Kiren Rijiju holds meeting with Regional Directors of SAI.
Minister Kiren Rijiju reviewed the initiatives undertaken by his ministry and Sports Authority of India (SAI) to keep the athletes engaged in the wake of the 21-day nation-wide lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic.Rijiju held a meeting with regional directors of all SAI centres across the country through a video conference call and took a stock of the situation. He also deliberated upon measures needed to be taken once the lockdown is ...
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PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win World Championships gold.
Two-time silver medallist P V Sindhu was left speechless after her agonising wait for the elusive gold finally ended with a maiden World Championship title. Sindhu became the first Indian to win World Championships gold by thrashing familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-7 21-7 in one of the most lop-sided finals ever. Two years after being robbed of the gold by Okuhara in an epic 110-minute final that went down as one of the greatest battles...
Sunil Chhetri
Sunil Chhetri is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian club Bengaluru FCand the Indian national team. Popularly known as "Captain Fantastic"he is both the most-capped player, and all-time top goalscorer for Indian national team, with 64 goals in 101 appearances. He is also the current captain of the national...
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FIFA, Qatar set up joint venture to deliver 2022 World Cup.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup has officially entered tournament delivery mode after Qatar and FIFA announced the launch of a new joint venture to organise the event. The ‘FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC’ (joint venture) was unveiled as the body responsible for delivering the first FIFA World Cup in the Arab world after the nine-member management board met for the first time on Tuesday in Doha.In 2022, Qatar is set to host the 22nd FIFA World Cup, one of the biggest sporting events on the planet. With a worldwide audience of billions watching on tablets, television and listening on radio, the 32 national football...
Serena Williams wins 800th match at French Open.
Serena Williams survived a first-set scare before defeating Russia’s Vitalia Diatchenko 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 to reach the second round of the French Open.The 37-year-old American, who is attempting to equal Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles, racked up her 800th career main draw win with her victory in front of a half-full Court Philippe Chatrier.
“There is always a lot fear for a first round match,” said Williams who eventually raced to victory, taking 12 of the last 13 games...
Valencia fans gave the team a huge welcome before the Copa Del Ray semi-final.
RValencia was a festival of noise on Thursday night as fans poured into the streets outside the Mestalla stadium to celebrate their team reaching the final of the Copa del Rey for the first time in 11 years.Rodrigo Moreno's second half strike saw off the challenge of Real Betis to set up a cup final showdown with Barcelona on May 25...
Women’s tennis chief open to transgender players.
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has questioned the right of transgender athletes who were born male to compete against biological women in sport.
Writing in The Sunday Times, the nine times Wimbledon singles champion said it was tantamount to 'cheating' to allow transgender women to go head to head with athletes who are biologically female. She said that transgender female athletes had 'achieved honours as women that were beyond their capabilities as men', particularly in sports that require power rather than...
Journalist Rajat Sharma is new DDCA boss.
Senior journalist Rajat Sharma today beat World Cup winning India cricketer Madan Lal by 517 votes to become the new president of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association.The results of the DDCA polls were announced and Sharma's group swept the elections winning all 12 seats.Sharma got a total of 1531 votes while former Test cricketer Lal could only poll 1004 votes. The third candidate in the fray, advocate Vikas Singh, got 232 votes only....
Wimbledon's pandemic insurance cover, a big lesson for BCCI.
Wimbledon organisers it seems had been paying $2 million per year for the last 17-odd years for pandemic insurance in case of an emergency, like the current coronavirus crisis, and now with cancellation of the 2020 Championship, organisers of the tennis event stand to get $141 million as compensation.This will largely contribute to making up for the losses that the tournament would have suffered had they not had the pandemic ...
Mayank Vaid sets world record.
“A focus on sports and physical education has to be the foundation in early years.” Shares Mayank Vaid, who has set a world record Enduroman Triathlon race ...
Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson participate in televised charity event.
Rory McIlroy will team up with Dustin Johnson to take on American duo Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in a $3 million charity skins match on 17 May as televised golf returns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The competition will follow strict social distancing guidelines and use appropriate testing measures to help protect the health of those ...
PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal shall end the 54- year old jinx of Asian Badminton Championship.
A week's rest after three back-to-back tournaments, Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will now train their eyes on ending India's 54-year-old title jinx at the Asia Badminton Championship.
It was Dinesh Khanna, who had become the men's singles champion at the Asian Championship in 1965. Last year, HS Prannoy and Saina Nehwal won bronze medals in their respective categories. The two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Saina had won two more bronze at...
Ajinkya Rahane became the first overseas player from India to join Hampshire.
Ajinkya Rahane will be the first Indian to play for Hampshire, the county confirmed on April 25, 2019. Rahane will replace South Africa batsman Aiden Markram and play eight county championship matches from May to July, subject to visa clearance.
