Gopichand’s Academy collaborates with IIT Kharagpur for ‘happiness and mental strength’ programmes for players
To promote happiness, health and well-being among professional and budding Badminton players, Pulella Gopichand Badminton Academy has entered into collaboration with IIT Kharagpur. The engineering institute has signed an MoU with PGBA to carry out joint training and research in the area of the happiness and well-being of players. The thrust areas of the collaboration will include training modules by...
Indian shooters continue their domination at Asian Airgun Championship in Taipei
Young Indian shooters had a profitable day at the Asian Airgun Championship when they won 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze on Day 3 of the competition. India now has a total of 5 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals with half the competition still to go. Manu Bhaker won her second gold of the tournament when she...
Bhaker & Saurabh smash world record as India win Asian Airgun junior and senior gold
India had a successful start to the 12th Asian Airgun Championship in Taipei as India's young guns clinched gold in both 10m Air Pistol junior and senior events. Exactly a month after a gold medal winning feat at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary continued their irresistible form with the senior gold while national...
From Eunice Shriver’s vision, Special Olympics travelled worldwide for 51 years to reach Abu Dhabi; Indians flourished with 368 medals
India created history. The Indian team of ‘Special Olympians’ returned with a whopping tally of 368 medals from the Special Olympics World Games 2019 that was hosted in Abu Dhabi from March 14 to 21, 2019. India finished with 85 gold, 154 silver and 129 bronze. Medals were won across all sports - Athletics, Golf, Volleyball, Aquatics, Cycling, Judo,...
Indian women win fifth straight SAAF Football Championship
The Indian women's team has successfully defended its SAFF Women’s Championship for the fifth time in a row by defeating Nepal by 3-1 in their backyard at at the Sahid Rangashala Stadium in Biratnagar. The win extends India’s unbeaten run in the tournament’s history to 23 games. Dalima Chhibber opened the scoring for India in the first half while...
Women on pedals painting their cities green: Here are the changemakers appropriately conferred ‘Bicycle Mayor’
Nikita Lalwani is an instrument engineer from Baroda, Bhairavi Joshi practices dentistry in Valsad, Pooja Vijay is a lawyer in Jaipur and marketing professional Firoza Suresh is from Mumbai. These four different names pursue four different professions but they follow a common fervor. Nikita, Bhairavi, Pooja and Firoza are cycling enthusiasts; so much so that they are driven by...
The door for Asian Games is open for Australia and other Oceania nations from 2022
Athletes from Australia and the rest of Oceania have been invited to compete at the 2022 Asian Games to be held at Hangzhou in China. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) extended an invitation to the Australian athletes at the Asian Games in selected sports which will have their qualification paths for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games through Asia....
Apurvi Chandela incredibly shatters world record on her way to Women’s 10m Air Rifle in ISSF World Cup
26-year old Apurvi Chandela broke the world record in Women's 10m Air Rifle to register a gold for India at the ISSF World Cup 2019 in New Delhi. Apurvi defeated China’s Ruozhu Zhao in the high-tension final with an incredible sequence of scores that never dropped below 10. Chandela, who had secured a Tokyo Olympic quota in the last World Championships,...
A dance form that’s also a sport- Breakdancing has been proposed to be included in Paris Olympics 2024
Breakdancing is one of the four additional sports expected to be included at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris along with Surfing, Sport climbing and Skateboarding. While the three other sports have already been added to the programme for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and invited to return in Paris, Breakdancing would be making its first appearance in the Olympics...
Jimmy George- the unfamiliar Indian who ruled international Volleyball circuit
Jimmy George is considered as one of the greatest Indian Volleyball player of all time. His measured jump floats and accurate spin serves on court spread his name from Kerala to Italy, making him the first Indian player to turn professional. George was born to the famous Kudakkachira family of Peravoor as the second son of George Joseph and Mary...