Jakarta [Indonesia], July 22 (ANI): Indian badminton player Lakshaya Sen bagged the gold medal after defeating Indonesia's top-seeded Kunlavut Vitidsaran in the final match of the Badminton Asia Junior Championship here on Sunday.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 17 (ANI): Accusing the central government of doing little for hockey player Mohammed Shahid, his widow on Tuesday said she will return the awards, including Padma Shri, won by her husband in his lifetime,
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra has called for good governance for the betterment of sports while urging the corporate houses to look beyond and invest in all forms of sports.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 11 (ANI): Ace Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who bagged the gold medal in the women's vault event at the Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Mersin in Turkey on Sunday, is likely to become the brand ambassador of Tripura.
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Commonwealth Games gold medalist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu might compete in the 49kg category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics instead of her regular 48kg class as the international federation recently decided to introduce new categories in weightlifting.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Jul 9 (ANI): The family members of gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who won gold medal in the vault event at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Challenge Cup on Sunday, expressed happiness over the latter's achievements.
Mersin (Ankara) [Turkey], July 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar for her gold medal in the vault event at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Challenge Cup here on Sunday.
Bangkok [Thailand], July 5 (ANI): Indian javelin thrower Kunwer Ajairaj Singh Rana bagged the gold medal to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games on the opening day of the Asian Area qualification leg of the event here at Thai Japan Bangkok Youth Center on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Former world number one and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Heena Sidhu is likely to meet National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president Raninder Singh on Saturday.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 29 (ANI): Javelin thrower Shiv Pal Singh became the latest Indian to enter the 80m plus club, winning a gold medal at the 58th National Inter-State Athletics Championships here on Thursday.
Pune (Mumbai) [India], June 27 (ANI): Bengal swimmer Swadesh Mondal made yet another national record in the 100m breast stroke clocked at 01:07.51 by winning his 4th gold medal on the third day of the 45th Glenmark Junior and 35th Sub Junior National Aquatic Championships here.