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Mary Kom among 10 boxers to resume training as women's national camp is sh
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Indian women boxers including six-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) and two other Olympic-bound boxers Simranjit Kaur (60kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) on Wednesday were named in the elite women national camp which is set to resume at the Army Sports In
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Our wrestlers have no connection to Chhatrasal Stadium brawl: Sushil Kumar
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar on Wednesday said that his wrestlers were not involved in the brawl that took place inside Chhatrasal Stadium on Tuesday night.
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Still need to improve on our field goal conversion rate, says striker Lali
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 4 (ANI): Indian men's hockey team striker Lalit Upadhyay feels that the team still has scope to work on their goal conversion rate. In their recent tour to Argentina, the team scored a total of 12 goals in four practice matches and a total of five goals fro
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IPL 2021: SRH-MI game to be postponed as Saha tests positive for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): In another big blow to the Indian Premier League (IPL), SunRisers Hyderabad's wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha has tested positive for Covid-19. This will see the game between Mumbai Indians and SunRisers Hyderabad set to be played on Tuesday getting po
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COVID-19: BFI Executive-Director RK Sacheti passes away
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Boxing Federation of India's (BFI) Executive-Director RK Sacheti who was suffering from Covid-19, has passed away.
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Covid-19: Basketball Federation provides national campers with medical ins
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Looking at how the second Covid-19 wave is rampant across the country, the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has decided to provide its national campers with medical and health insurance.
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PV Sindhu, Michelle Li appointed ambassadors for IOC's 'Believe in Sport'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 3 (ANI): The Badminton World Federation on Monday announced that India shuttler PV Sindhu and Canada's Michelle Li have been nominated as athlete ambassadors for the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 'Believe in Sport' campaign aimed at preventing competition manipul
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Covid-19: Cricket Australia donates $50,000 to help India fight pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], May 3 (ANI): Australian Cricket will be throwing its support behind the India COVID-19 Crisis Appeal, with Cricket Australia, the Australian Cricketers' Association and UNICEF Australia partnering to raise much-needed funds.
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Portuguese GP: Hamilton wins after crucial overtakes on Verstappen, Bottas
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal, May 2 (ANI): A brilliantly managed race from Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton saw him take his second win of the 2021 season at the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday, with the Briton finishing ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen, and Hamilton's pole-sitting teammate Valtteri Bottas ca
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Fitter Mirabai Chanu aiming to give India medal at Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has her sights set on winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games later this year. After the heartbreak in Rio in 2016, she now wants to go the distance and secure a medal for India, riding on better fitness than before and the hun
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Oly bound athletes to train in groups on arrival at SAI campuses
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): With a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) had already taken measures to ensure Olympic-bound athletes are tested on a weekly basis, so that their health is monitored constantly.
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Wasn't involved in any match-fixing, position was clarified by ICC itself:
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Harare [Zimbabwe], April 29 (ANI): After being handed an eight-year ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching Anti-Corruption Code, former Zimbabwe skipper Heath Streak on Thursday released a statement saying that he was not involved in any sort of match-fixing.
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