Women’s Asia Cup Cricket- Sri Lanka win maiden title
Sri Lanka clinched the Women's Asia Cup by riding on Chamari Athapaththu's 61 and Harshitha Samarawickrama's 69*. Sri Lanka set up an upset at Dambulla by defeating India in the final of Women's Asia Cup Cricket. The island team won their their first Asia Cup title. Harmanpreet Kaur elected to bat after winning the toss. Contributions from Smriti Mandhana (60 from...
Paris Olympics Day 1: Manu Bhaker qualifies; China win first gold
Paris Olympics Day 1- Catch the scores, highlights and updates. India's Manu Bhaker qualified for 10m Air Pistol final on Paris Olympics Day 1. She finished 3rd in the qualifying event with an impressive score of 580-27x. Indian result- Paris Olympics Day 1 BOXING Women’s 54kg (Round of 32) - Preeti Pawar beats Thi Kim Ah Vo (Vietnam) 5-0. HOCKEY Men’s Pool B - India...
Purna Banerjee to PV Sindhu-India’s flag bearers at the Olympics
The flag bearers during the Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games are the representative of their national values and Olympic ideals as well. Purma Banerjee was the first Indian to carry the national flag at the Opening Ceremony of an Olympic Games. The 400m sprinter from India, however, carried the pre-independent national flag at the...
Judit Polgar- Regarded by many as the strongest woman player of all times
In our series Champion Born On This Date, today we are going to see the success story of Judit Polgar- the woman player who became the youngest International Grandmaster at 15 years, breaking the record of Bobby Fischer. Judit Polgar never played any Women’s World Championship cycle but qualified to the last eight in the Open (For both Men &...
Paris Olympics 2024: Know all about the Indian contingent
A total of 117 Indian athletes, comprising 70 males and 47 females will be competing in 69 events for 95 medals at the Paris Olympics 2024. The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics 2024 is scheduled for July 26. A part of the Indian contingent has already reached Paris to participate in the Games. The Board of Control for Cricket in...
Women’s Asia Cup- The undisputed dominance of India
India has won seven out of eight Women's Asia Cup editions and remains the most successful team in the tournament's history. The Women's Asia Cup was first played in 2004, much later that the Men's Cup that initiated in 1980. The first edition was not a tournament, but a bilateral five-match ODI series played between India and Sri Lanka. The next...
“On a club level, Tennis is endangered….”, Novak Djokovic
In a Wimbledon press conference, 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic admitted that though Tennis remains the queen of racquet sport, it could lose its space to Padel or Pickleball if it fails to reinvent itself. Tennis to do away with five-setters... Novak Djokovic: Five-set matches, now-a-days, you can only see them in Grand Slams. That's what excites both players and...
Bhaskar Sawant- The man fighting to save playgrounds against relentless urbanisation
Since 1977, Bhaskar Sawant is on a mission to save playgrounds of Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. How it all started? Bhaskar Sawant was a student of Ruia College at Matunga in Mumbai. It was at that time he found encroachers successfully taking over the famous Dadkar ground situated opposite to his institution. Sawant immediately took action by gathering his friends...
Adolf Anderssen- The chess magician of the 19th century
In the series Champion Born On This Day, I present you a game by Adolf Anderssen, a champion considered to be the greatest master of sacrifices and checkmates. Adolf Anderssen was born on 6th July, 1818 at Breslau (present-day Wroclaw in Poland. Since 1842, Anderssen dominated the World Chess, winning multiple tournaments for three decades. Anderssen was so famous and popular...
Krishang Sport launches Knowledge Report on Pickleball
Indian cricket legend, Zaheer Khan, was present at the launching event of Knowledge Report on Pickleball developed by Krishang Sports in association with International Institute of Sports & Management. Krishang Sports has tried to bring on papers the journey of Pickleball in India. The Knowledge Report presented by the organisation delves into a lot of aspects of the game. It...