Robots playing football or drones controlling races- the hi-tech sports that tend to rule future world
A host of new high-tech sports depending on technological innovations, artificial intelligence, robotics and others, are kicking off in different parts of the globe. Robots playing football on the field or races between pilot-controlled drones- futuristic sports are now being created through technological innovations, even rules and strategies are drawn by artificial intelligence. Though these ‘futuristic’ sports may sound like...
Jiya Rai- the record holder autistic swimmer awarded Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar
13-year old Jiya Rai, who became the youngest swimmer with Autistic Spectrum Disorder to swim 36km in 8 hours and 40 minutes has been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2022. On 17 February 2021, Jiya Rai created history by swimming from Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India, a distance of 36km, in record time. She commenced her...
India unable to field team in AFC Women’s Asian Cup due to COVID outbreak in the team
With over a dozen player testing positive, India failed to adhere to the AFC guidelines of having a minimum of 13 players - 11 starters and two reserves; thus leaving with no other option than to pull out of the match against Chinese Taipei. The preparation for the AFC Women's Asian Cup was on for the last two years when...
The rise of Lakshya Sen as the GenNext player of Indian Badminton
The rising star of Indian Badminton, Lakshya Sen, stunned world champion Loh Kean Yew in India Open to win his maiden Super-500 Badminton title. 20-year old Lakshya Sen claimed his maiden world championships medal with a bronze in Spain in December 2021. Just a month later, he claimed his first Super 500 title by a fine performance to outshine the...
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....