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Siliguri, Nov 7 (PTI) The streets of Siliguri turned into a sea of celebration on Friday as thousands came out to greet hometown star Richa Ghosh, Bengal's first-ever World Cup-winning cricketer, after India's historic triumph at the Women's World Cup. Cheers, drums and chants filled the air as the 22-year-old wicketkeeper-batter emerged from Bagdogra airport, standing atop an open jeep that made its way through the city to Baghajatin Park, where a grand felicitation awaited. The entire route ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): India's star boxer Jaismine Lamboria expressed her team's motivation and excitement for the upcoming World Boxing Cup Finals in Noida. She highlighted their extensive preparation and eagerness to make their country proud again. The stage is set for a global boxing spectacle as the World Boxing Cup Finals 2025 come to Greater Noida's Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex from November 14 to 21, bringing together over 140 elite boxers from 18 nations, incl ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 28 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Tuesday that there is nothing wrong with the demand for a Dalit Chief Minister. "What's wrong with holding a Dalit convention? Earlier, the high command had asked us to postpone it for certain reasons, and we had agreed. In the interest of the party, the Dalit community has always stood with the Congress," he said. The state Home Minister pointed out that to maintain this unity, the party needs to hold such conventions fr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Two-time gold medallist Nikhat Zareen has put behind the disappointment of missing out on a third World Championships medal, and is now focussed on collecting maximum ranking points by winning the top prize in the upcoming World Boxing Cup Finals. The event will be held in Greater Noida from November 14 to 21. Nikhat, who competes in flyweight and light flyweight categories, won World Championship gold medals in 2022 in Istanbul and 2023 in New Delhi. But she failed to ...Read More >
Asian Championship bronze medalist Rohini Kalam was found dead at her home in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh. Initial police findings suggest suicide, though no note was found. Her sister reported Rohini was under considerable job-related stress and facing pressure from her school's faculty and principal. Rohini Kalam, a bronze medalist at the 8th Asian Championship in Abu Dhabi and a Jujitsu martial arts coach, was found dead at her home in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh. According to local reports, the 28-year ...Read More >
INDORE: Rohini Kalam, a 30-year-old Ju-Jitsu (martial art) athlete who represented India in the Asian Games and won bronze at the International Ju-Jitsu Competition in Abu Dhabi last year, was found hanging at her home in MP's Dewas. Police suspect suicide but clarified that no note was recovered from Rohini's room at the time she was found hanging on Sunday. The tragedy comes days after two Australian players for ICC Women's Cricket World Cup were allegedly molested in MP's Indore. Roshni, one ...Read More >
Wicketkeeper-batter Uma Chetry on Sunday became only the second female cricketer from Assam to represent India in Women ODIs. She received her debut cap as India faced Bangladesh in their final group-stage match in Navi Mumbai. Chetry is the second cricketer from her state, after Ritu Dhrub, who represented India in both ODIs and T20Is between 2013 and 2014. Before her ODI debut, Chetry had featured in seven T20Is for India, with her last international appearance coming against the West Indies ...Read More >
IMAGE: India's Priteesmita Bhoi won gold in the girls' 44kg Clean and Jerk event with a world youth record. Photograph: IOA/X Weightlifter Priteesmita Bhoi broke the world youth record in clean & jerk on way to clinching gold in the girls' 44kg category at the Youth Asian Games in Manama, Bahrain, on Sunday. The 16-year-old lifted 92kg in clean & jerk to set the world youth record, and 66kg in snatch to aggregate 158kg to take the top podium spot in the competition. On a day when Indian lifte ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Preetismita Bhoi is making waves globally. The young weightlifter from Dhenkanal added another laurel to her kitty when she clinched the gold medal in 44 kg category at the 3rd Asian Youth Games in Bahrain on Sunday. She lifted a total of 158 kg, and in the process, set Asian and World records in clean & jerk with 92 kg. Preetismita, who will turn 17 in November and trains at the Weightlifting High Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium, had served notice of ...Read More >
