Paris Paralympics Day 3- Rubina Francis wins India’s lone medal
Paris Paralympics Day 3: Rubina Francis won India's only medal, bringing the nation's medal count to five. On Paris Paralympics Day 3, Rubina Francis’ bronze in Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 was the 4th medal in Shooting and India's 5th medal in total. Francis, who had finished seventh during the qualifying round, finished third in the final with a score of...
Paris Paralympics Day 2: Avani Lekhara defends her Shooting gold
Paris Paralympics Day 2: India's para-shooter, Avani Lekhara, doubled her Olympic gold medal, and the country won four medals on Day 2. It was a memorable day for the Indians on Paris Paralympics Day 2. Exactly three years after becoming the first female Indian athlete to win a Paralympics gold medal, Avani Lekhara created history by doubling it up. She...
Paris Paralympics Day 1: Sheetal-Rakesh pair breaks world record
Paris Paralympics Day 1- Catch the latest update and highlights as Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar pair set a new world record in the Mixed Team Compound Archery ranking round. Sheetal Devi recorded a new personal best score of 703 in the Women’s Individual Compound open ranking round on Paris Paralympics Day 1. Later, Rakesh Kumar accumulated a score of...
Anna Ushenina- Ukraine’s first woman world chess champion
In our series, 'The World Champion Born On This Day,' we will explore Anna Ushenina's life and triumph. Anna Ushenina was born in Kharkiv on 30 August 1985 in a Ukrainian Jewish family. Her mother introduced her to Chess at the age of seven to develop her intellectual and creative talents. She also learned painting and music. Though most of her...
The wizards’ Quidditch is now a gender-equal muggle sport
From the pages of Harry Potter, the game of Quidditch has come down from the magical sky to the earthly grounds. The Birth of 'Muggle' Quidditch In 2005, Xander Manshel and Alex Benepe brought Quidditch to life in Middlebury at Vermont in the United States. As per Benepe's Speech at TEDxUCLA.... "Now we’re going to 2005 to Middlebury College in Vermont, where...
Paris hosts the first outdoor opening ceremony of Paralympics
Like the Summer Olympics 2024, the opening ceremony of Paralympics 2024 took place outside a stadium. A fortnight later, Paris is back in a festive mood. The opening ceremony of the Paralympics 2024 was inaugurated with a nearly four-hour-long programme at Place de la Concorde in central Paris. This is the first time the opening ceremony of a Paralympic Games was...
1968 to 2024- India’s mixed record at the Paralympics
India has participated in 12 editions of the Paralympics and won a total of 31 medals including 9 gold, 12 silver, and 10 bronze. Debut India's Paralympics journey started in 1968 when it sent a delegation of 10 athletes including two women to Tel Aviv. The participants were unable to secure a medal in any of the events. First Medal Win The first...
Women’s T20 World Cup moved to UAE from Bangladesh
The International Cricket Council ICC) has decided to move the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup from Bangladesh to the UAE due to civil unrest in the country. The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup was scheduled to take place from October 3rd-20th, 2024 in Bangladesh. But the civil and political unrest in the country forced ICC to shift the tournament to...
Rivalry forgotten- Demand for justice unites Kolkata football fans
Supporters of the arch-rivals along with Mohammedan Sporting unitedly raised voices to 'demand for justice' in front of the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata after the Durand Cup match between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal was cancelled due to security issue. None of us has thought like this. But living in a civil society, we must stand like this. The...
Grand send-off for Indian contingent for Paris Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) hosted a grand send-off ceremony for the Indian Paralympic team in Delhi. The Indian contingent for this year's Paralympic Games will be the largest-ever contingent with 84 athletes. The Indian athletes will compete in 12 sports including Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Canoeing, Cycling, Blind Judo, Powerlifting, Rowing, Shooting,...