Pickleball will definitely grow in Karnataka as it has the power to reach every individual: Rajath Kankar
The 5th National Pickleball Championship is set to be held at Bhikshu Dham in Bengaluru from 3rd to 5th August 2018. This time there will be 16 states participating in the event with almost 200 participants in Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles events. At the onset of the tournament, Sportsavour was in conversation with Rajath Kankar, General Secretary...
Indian Boat Racing team to be added to the Asian Games contingent after initial rejection
Following the order of Delhi High Court, India's traditional Boat racing contingent is set to take part in the Asian Games in Indonesia from 18th August - 2nd September 2018. Earlier the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has denied the entry of Boat team into the Asian Games squad sighting lack of eligibility criteria. However, the team returned home with...
Indian para shuttlers return with pride; win 6 medals at Thailand Para Badminton International
The Para Badminton International at Thailand turned out to be a successful sojourn for Indian para shuttlers. The Indian contingent returned from Bangkok with 6 medals of which two are gold, one is silver and the other three are bronze. Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar, the top seed in the women’s singles SL3 category, emerged winner by defeating Wannaphatdee Kamtam of Thailand....
Get, Set, Go for Marina Open- Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour reaches Chennai for the second time
The Marina Open is back! The second edition of this Wheelchair Tennis Tournament is ready to flag off at SDAT stadium in Chennai from 1st August 2018. This annual tournament is affiliated under All India Tennis Association (AITA) and players registered under AITA can only participate in this event. The 1st Marina Open took place in August, 2017 in Chennai...
Sensational Lakshya Sen wins Badminton Asian Junior Championships after 53 years
Indian teen shuttler, Lakshya Sen, won against reigning world junior champion Kunlavut Vitidsaran in the final match in Jakarta to become the first Indian in 53 years to win a gold in the Badminton Asian Junior Championships. The 16-year-old thrashed his Indonesian opponent 21-19, 21-18 in the 46-minute final. Way back in 1965, Gautam Thakkar won gold and till date it...
Delhi Rebels reach schools; spread Rugby among future generation
It requires a lot of courage to follow an unconventional sport in India. And it requires double its efforts to reach to the people. So, a heavy-contact sport like Rugby, needs a lot of commitment and passion to get spread in this country. But a group of passionate players believed in themselves and took up the hard task of promoting...
Soccer evolution in Croatia where Footballers are ‘Warriors’ and Football is ‘National Expression’
In the 1980s, political situation in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia deteriorated leading to a series of political upheavals and conflicts in the 1990s. Formed after the Allied victory in the Second World War, Yugoslavia, was a federation of six republics, with borders drawn along ethnic and historical lines: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. The civil...
Sprinter Hima Das becomes the first Indian to win gold in 400m U-20 Worlds
18-year-old Hima Das scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win gold in 400m at the IAAF U-20 World Athletics Championships. Das clocked 51.46 seconds to win the race at Tampere in Finland leaving behind Andrea Miklos of Romania and Taylor Manson of USA. Das, who hails from Assam, had clocked the fastest times in the two earlier rounds at...
After 2 years of injury lay-off, Dipa Karmakar clinches a gold medal at World Challenge Cup
Dipa Karmakar is back and that too with a bang. After remaining out of action for almost two years due to injury, the Indian ace gymnast clinched the gold medal in the vault event of Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin in Turkey. Dipa scored 14.150 to win gold. She had topped the qualification as well, recording a...
A major setback- Indian Football team denied participation in Asian Games by IOA
The Indian Football team has been considered incompetent to participate in the upcoming Asian Games to be held in August 2018 in Jakarta. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has decided not to send either the Men’s or the Women’s Football team for the Asiad. This will be the first time since 1994 that an Indian team will not take...