The 30-year-old Indian will end his stint with Hampshire at the conclusion of the Royal London One-Day Cup group-stage to join up with his national side ahead of the World Cup, the County club said. The right-hand top-order batsman has a wealth of international experience having made 56 Test...
The world’s largest cricket stadium at Ahmedabad.
The Motera cricket stadium was built after the old Sardar Patel stadium, with a seating capacity of 53,000, was pulled down in 2015. It has taken four and a half years for Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the constructor, to build it. The foundation stone had been laid in January 2017.When the Motera stadium in Ahmedabad opens its doors to cricket enthusiasts in March 2020, it will become the game’s largest arena ...
Virat Kohli shares the secret of not bowling in international matches.
Kohli hit an unbeaten 154 to make short work of a challenging target as India beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the third one-day international in Mohali to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
New Zealand, who won the last match in Delhi to tie the series at 1-1, were all out for 285 after India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni put them in to bat. (Virat Kohli a better chaser than MS Dhoni and Michael Bevan, already. The numbers prove it)...
Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Chandimal banned for 1 Test after ball tampering row.
Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has been suspended for the third and final test against West Indies after being found guilty of changing the condition of the ball in the second test, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said. Chandimal was charged during the test in St Lucia after video evidence indicated that he was taking sweets out from his pocket, putting them in his mouth, before applying saliva to the ball within the space of a few...
FIFA World Cup 2018 Schedule: Groups, Matches, Dates, Results.
The FIFA World Cup 2018 (21st FIFA World Cup) is scheduled to be held in Russia from June to July 2018. Russia was awarded the hosting rights for FIFA World Cup 2018 in the month of December, 2010.This is going to be the first World Cup held in Europe since the 2006 tournament in Germany, and the first ever to be held in...
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Federer has won 20 Grand Slamsingles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks. After turning professional in 1998, he was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016. He re-entered the top ten following his...
Sanjay Manjarekar, "I am an opinionated person" explains Industry's No. 1 Superlative Cricket Analyst.
We met the knowledgeable commentariat Sanjay Manjrekar. He shared with Herald Global with his evolution from a cricketer to a commentator.We began with asking him about how the life of a commentator evolved in the last couple of years. The legendary Sanjay Manjrekar replied saying that earlier it was just about watching the game and giving your opinions and now it was transformed into a creative job which is about enhancing the whole coverage providing the action the right ...
“Dhing Express” runs through a golden month.
Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They are made of sweat, determination, will power and hard to find alloy called focus. Hima Das popularly known as Dhing express, is a national sprinter from Assam.
Dhing is a town in Nagaon district in the state of Assam; that is the reason she is called “Dhing Express”.
The 19-year-old was born to the Das family on January 9th 2000 and is coached by Nipon Das, Nabajit Malakar and Galina Bukharina...
Julian Yee,Olympic Figure Skater, Malaysia
“Sports is one of the language of the world” – Julian Yee shares his insights about leadership through Sports.
Magnus Carlsen triumphs in richest online chess tournament.
World champion Magnus Carlsen has won the richest online chess tournament in history, bagging the history-making $70,000 winner's prize.Appropriately enough, the Norwegian grandmaster conquered American Hikaru Nakamura in the final of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, his namesake event.With a total prize fund of $250,000, the tournament is the most lucrative online chess tournament ...
Van Dijk, Ronaldo, Messi are finalists for FIFA’s best player award.
Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk has joined five-time winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as the three finalists for the FIFA best player award. United States forward Megan Rapinoe is the favourite for the women’s award.The announcement of the final three in each category – including best coach...
WADA bowed to money over principle: ex-director general.
The former director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency said on Friday that WADA’s decision to reinstate Russia’s anti-doping authority was driven by money over principle. David Howman, WADA director general from 2003 to 2016 and now chair...
ICC reveals men's and women's team fixtures for T20 World cup 2020.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the fixtures of the men's and women's T20 World Cup 2020 to be held in Australia. The Indian men's cricket team shall be in Group 2, which also includes England, South Africa, Afghanistan and two qualifiers. India's campaign would commence with a tricky match against South Africa while the Indian women's team will face a tough challenge in the opener, taking on defending hosts Australia. India women are in Group A along with Australia, Sri Lanka...
Diabetic Olympian hopeful, adapts to training in quarantine.
Isolation isn't a new concept for Olympic hopeful Mandy Marquardt. As a track cyclist she's become inured to the discipline of a sport that demands the toughest of psyches in dealing with hours of solo training.So the new global norm of social distancing hasn't been that daunting for the 28-year-old. But trying to keep her Olympic training at an elite level while being in virtual isolation? That's taken some ...
