Portugal in a tricky situation; Ronaldo may not even get to play in Qatar World Cup
Looking set to book a place in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, needing only a draw against Serbia, Portugal had to digest a 2-1 defeat, after conceding in the 90th minute. Playing at home in Lisbon, Portugal hit the ground running at the Estadio Da Luz (Stadium of Light). Playing at home, with the likes of Ronaldo, Bernardo Silva, Bruno...
Pritam Siwach- Arjuna awardee Hockey player joins the elite list of being the Dronacharya award winner as well
Pritam Rani Siwach, one of the ten Dronacharya awardees this year, is dedicating her life to make lives better of multiple young talents of Indian Hockey. It has been a period of 17 years since Pritam Rani Siwach was conferred the Arjuna Award in 1998. She was then in the prime of her playing career, being one of the best...
Anand Velkumar- The first Indian to win a medal in Speed Skating World Championship
Competing in the Junior 15km Elimination Final held at Ibaguein Colombia, Anand Velkumar came in with a final time of 24.14.845 seconds, which was good enough to take home the coveted silver medal. Aditi Ashok narrowly missing out on a bronze medal at the Olympics after finishing fourth, Kamalpreet Kaur becoming the first Indian woman to breach the 65m mark...
Women’s Football: Indian team to play against Brazil in an exposure tour before AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022
The Indian Women's Football team will play against Brazil for the first time; will also take on Chile and Venezuela for their AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 preparation. The Indian Women’s Football team is gearing up for the AFC Women's Asian Cup by regularly playing international friendly matches. In October 2021, they played four friendlies in the UAE and in...
Chess: India now has 72 Grandmasters; Mitrabha Guha becomes the latest to achieve the feat
Kolkata-based Chess player, Mitrabha Guha, becomes India's 72nd Grandmaster, two days later India got its 71st Gradmaster Sankalp Gupta. Mitrabha Guha completed the requirement of becoming a Grandmaster by securing his third and final GM norm at GM Third Saturday Mix 220- Novi Sad, Serbia. He defeated GM Nikola Sedlak of Serbia in the penultimate ninth round. The 20-year old...
Odisha, the hub of Indian Hockey, is ready to host the Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup 2021
The Junior Men's Hockey World Cup is scheduled to be held in Bhubaneshwar from 24th November to 5th December. Odisha reaffirmed its growing stature as the hub for Hockey by getting the rights to host the Junior Men's Hockey World Cup 2021. Odisha along with Uttar Pradesh expressed interest in hosting the event. But the eastern-Indian state was picked for...
Chess: Sankalp Gupta becomes India’s 71st Grandmaster
18-year old Sankalp Gupta secured the three required GM norms in just 24 days toachieve the Grandmaster title. Sankalp Gupta has become India’s 71st Grandmaster by scoring 6.5 points in the GM Ask 3 round-robin event at Arandjelovac in Serbia. He won five games, drew three, and lost one to Rudik Makrarian (Russia) to take second place in the chess...
Sjoerd Marijne’s bitter-sweet relationship with Indian Hockey ends in a sour tone
Sjoerd Marijne, who guided the Indian Women's Hockey team to their best-ever Olympic outing, has ended his tenure with Hockey India. But he is yet to receive his final salary from SAI and a reward from UP government. Sjoerd Marijne was first appointed the head coach of the Indian Women’s Team in February 2017. But just after 7 months of...
Cheerleading as sport- Rewind to Johnny Campbell on 2nd November, 1898 at Minnesota
Though Cheerleading originated in Britain, but an American is regarded as the first Cheerleader. Johnny Campbell’s Cheerleading at a Football match in 1898 made him the very first cheerleader and November 2 the official birth date of organized Cheerleading. Cheerleading is an organized sports activity; it combines dance, gymnastics, and stunt elements, performed by cheerleaders in one-or two minutes, to...
14-year old Tajamul Islam fights all her way to win World Kickboxing Champion title
Tajamul Islam is a remarkable athlete in Kickboxing whose grit and passion for her art will inspire other young athletes for generations to come. Young Tajamul Islam from Kashmir has won the title of World Kickboxing Champion at Cairo in Egypt, after defeating Lalina from Argentina, in the final. This is 14-year-old Tajamul's second World Kickboxing Champion title, after the...