. The Games were slated to kick off from the 5th February...
Rising star of Badminton- Tasnim Mir becomes the first Indian girl to claim U-19 Singles World No 1 status
While Tasnim Mir became the first Indian girl to achieve the no 1 ranking in Junior Badminton circuit, Aditya Joshi, Siril Verma, and Lakshya Sen are the Indian boys who previously got this honour. Tasnim Mir has managed to surpass the achievement of Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu in Junior category. The BWF Junior rankings started in 2011...
At 14, Bharat Subramaniyam becomes India’s 73rd Chess Grandmaster
Bharat Subramaniyam secured his third and final GM norm and touched the requisite 2,500 (Elo) to become the latest Chess Grandmaster from India. He is just 14 years 2 months and 23 days. Chennai-based Chess player Bharat Subramaniyam scored 6.5 points from nine rounds alongside four others to finish the competition held at Cattolica In Italy in seventh place. Meanwhile,...
For Kartik Sharma, the transition from Tennis to Golf paid off
Ever since he made the transition from Tennis to Golf at 11, Kartik Sharma's journey has been about taking risks and pulling them off. Sans grit and focus, it would have been tough to start from scratch after making a mark in Tennis. That risk was born on the greens of the Army Golf Course in Mathura, not exactly the...
Olympic champion and Triple Jump great Viktor Saneyev dies
Viktor Saneyev was a champion in Triple Jump who won four Olympic medals; three golds and one silver. The World Athletics announced that Viktor Saneyev has passed away at the age of 76. Viktor Saneyev, who was born in Georgia, on the 3rd of October, 1945, completed his 3 gold medal-winning campaigns, at 3 successive editions of the Olympic Games....
Arif Khan becomes the first Indian to qualify for two events in a single edition of Winter Olympics
Hailing from Gulmarg in Kashmir, India's Alpine Skier Arif Khan is now the first Indian athlete from the country to seal a berth for two separate events at a Winter Olympics- Slalom and Giant Slalom. A 'teenager' at heart, 31-year-old Arif Khan earned a spot in Slalom ForBeijing Winter Olympics at an Federation Internationale de Ski (FIS) event in Dubai....
Kyle Kumaran- the ‘speed junky’ making India proud on international racing circuit
Kyle Kumaran recently became the first Indian to secure the silver trophy at the Bahrain Rotax World Finals after winning his maiden Indian National Championship. A native of Thiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, Kyle Kumaran has always loved and followed Racing. Now at 18, Kyle enjoys art, music, Football and gaming with his friends all over the world. This great diversity...
After Habas fiasco, ATK Mohun Bagan appoint Juan Ferrando as their head coach
40-year-old Spanish coach Juan Ferrando will take charge as head coach of ATK Mohun Bagan with immediate effect. After a string of poor results in the ongoing ISL, ATK Mohun Bagan released Antonio Habas from the duty of the club's head coach. The merged club formed by Mohun Bagan and Atletico de Kolkata, have now appointed Juan Ferrando as their...
Rosario pays homage to Messi; a 69m tall mural unveiled in his hometown
Local artists in Lionel Messi's hometown, Rosario, paid tribute to the Argentine legend by designing and painting a 69m mural of the 'little magician'. Marlene Zuriaga and Lisandro Urteaga are responsible for designing and painting the graffiti, titled “From Other Galaxy, From My City”. The painting portrays Messi as captain of the national squad, donning his trademark number 10 jersey,...
Rising suicide cases in Shooting community; Abhinav Bindra offers help to NRAI
Konica Layak's suicide is the fourth such case in the last four months that has forced Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra to step forward. In September 2021, Namanveer Singh Brar, who won a bronze at the World University Games in 2015, killed himself at his residence in Mohali. In October, state-level shooter Hunardeep Singh Sohal shot himself at his residence....