Gujarat's promising 400m hurdler Dhaval Utekar had only one thought when he landed in Goa for the 37th National Games. He wanted to finish ahead of the competition in the 400m hurdles and end the domestic season on a high
Asian Games gold medallist shooter Palak Gulia of Haryana, tennis star Rutuja Bhosale of Maharashtra, and skeet shooter Angad Vir Bajwa of Punjab bagged their second gold medal of the 37th National Games as the race for the top of the table heated up with four days left for the closing cerem
Chaoba Devi, 34, has represented India at the Asian Games on four separate occasions. Although the Indian Women's Team is held in high esteem now owing to their bronze medal in the Quadrant event and Silver medal in the Regu event at the King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championships in 2023 and
Separated from her biological family at the age of five, Pemlaki was fascinated with boxing from the day she saw MC Mary Kom picking the bronze medal at the London Olympics in 2012.
Delhi's middle-distance runner KM Chanda was so upset at missing out on a medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games that she went into hibernation and didn't even speak to her coach about what went wrong in China. The 22-year-old then decided to participate in the 37th National Games here just to ge
Arunachal Pradesh's Nyeman Wangsu, Onilu Tega and Mepung Lamgu made headlines recently as they qualified for the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, but were denied visas into China, rendering them unable to compete at the marquee event. Although left disappointed by this development, the trio made a
The National Games will also see many Olympians, former India internationals and stars continue their comeback process with the Paris Olympics in sight. The likes of Rahi Sarnobat, Anjum Moudgil, Deepak Kumar and Saurabh Chaudhary are all in the fray in their respective events.
Daughter of former handball player Sreeram Gonella, Niharika is the second of the four sisters, and took up the sport in 2014. She has since then won two silver medals at overseas invitational tournaments, and also boasts of medals at Youth Worlds, besides the domestic medals.
Nina Venkatesh stopped the clock on 27.70 seconds to win the gold ahead of Manavi Varma of Karnataka (27.90 seconds) and Rutuja Khade of Maharashtra (28.38 s) in the women's 50m Butterfly. Virdhawal, who had won the 50m freestyle, edged out his state mate Mihir Ambre (24.67 s) and Kerala's S
Reetika, who moved to a higher weight category because the 72kg category is not part of the Olympics, is already thinking of qualifying for the Paris Games and felt that the National Games in Goa was a good opportunity for her to show that she can better the competition in India after the Wo