Gagan Narang, 2012 London Olympic bronze medallist, and Rowing Federation of India president Rajlaxmi Singh Deo have been elected unopposed as vice presidents.
One of India's most successful athletes and a flag-bearer of Indian sports globally, PT Usha was elected as president of IOA on Saturday along with a new executive council.
PT Usha's election brings an end to a long-drawn crisis in the faction-ridden IOA which was warned of a possible suspension by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if elections were not held this month.
The prestigious tournament, which will be played at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall, has been upgraded to BWF World Tour Super 750 category in the new tournament cycle from the previous Super 500 and is a part of the Asian circuit that will kick-start the new season of international badminton.
A veteran of two Olympic Games, Singh is quite impressed with the Indian men's hockey team's performances in the recent past. And he believes that the squad has the ability to do well in the coming years as well.
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI/Mediawire): Not just water, Bosch India's mobility plant in Bidadi saves resources that would otherwise have generated 300 truckloads of waste causing 58 truck-trips around the planet.
Under the Scheme, medical care and management as well as rehabilitation of injuries of athletes at the SAI National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) and Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) are undertaken by engaging Doctors and Scientific/Support staff for regular consultations as well as managem
Aiming to revolutionise sports at the grassroots level in Uttarakhand, India's leading fully integrated digital plus on-ground multi-sport platform, Sports For All has been organising the second edition of this Olympic-style event in Dehradun from December 7 to 13 with 13 sports being played
Beijing [China], December 7 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Beijing Winter Olympics Games have come and passed, but people's passion for winter sports has not faded in the slightest.
Prolific forward Lalit Upadhyay, who made his international debut in 2014 at the FIH Men's World Cup in Hague, Netherlands, candidly spoke about the team's dream of a podium finish in the upcoming FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar - Rourkela.
Mirabai lifted a total of 200kg (87kg snatch + 113kg clean & jerk), 2kg more than the Olympic champion from China Hou Zhihua (198kg) and 6kg behind another Chinese, Jiang Huihua (206kg: 93+113) who won the gold medal.