Category: News
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38th National Games 2025 Uttarakhand: Manipur Dominate Through Bonish Yurembam, Tongbram Saya Chanu
The opening day of the Wushu events Kanchenjunga Hall, MPSC, witnessed an electrifying display of skill and discipline on Wednesday. The competition featured two key disciplines: Taulo and Sanda, with athletes showcasing their exceptional talent and dedication. Taulo Event Results The Taulo competition concluded with a total of 12 medals awarded across four categories, demonstrating the…
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38th National Games 2025 Uttarakhand Badminton Day 1 Results: Haryana’s Anmol Kharb, Hosts Make Dominating Starts
The opening day of the 38th National Games Badminton Championship saw an intense battles across both men’s and women’s team competitions. The Multi-Purpose Hall at Parade Ground in Dehradun witnessed hard-fought duels as the country’s top badminton players showcased their skills on the national stage. The Women’s Group A competition saw Assam face off against…
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Thailand Masters Badminton 2025: Kisona Selvaduray Stuns India’s Tanya Hemanth To Advance To Second Round
Kisona Selvaduray kicked off the season with an upset over higher-ranked Indian opponent Tanya Hemanth in the women’s singles Round of 32 clash at the Thailand Masters 2025 on Wednesday. After an opening game deficit at the Nimibutr Stadium in Bangkok, the World No.76 stunned the World No.58 Indian 15-21, 21-11, 21-13 in 53 minutes.…
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Thailand Masters Badminton 2025: Jacky Kok Upsets India’s Ayush Shetty To Advance Into Second Round
Former Malaysian National Champion Jacky Kok celebrated the Chinese New Year with an upset over India’s Ayush Shetty in the first round of the Thailand Masters 2025 on Wednesday. World No.101 Kok, a Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) dropout, defeated his higher-ranked opponent 21-15, 21-17 in just 39 minutes. Once dubbed as the next Lee…
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38th National Games 2025 Uttarakhand Swimming Day 1 Results: Srihari Nataraj, Dhinidhi Desinghu Lead Karnataka Domination
Karnataka’s swimmers made a powerful statement on the opening day of the 38th National Games 2025, clinching five gold medals and setting a new meet record at the Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Complex in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. 38th National Games 2025 Uttarakhand Swimming Day 1 Results Men’s 200m Freestyle Karnataka’s Srihari Nataraj led the charge, securing gold…
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38th National Games 2025 Uttarakhand: Olympian Ramita Jindal Puts Haryana On Top In Women’s 10m Air Qualification Round
Ramita Jindal (Haryana) turned on a world class display in the women’s 10m Air Rifle qualification competition in the 38th National Games at the spanking new Trishul Shooting Range in Dehradun on Wednesday. She topped the charts in the Air Rifle event, her score of 634.9 bettering the 634.5 by Korea’s Ban Hyojin in the…
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Mirabai Chanu Trains For New Weight Category After IWF Ruling
Away from the ongoing 38th National Games, Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Mirabai Chanu has resumed training after opting out of the World Weightlifting Championships 2024 in December to prioritise her long-term rehabilitation programme. Vijay Sharma, India’s chief weightlifting coach, who will be at the Monal Hall, MPSC, Rajat Jayanti Khel Parisar in Dehradun for the…
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Olympic Cricket Spurs Cricket NSW, Sydney CC To Historic Deal In China
Cricket NSW have taken another giant leap into the sport’s global ecosystem by joining forces with Sydney Cricket Club and the Chinese Cricket Association. Spurred on by the return of cricket to the Olympic Games program, starting with LA 2028, the three parties have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding that will see CNSW and…
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Billy Mills, Tokyo 1964 Gold Medalist, Donates USA Tracksuit To Museum of World Athletics
Nobody saw him coming. Not Ron Clarke, certainly. Not Emil Zatopek, even, states a World Athletics media release. Billy Mills did not just confound two of the all-time kings of distance running as he shot from obscurity with his high-speed, high-stepping, home-straight gallop into Olympic immortality in Tokyo’s National Stadium in 1964. The unheralded Native…
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Greg Bell, Oldest Olympic Gold Medalist In Track & Field, Dies At 94
Greg Bell, the 1956 Olympic long jump champion, died on Saturday at the age of 94. A World Athletics media release said he had been the oldest living Olympic gold medallist in athletics. USA’s Bell was the world’s leading men’s long jumper of the 1950s. As well as winning the Olympic title in Melbourne, the…