“This was my last fight tonight, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight, I chose the right dancer partner to dance with. Conor McGregor, you’re a hell of a fighter and the country of Ireland, we love you guys.” Floyd Mayweather declared after his astonishing 50th career win record against Conor McGregor. Mayweather …
Read More »Gujarat Kings win first Cue Slam-Indian Cue Masters League
The inaugural edition of Cue Slam-Indian Cue Masters League was won by Gujarat Kings held from 19th-25th August 2017. Gujarat Kings triumphed 3-0 over Delhi Dons in the final at the Rajpath Club in Ahmedabad. The Kings team, comprising Andrew Pagett, Daria Sirotina, Alok Kumar, Sourav Kothari and Brijesh Damani …
Read More »World Badminton Championship: Saina, Sindhu in semis, Kidambi out
Indian women ace shuttlers, Saina Nehwal and P v Sindhu, showed their mettle as they stormed into the semifinals of World Badminton Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. Their win in quarterfinals assured two bronze medals for India. This will be the the first time Indian shuttlers will return home …
Read More »Khel Ratna to Sardar Singh, Devendra Jhajharia; Arjuna and Dronacharya award announced
The sports ministry has decided to confer the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to Para Athlete Devendra Jhajharia and celebrated former hockey captain Sardar Singh. The ministry also released the list of 7 Dronacharya awardees for coaches and 17 Arjuna awardees from different fields of sports. Devendra Jhajharia has become …
Read More »Jari Kuosma-Today’s Daedalus Who Finds Freedom In His ‘Birdman’
“He may thwart our escape by land or sea, but the sky is surely open to us; we will go that way…….” thus Daedalus and his son Icarus escaped from the hands of King Minos far off from Crete with wings made from hundreds of feathers that were held together with …
Read More »Shapath Bharadwaj wins individual bronze, Lakshay-Manisha win team bronze
15-year old Shapath Bharadwaj won bronze in double trap shooting in ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup at Porpetto in Italy. Shapath qualified in second place for the final round shooting 131 out of 150. In the bronze medal match , he defeated Eraldo Apolloni of Italy scoring 48 over 40l. James Dedman …
Read More »World Junior No 1 Lakshya Sen wins Bulgaria Open Badminton
Indian teen-age badminton sensation Lakshya Sen won the Bulgaria Open International Series title defeating Croatia’s Zvonimir Durkinjak in the hard-fought men’s singles final in Sofia, Bulgaria. 16-year old Lakhya, The defeated second seed Zvonimir 18-21 21-12 21-17 in a 57-minute match. He had beaten Sri Lanka’s Dinuka Karunaratna 21-19 21-14 …
Read More »India finish Asian Shotgun Championship with 8 medals
Indian shooters commendably finished the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship with 8 medals. On the concluding day of the championship, the pair of Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Rashmi Rathore bagged a gold medal in the skeet mixed team event. The Indian duo edged past the Chinese pair of Liu Jiangchi and Gao Jianmei …
Read More »7 medals for India at 7th Asian Shotgun Championship
Indian shooters put up a good show at the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship held in Kazakhtan. They won 7 medals in total till the second last day of the championship. On the first day of the competition, Ankur Mittal showed his class when he defeated UAE’s Khaled Alkabi 71-70 to …
Read More »Vijender Singh remains unbeaten, wins his 9th bout
The verdict is out. Vijender Singh has done it once again. He added another feather to his cap in pro boxing when he defeated China’s Zulpikar Maimaitial in a dual title bout in Mumbai. The score reads in Vijender’s favour 96-93, 95-94, 95-94. 31-year old Vijender SIngh was the reigning …
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