Delhi's Nehru stadium to be converted into quarantine centre.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) will hand over Nehru Stadium to the Delhi government to be used as a quarantine center for Covid-19 patients.Delhi government has approached us officially for Nehru stadium. So, we are giving it, we have already handed over our Sonepatcenter. SAI Training Center (STC) in Patiala has also been made ready as a 120-bed quarantine center. The STC is outside NIS Patiala where our elite athletes are staying and training, a source from ...
Rohit Sharma becomes third fastest to cross 8000 ODI runs.
Rohit Sharma on Wednesday became the third fastest player to cross 8000 runs in ODI cricket. He is also the ninth Indian batsman to do so after Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Mohammed Azharuddin.
The 31-year-old Rohit completed the milestone in his 206th ODI appearance and is joint third fastest to the milestone along with former India captain Sourav Ganguly....
Sanath Jayasuriya banned for two years by ICC.
Former Sri Lanka captain and chairman of selectors of Sri Lanka Cricket Sanath Jayasuriya has been banned from all cricket for two years by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after admitting to breaching two counts of the Anti-Corruption Code. According to an ICC release, ‘Mr Jayasuriya, the former Sri Lanka Cricket Chair of Selectors, admitted to being in breach of the following provisions of the Code...
'They are mine': Federer to fight Nike over iconic logo.
When Roger Federer signed a lucrative deal with Uniqlo the tennis great walked away from long-term sponsors Nike, including his iconic ‘RF’ logo.The rights to the Federer’s personal brand has been retained by Nike because they originally designed it in 2010, and it could lead to a complicated battle for the...
Rajat Sharma the President of DDCA.
Renowned journalist Rajat Sharma was elected as the President of Delhi & District Cricket Association on Monday after polling 54.40 percent of the total votes cast. Sharma surpassed former World Cup winning Indian cricketer Madan Lal by 517 votes to register his win. Sharma’s group swept all the 12 seats in the elections. The journalist got a total of 1531 votes while former Test cricketer Lal could only poll 1004 votes, while advocate...
Dutee Chand takes giant strides against Homophobia.
We have made giant strides in producing world beaters, taking help from some of the best experts and using cutting-edge technology. However, one of the areas in which we have made little progress is our mindset. Homophobia is deeply entrenched in Indian sport, be it in the form of slurs chanted during matches or within the overall sporting ecosystem, which isn’t friendly towards LGBTQ people.
Dutee Chand, India’s fastest sprinter, revealed she is in a same-sex relationship with a woman from her village of Gopalpur, a community of weavers...
Afghanistan has its first ever test victory.
Afghanistan beat West Indies in the World T20 -- making it the first time Afghanistan beat a test playing nation, apart from Zimbabwe, in the T20 and one day international format. Afghanistan scored 123-7 before its spinners restricted West Indies to 117-8 for a six-run victory, handing the West Indies their first defeat in four matches.
Although the West Indies dismissed the loss as a “blip” with Captain Darren Sammy saying "we leave this game here and see it as the blip in the tournament, now we have two knockouts to play. Semi-finals in Mumbai, take that step, then Kolkata here we come”, the win is a huge...
Akanksha Singh
Akanksha Singh born on 7 September 1989 in Varanasi Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian basketball player and captain of India Women's National Basketball Team. She has played for the national team since 2004. She and her sisters, Divya Singh, Prashanti Singh, and Pratima Singh, are known as "fantastic four" of Delhi women’s basketballers and also known as the Singh Sisters.Singh comes from a family of basketball players. Her sisters Divya, Prashanti, and Pratima, have represented Indian...
Rani Banga wins gold at Israel Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
An 11-year-old Indian-origin girl has won a gold and a silver medal at the Israel Rhythmic Gymnastics annual championship this year.Rani Banga came first in the rope exercise and won the second spot in the clubs exercise at the annual championship held in Israel’s northern city of Holon on Saturday.Daughter of an Indian painter, Chanchal Banga, she hopes to represent Israel one day at the Olympics and win a medal. Her mother, Sigal Manor, is an Israeli national and a researcher at the prestigious...
Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés MessiCuccittini is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentine national team. Messi has a record-tying five Ballond'Orawards, four of which he won consecutively, and a record five European Golden Shoes. He has spent his entire professional career with Barcelona, where he has won 32 trophies, including nine La Liga...
Best is about consistency not just ranking.
Former India cricketer GS Lakshmi is set to become the first woman match referee to oversee a men's ODI when she officiates the opening match of the third series of the World Cup League 2 in the United Arab Emirates.Lakshmi will oversee the match between the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The competition...
PU Chitra bags gold in women’s 1500m at the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships.
PU Chitra struck gold in women’s 1500m (clocking 4:14.56) at the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships in Doha. With this win, she also qualified for World Championships which will be held later in the year.
