The award was presented for the efforts by the state government to build the world's largest-seated Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela which also houses an Olympic-style Hockey Village
For India, the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion Nitu Ghanghas, reigning World champion Nikhat Zareen, Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain and three-time Asian medallist Saweety Boora will be competing in the finals
The Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina (75kg) reached her maiden World Championships final after ousting the 2018 World Champion Li Qian of China with a 4:1 victory.
These matches are being held as part of India's preparations for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2024 Asian Qualifiers Round 1 in the Kyrgyz Republic next month.
While Bajrang requested to train in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan for 16 days, Vinesh requested to train at the Olympic Preparation Center in Spala (Poland) for 11 days.
Ministry of Youth Affairs approved Olympic Gold Medallist Neeraj Chopra's proposal to train at Gloria Sports Arena, Turkey for a period of 61 days. Neeraj has already trained at Gloria Sports Arena last year under Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) funding.
At the National Championships earlier this month, Akshdeep Singh and Priyanka Goswami had already qualified for the World Championships and the Paris Olympics.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday met Tamil Nadu sports Udhayanidhi Stalin in Chennai where TN minister Udhayanidhi Stalin briefed Anurag Thakur about the progress being made in the field of sports.
Current World No. 19 Lakshya Sen, who had lost to Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the All England Open final last year, lost 21-13, 21-15 to world No. 18 Antonsen in the round of 16 of the BWF Super 1000 event.
The Indian Women's Team, after setting camp in Ahmedabad, will now fly to Jordan on Friday, March 17 and then on to Uzbekistan, where they will play exposure matches to prepare for the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifiers Round 1
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI/SRV): Institute of Sports Science & Technology, Pune, or ISST as it is widely known, was part of "Trailblazers" as a Knowledge Partner at India's Biggest Sports Conclave organised by well-known sports historian and journalist Boria Majumdar's RevSportz at
Top names from the boxing world, including eight Olympics medallists, will fight for the title at the tournament which India will be hosting for the record third time. The event will also see a massive prize pool of Rs 20 crore