Teams from Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Chandigarh, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, and the Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu emerged victorious in their respective matches across multiple pools on Day 3 of the 14th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium here on Thursday.
Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Hockey Karnataka, Hockey Chandigarh, Manipur Hockey, Hockey Madhya Pradesh and Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu began their campaigns with victories in their respective encounters in the 14th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium.
The 14th edition of the Senior Men Hockey National Championship is set to kick off on Monday at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. A total of 31 teams, divided into eight pools, will compete in the tournament, which will run until November 16.
In a thrilling week for domestic cricket, Madhya Pradesh's Rajat Patidar stunned fans with a lightning-fast century, the fifth quickest in Ranji Trophy history. Delhi and Baroda registered massive victories while defending champion Mumbai were held to draw by Tripura.
Hockey India on Monday announced the restructured 18-member Indian women’s team squad for the eighth Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024. The tournament will be held from November 11 to 20 at the newly-developed Rajgir Hockey Stadium in Bihar.
This season, the IWL will be expanded to an eight-team league, with last season’s IWL 2 champions Sreebhumi FC (West Bengal), and runners-up NITA Football Academy (Odisha) joining as new entrants.
India batter Virat Kohli has added another feather to his highly illustrious cap as he completed 9,000 Test runs in the ongoing match against New Zealand at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. He reached the milestone during India's second innings.
India crashed out of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup as New Zealand recorded a resounding 54-run win over Pakistan to qualify for the semifinals for the first time since 2016. New Zealand finished with six points from three wins, ending second behind Australia, who topped the group with eight points.
Newly-appointed Head Coach, PR Sreejesh will take charge of the team in Malaysia with Amir Ali serving as captain and Rohit named as his deputy, the Hockey India informed in a release on Monday.
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar announced her retirement from the sport in an emotional social media post titled "Signing off from the mat". Deepa became a household name after performing the Produnova Vault in the 2016 Rio Olympics but missed a medal by just 0.15 points.
Coming into the Women’s T20 World Cup, New Zealand had lost 10 T20Is in a row. But when it mattered the most, they rose to be top-class in all departments to hammer a listless India by 58 runs in a Group A match of the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium here on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hosted India’s young chess players at his official residence for their historic feat at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, where both the men’s and women’s teams clinched their maiden gold medals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the Indian contingent that recently created history at the Paris Paralympics, winning the country’s highest ever medal, at his residence 7, Lok Kalyan Marg on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his heartfelt congratulations to Hokato Hotozhe Sema on Saturday for clinching the Bronze medal at the ongoing Paris Paralympics, lauding his immense strength and determination for the sport.
India's Praveen Kumar won the gold medal in the Men's High Jump T64 with an Asian Record effort of 2.08 metres at the ongoing Paralympics Games here on Friday. The 21-year-old added a sixth gold to India's tally to take the overall count to 26, which includes nine silver and 11 bronze medals.
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari won the silver medal in the men's shot put - F46 event with an Asian record of 16.32m, here at the State de France on Wednesday.
Ace India women’s badminton player Saina Nehwal has revealed that she is battling with arthritis and added that she will decide on her playing career by the end of this year, citing the ailment making it very difficult for her to train as per usual schedule.
India's Manish Narwal clinched a silver medal in the men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 with a score of 234.9 to take the country's medal tally to four in the ongoing Paris Paralympics on Friday. Narwal finished behind South Korea's Jeongdu Jo, who won the gold with a total of 237.4 while China's Chao Yang claimed the bronze with a score of 214.3.
India opened its account in the athletics competitions at the Paris Paralympics with a bronze medal as sprinter Preeti Pal finished third in the Women's 100m - T35 Final with a personal best time here at Stade de France on Friday.
Avani Lekhara bagged a gold medal with the Games record while Mona Agarwal took home bronze in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 at the Paris Paralympics on Friday.
Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal have qualified in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 final at the Paris Paralympics, here on Friday.
Nongiri Presbyterian Secondary School, Meghalaya and Mother’s Pride Public School, Himachal Pradesh completed the quarterfinal lineup of the 63rd Subroto Cup Sub-Junior Boys International Football Tournament being played in various venues here on Friday.
The Sub-Junior Boys category of the 63rd Subroto Cup will commence tomorrow at various venues in Bengaluru. 36 teams representing different states, union territories and educational organisations including two foreign countries will be vying for top honours in the competition.
The Ad-Hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration For Sport (CAS) has given three more days to the Sole Arbitrator to announce her verdict in Vinesh Phogat's appeal against her disqualification by the IOC and UWW from the women's 50 kg freestyle final for being 100gm overweight in the second-day weigh-in in the Paris Olympics.
Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha, who returned to Bengal after two seasons with Tripura, expressed his plans to play in all three formats for the state in the forthcoming domestic season.