The Bahrainis tried to waylay her, tried to lock her in. But P.U. Chitra smartly stayed clear to retain her women’s 1500m gold in the Asian Athletics Championships at the Khalifa...
Nemanja Matic Donates €70,000 For Four Year-Old's Cancer Treatment.
Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic is known for his footballing skills all across the world. But the 30-year-old recently showed his humane side after it was reported by Serbian news station B92 that the Serbian footballer donated €70,000 to help 4-year old DusanTodorovic to help him with his cancer treatment that could save his life. As per the report, Dusan suffers from a rare form of cancer, neuroblastoma, and needs...
Manchester City star Raheem Sterling honoured with award for fighting racism.
Manchester City's England forward Raheem Sterling has been awarded The Integrity and Impact Award at this year's BT Sport Industry Awards for speaking out on a range of social issues, including racism.Sterling was recognised for his fight against racism in the sport and for using his platform to call for more action to be taken. He had said this month that more players needed to speak out when they suffered racism to eradicate it from the game. "I was just speaking about my personal...
Sunil Chhetri hopes India can build on better exposure.
The start of Stephen Constantine’s second stint in charge of India four years back was marked by a series of disastrous results in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In 10 games across two rounds, India managed just two wins—over Nepal and Guam— one draw against Nepal and seven defeats.
In the 12 months preceding the qualifiers, India had played just one international tie. Constantine would later criticise the lack of game...
Sachin Saga VR, India’s first multiplayer Virtual Reality Cricket Game.
The God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar launched 'Sachin Saga VR', India's first virtual reality cricket multiplayer headset developed by gaming firm JetSynthesys at the CII India Gaming Show (IGS), according to PTI report. Inspired by the Master Blaster, Sachin Saga aims to provide life-like on-field experience to the players by allowing them to test their batting reflexes with bowlers bowling at over 150 Km per hour. Equipped with best in class technology...
Suresh Raina the 1st Indian to cross 8000 runs in T20 cricket.
Suresh Raina became the first Indian batsman to cross 8000 runs in T20 cricket. Raina achieved this feat when he scored 12 runs in Uttar Pradesh’s 77-run victory over Puducherry in what was incidentally his 300th T20. He is only the second Indian after MS Dhoni to have played that many matches in the shortest format of the game. Virat Kohli is closest to Raina on the all-time run scorers list for Indians in T20 cricket. The Indian captain is on 7833 runs and will next be seen in the second T20I against Australia. Overall, Raina is the sixth highest with David Warner (8111 runs)...
Gurjit Kaur named “Sportswoman of the Year”.
Gurjit Kaur is keen to savour the experience of the Olympics. Indian women’s hockey has traditionally seen players making the national team early, most in their teens, before slipping out much before they hit the 30s due to marriage and family commitments.
Gurjit Kaur, by that yardstick, is an aberration, making her national debut only at the age of 22. She did come into reckoning earlier but an India cap eluded her till 2017. Since then, however, the powerfully built drag-flicker has been making up for lost time...
Guenther wins round 1 of 'Race at Home’ Challenge.
BMWi Andretti driver Maximilian Guenther won the first round of the Formula E "Race at Home Challenge" around a virtual Hong Kong circuit as the all-electric series gave motorsport-starved fans some esports action.It was the 22-year-old German's second successive virtual victory after he won a test race around the Monaco street layout a week ...
Federer Becomes First Living Person To Be Celebrated On Swiss Coins.
Tennis great Roger Federer can literally cripple even the safest and most resilient websites. That's what happened when Switzerland’s mint, Swissmint, released commemorative Federer coins.The commemorative silver coin depicting the 20-time Grand Slam champion is proving so popular that the explosive ...
NBA, Knicks and Nets together donate 1 million masks.
The NBA, the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets are collaborating with China’s consul general Huang Ping to donate one million surgical masks to the New York City area, governor Andrew Cuomo announced.Cuomo announced the news on Twitter, saying, “New York thanks you. We are beyond grateful for this gift of critically needed (personal protective equipment).”The masks will go to the city’s essential workers battling the coronavirus ...
312. The best ever Medal haul for India.
India ended its South Asian Games campaign with a best-ever medal haul of 312 and finish on top for the 13th time-in-a-row, in the regional multi-sporting event.India collected 174 gold, 93 silver and 45 bronze after 10 days of competitions to surpass the 309 it had won in the previous edition at home...
India to host FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020.
India has been confirmed as the hosts of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2020, All India Football Federation's twitter handle announced. Ever since India hosted the FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup in 2017, they were in talks to host the U-17 Women's World Cup as well and they were confirmed as hosts.
By virtue of being the hosts, India's U-17 women's football team will be part of the World Cup. This will be only the second time that India will play in a FIFA World Cup. The last time India played in a World Cup was the U-17 Men's World Cup, where also India qualified by virtue of being the...