Shahzar Rizvi wins gold in ISSF World Cup with record score in 10m Air pistol
Meerut-based shooter Shahzar Rizvi clinched gold in the ISSF World Cup with a world record score f 242.3 points to make his maiden appearance in the event memorable. Ace shooter Jitu Rai, however, has to settle for a bronze after he scored 219 points. Shahzar kept his cool in the final to beat Christian Reitz of Germany, 239.7 points at...
Bajrang Punia, Vinod Omprakash settle for bronze in Senior Asian Wrestling Championship
Bajrang Punia, who won gold in the 2017 edition of Senior Asian Wrestling Championships, has settled for a bronze this time in men’s 65kg freestyle. Another wrestler Vinod Kumar Omprakash won the other bronze medal in the men’s 70kg freestyle. The two medals took India’s tally to eight -- gold and silver each with six bronze medals. Bajrang lost 5-7...
Navjot Kaur becomes the first woman wrestler to win India’s first ever gold at Senior Asian Championships
Navjot Kaur created history by becoming the first woman wrestler from India to win a gold medal at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships. With a thoroughly dominating performance in the final of the women’s 65kg freestyle category, Navjot beat Japan’s Miya Imai by a convincing 9-1 points. The wrestler who hails from Punjab, lost her first group stage match narrowly...
Leading javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang fails drug test; faces a ban of 4 years
World Championships finalist and medal prospect in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, Davinder Singh Kang, has been tested positive for Androstane, an anabolic steroid by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the new anti-doping body of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). He now faces the prospect of being banned for four years that can eventually put an end to his...
Curtains fall on the 16-days extravaganza….it’s the end of 2018 Winter Olympics
The audience took their seats, the delegates settled themselves in the VIP boxes, and music and lights were intertwined in the Olympic stadium for the last time…..this stadium at Pyeongchang will be demolished after this grand festival. As the athletes came out, this time quite informally, a giant illuminated turtle led to the centre of the stage. The turtle which...
Day 16: Marit Bjoergen- the greatest- seals the last day with her medal no 15
She was already the highest medal winner of Winter Olympics. on the last day of the Games, Marit Bjoergen of Norway, claimed her 15th medal to emerge as the greatest Winter Olympian of all times.She stormed to 30km Cross Country gold in 1.22.17.6 to give herself and her 16-year long Olympic career a fitting farewell. It was also her record-equalling...
A double for India in South Africa-Women Cricketers win T20 series after ODI triumph
It was an all-round performance from the Indian eves in the T20 series against South Africa that made them clinch the series by 3-1. Batting first, India finished with a combative 166 with Mithali Raj scoring her 3rd fifty of the series and her 13th one overall. Veteran Raj showed aggression in her innings of 62 runs off 50...
Aruna Reddy creates history by claiming the first medal for India in Gymnastics World Cup
It might be a bronze; but it is the first medal for India in Gymnastics World Cup. After Deepa Karmakar produced stunning result in the Rio Olympics, gymnastic has been a much talked-about sport in India. And Aruna Budda Reddy has ignited the flame once again. She became the first gymnast from this country to win a medal at...
Day 15: USA win first ever gold in Men’s Curling
The US closed the Men’s Curling event with a gold in the rink defeating Sweden 10-7. It is the second ever Olympic curling medal for the Americans following the bronze earned at Turin 2006. US skip John Shuster produced a stunnng dis[lay of accuracy to win the hearts and the gold. Sweden had to settle for silver, one step...
Day 14: 15-year old Alina Zagitova takes gold in Figure Skating
Alina Zagitova, the teen sensation representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) skated to Don Quixote to collect the gold in Figure Skating at Pyeongchang. She performed all her showpiece jumps including two triple Lutz, a triple flip into a double toe, and a triple flip into a double loop, that made her come closer to break the world...