New Delhi: Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was on Wednesday conferred with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh describing him as an "epitome" of perseverance, and national pride. Singh conferred the insignia of honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel to the star javelin thrower, serving in the Territorial Army, at a pipping ceremony in New Delhi that was also graced by Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi and many other senior officials of the force. C ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally conferred the gleaming insignia of Honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army upon star javelin thrower and two-time Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra during the pipping ceremony in South Block, New Delhi on Wednesday. Interacting with Lt. Col (Hony) Neeraj Chopra and his family members, Singh described him as an epitome of perseverance, patriotism and the Indian spirit of striving for excellence, a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was on Wednesday conferred with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh describing him as an "epitome" of perseverance, and national pride. Singh conferred the insignia of honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel to the star javelin thrower, serving in the Territorial Army, at a pipping ceremony in New Delhi that was also graced by Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi and many other senior officials of ...Read More >
Pune: Olympian Balraj Panwar nailed his first medal at the continental level with the single scull gold as India wrapped up their campaign in the Asian Rowing Championships in Vietnam on a high on Sunday.Balraj clocked 7 minutes 37.80 seconds to top the 2 kilometre race ahead of Iraq's Bakr Shihab Ahmed Al-Dulami (7:38.99) and Indonesia's Memo (7:47.05) at the Gia Dam River course in Hai Phong.The Indian contingent also grabbed silver in men's double scull, lightweight men's quadruple scull and ...Read More >
Kolkata: Jyothi Surekha Vennam created history on Saturday, becoming the first Indian woman compound archer to win a medal at the World Cup Final, clinching bronze in Nanjing, China.The world No. 3 ended her season in style, shooting 15 perfect 10s to beat Great Britain's Ella Gibson 150-145 in the bronze-medal match.Earlier, the 29-year-old began confidently, defeating Alexis Ruiz (USA) 143140 in the quarterfinals.However, the reigning Asian Games champion from Challapalli (Andhra Pradesh) lost ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been the loudest voice towards turning this dream into reality and Union Minister Amit Shah is overseeing India's bid to host the Olympic Games. With the Commonwealth Sport's recommendation as Ahmedabad the hosts for the 2030 Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Wednesday, the spotlight has straightaway turned towards the country's big ambitions to host the 2036 Olympics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been the loudest voice towards turning this dream into reality and ...Read More >
Manipur divers Willson Singh Ningthoujam and Indiver Sairem, who won India's first ever medal at the Asian Aquatics Championships earlier this month, have now set their sights on next year's Asian Games to be held in Japan. Ningthoujam, a havildar in the Indian Army, had won the bronze medal in men's 10m synchronised platform at the event in Ahmedabad with Sairem, who took part in the competition despite suffering a thumb injury. Both Ningthoujam (23) and Sairem (15) are now back home training ...Read More >
MARTOLI, India (AP) -- Dozens of dilapidated stone buildings are what is left of the once-thriving border village of Martoli, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Nestled in Johar Valley and surrounded by Himalayan peaks -- the most notable being Nanda Devi, once considered the tallest mountain in the world -- this village had traded sugar, lentils, spices and cloth for salt and wool with Tibetans across the border. The nomadic occupants of several villages spent the winter months in th ...Read More >
Imphal, Oct 15: Manipur divers Willson Singh Ningthoujam and Indiver Sairem, who won India's first ever medal at the Asian Aquatics Championships earlier this month, have now set their sights on next year's Asian Games to be held in Japan. Ningthoujam, a havildar in the Indian Army, had won the bronze medal in men's 10m synchronised platform at the event in Ahmedabad with Sairem, who took part in the competition despite suffering a thumb injury. Both Ningthoujam (23) and Sairem (15) are now ba ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's wrestling fortunes have largely been shaped by homegrown coaches in the last few years. However, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has now decided to bring in foreign coaches across all the disciplines - freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's wrestling. WFI has begun inviting applications from international coaches and many have shown interest. The foreign coaches will be responsible for preparing the national teams for the 2026 Asian Games in Japan. They will design and im ...Read More >
