Prime Minister Narendra Modi heaped praise on the Indian athletes for their exceptional performance in the 20th Asian U20 Athletics Championships on Friday.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has called the open selection trials of U15 and U20 wrestlers a 'fair and transparent' affair, and a 'much-needed break' for the participating 2500 wrestlers in the country.
Poonam Dinkar previously clinched the South Asian U20 championship in the 3000 meters event. She won her first gold in her third attempt at the Khelo India University Games. Her winning time in the race was 16:59.31 minutes.
The Group G teams for Qualifiers will be hosted by China between September 6 and 12 this year. The draw saw 43 teams divided into 10 groups of four each and one group of three
The remaining five Indian women wrestlers - U20 world champion Antim Paghal (53kg), Anshu Malik (57kg), Sonam Malik (62kg), Manisha (65kg) and Reetika Hooda (72kg) - will be competing on Wednesday.
India has plenty of firepower in the lineup to make an impression at the 36th iteration of the continental competition, despite the big names missing the Asian championship. The Indian wrestling squad is headed to Astana and includes medalists from previous world championships Deepak Punia,
On day-4 of the Khelo India Women's Hockey League (U21 -Phase 2)HAR Hockey Academy beat HIM Hockey Academy 7-3 and SAI BAL Team beat Salute Hockey Academy 9-0.
The Ministry of Defence on Thursday signed a contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for the procurement of 13 Lynx-U2 Fire Control Systems for the Indian Navy at a total cost of over Rs 1,700 crore.
Though both teams finished on seven points from three matches in the four-team group, the result knocked India out of contention for Round 2 of the qualifiers due to an inferior goal difference -- India ended with a goal difference of +13; Vietnam had +14.
India were rampant 7-0 winners over Singapore in the opening match on Tuesday, with six of those goals coming in the first half an hour. The Young Tigresses were far superior to their Southeast Asian opponents in terms of speed and physicality. The front trio of wingers Sumati Kumari and Ani