Is Mithali Raj or Jhulan Goswami worser than some lowest paid male cricketers?
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced their annual contract by introducing a new ‘A+’ category in men’s cricket and a ‘C’ category in women’s cricket. Five male players who are included in the A+ category are Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Bhubaneshwar Kumar and Jashprit Bumrah. BCCI has ensured the annual contracts worth...
Muskan Kirar and Promila Daimary win gold in Archery Asia Cup
17-year old Muskan Kirar won the gold medal in the Women’s Compound event at the Archery Asia Cup stage 1 competition in Bangkok. She was joined by Promila Daimary who won gold in Women's Recurve. Along with them, Madhu Vedwan and Gaurav Trambak Lambe won bronze medals in the Women’s and Men’s Recurve events respectively. Mushkan Kirar, who hails from Madhya Pradesh,...
Its another gold for Manu Bhaker; creates another record
Sensational Manu Bhaker wins her second gold medal in 10m Air Pistol at the ISSF Shooting World Cup held in Guadalajara in Mexico. Partnering with Om Prakash Mitharval, she won the team event by scoring 476.1 points against the German pair of Christian Reitz and Sandra Reitz. "Personally everything is the same for me. But yes, shooters from other countries...
Manu Bhaker strikes at 16; becomes youngest Indian shooter to win a World Cup gold
The Women’s 10m Air Pistol gold in this year’s ISSF World Cup belongs to 16-year old Manu Bhaker, the youngest shooter from India to win it and perhaps the third youngest in the world to achieve this feat. Rifle shooter Gagang Narang and pistol shooter Rahi Sarnobat were India’s previous youngest World Cup medallist at 23 in 2006 and...
The shooter-turned-coach, Yoginder Pal Singh, reliving his dream through ‘Shoot To Win’
Yoginder Pal Singh and his Shoot To Win-it is a skillful combination. A combination that has been established by the sportsperson to give back to the sport that he loves so much. Yoginder had been passionate about sports from his early childhood and he used to play any and every type of sport at school. Incidentally, he came across shooting...
3:59.4 – that was all for Sir Roger Bannister to remain on athletics tracks forever
64 years on, 3:59.4 is a number recognisable to every athletics folower. And the man who created it had assured a name in the history book. Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, has died aged 88 in his hometown in Oxford. “Sir Roger Bannister, died peacefully in Oxford on 3rd March...
India win the inaugural Snooker Team World Cup under Pankaj Advani, Manan Chandra
The Indian snooker team of Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra played a masterful game of snooker to win the inaugural IBSF Snooker Team World Cup in a jampacked Qatar Federation Snooker Hall. They conquered the Pakistan duo of Muhammad Asif and Babar Masih by 3-2. India were struggling in the initial two frames and were in deep trouble at 0-30...
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...