Badminton star Prannoy returns to court with a facile victory

HS Prannoy has been in good form since helping India win their maiden Thomas Cup title in May this year. His best...

Richa Mishra hoping to bag half-century of Nat'l Games medals

Richa Mishra first participated in the Games in Bangalore in 1997. She skipped the 1999 edition in Imphal as the...

CWG Lawn Bowls gold medallist Nayanmoni Saikia stars on Day-1

Nayanmoni Saikia started the day with an emphatic 23-0 victory over Gujarat's Vaishali Makvana in a Group A contest...

Gujarat's Elavenil wants to showcase consistency on Nat'l Games

Elavenil Valarivan showed promise when she joined Gun for Glory in 2014. She announced her arrival on the world...

Gujarat teen Tasnim Mir looks forward to delighting home crowd

The Gujarat shuttler said that the International Challenge tournaments help players like her to get a good exposure

Reinvented Walmiki brothers reunite for National Games hockey

Over the course of the last two decades, the Walmiki brothers in arms' have trooped out together for Mumbai...

HI President Tirkey feels Nat'l Games will unearth new talent

The 36th National Games hockey action will begin in Rajkot on October 2. Dilip Tirkey's big goal is to promote...

Fencer Bhavani to travel from France for hat-trick in Nat'l Games

The champion fencer Bhavani Devi, who has single-handedly popularised the sport in the country through her exploits,...

Hockey stalwart Somaya will root for Maharashtra in Nat'l Games

The three-time Olympian MM Somaya was an elegant right half-back in his prime, concedes that Haryana, Punjab and...