Mumbai: That familiar Mirabai Chanu smile was back. One that, in the tiny Norwegian town of Forde, passed through three stages in a matter of seconds. The first was when the 48kg competitor managed to successfully lift a 115kg bar from her shoulders to well above it. Out came a tiny affirmative in-the-moment beam, even as she balanced herself and the body shivered from, literally, the weight of a World Championships medal-winning lift. Then, as she flung the bar on the floor, that little smile ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 2 (ANI): Akanksha Nitture of Maharashtra continued her winning run to reach the third round of the ongoing 30th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship in the women's singles category at the DLTA Complex in New Delhi. In the second round match, the second seed defeated Sohini Sanjay Mohanty of Odisha 6-1, 7-6 (2) in straight sets to move ahead in the tournament, according to a press release from Fenesta Open. Supported by DCM Shriram Ltd., and held under ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympian and Former Asian Games medallist Vishnu Vardhan and top seed Nitin Kumar Sinha continued their winning run to reach the third round of the ongoing 30th National Tennis Championship at the DLTA Complex here on Wednesday. The Telangana-based player showed no signs of slowing down, easing past Deepak A 6-1, 6-2 in the men's singles category. Nitin Kumar Sinha of West Bengal also advanced to the third round after his opponent, Smit Patel, retired due to in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): It was a union of javelin very best as Olympic and World Championship gold medalist javelin throw superstar Neeraj Chopra and Sachin Yadav, who rose to prominence with his fourth-place finish in the recently-concluded World Athetics Championships in Tokyo, came to cheer for para javelin throw athletes in action during the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi on Tuesday, with two-time Paralympic champion Sumit Antil making history with a gold and ...Read More >
AHMEDABAD: Srihari Nataraj is riding the crest of a wave. At the ongoing Asian Swimming Championships in the city, the swimmer has set national records, broken a 16-year medal drought and medalled four times, including in individual freestyle events. He's feeling so confident about his place and space that he has set his sights on medalling at the Asian Games in Japan and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, competitions where the competition will be that much higher. Some subtle changes in train ...Read More >
Russia announced it had captured three villages in eastern Ukraine as its forces continue to advance slowly through heavily defended Ukrainian positions. According to Russia's Ministry of Defence, Russian troops have seized around 0.8 percent of Ukraine's territory since the start of the year. The recent gains include the villages of Derylove and Maiske in the Donetsk region, and Stepove in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Russian officials described the fighting as intense, metre-by-metre skirmishes ...Read More >
Veteran BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra, who passed away at 93, was a pivotal sports administrator. He introduced and nurtured archery in India, leading the AAI for over 40 years and establishing Asian and Commonwealth archery bodies. Malhotra also guided the IOA as interim president during a challenging period. Aside from being a seasoned politician, veteran BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra was also an accomplished sports administrator and will be remembered as the man who introduced and moulde ...Read More >
Samardeep Singh Gill clinched his second consecutive shot put title at the National Open Athletics Championships with a 19.79m throw, outperforming national record holder Tajinderpal Singh Toor. Other notable gold medalists included Damneet Singh in hammer throw, debutant Nitin Gupta in men's 20km race walk, and Deepika in women's javelin throw.Samardeep Singh Gill grabbed his second consecutive shot put title when he won the gold medal at the National Open Athletics Championships at Birsa Munda ...Read More >
Ranchi, Sep 29: Samardeep Gill upstaged two time Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor for the men's shot put title at the National Open Athletics Championships here on Monday. In the afternoon session, the focus was on Gill, a promising Madhya Pradesh thrower and six years younger to Toor. After a nervous start, Gill took time to regain his composure and raced to victory with a throw of 19.79m on his last attempt. Gill had series of 18.78m, 18.92m, 19.36m, 19.14m and 19.79m. Toor, mean ...Read More >
In a historic first, India's Indiver Sairem and Willson Sing Ningthoujam bagged the 10m men's synchronised diving bronze medal on the second day of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships here on Monday. The result -- the first medal for an Indian -- put the country in strong contention to earn a berth for next year's Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. The 18-year-old Sairem and the 32-year-old Ningthoujam, both from Manipur, train at the Army Sports Institute (ASI) in Pune. They scored 300.66 point ...Read More >
IMAGE: India's Indiver Sairam and Willson Sing Ningthoujam bagged the 10m men's synchronized diving bronze medal on day two of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships in Ahmedabad on Monday. Photographs: Screengrab In a historic first, India's Indiver Sairam and Willson Sing Ningthoujam bagged the 10m men's synchronized diving bronze medal on day two of the 11th Asian Aquatics Championships in Ahmedabad on Monday. The Indian divers have never managed to clinch a medal in the past editions of thi ...Read More >
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