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The National Basketball Federation (NBA)- India announced that the first-ever NBA game will be held in India on 4th and 5th October, 2019. This will feature NBA sides Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers who will play two pre-season at the Dome, NSCI, SVP Stadium in Mumbai. As part of Reliance …

World No 1 Pramod Bhagat bagged double gold medal in BWF Para Badminton World Championships 2019. India clinched 3 gold,  4 silver and 5 bronze in this year’s edition that was held simultaneously with the regular event at Basel in Switzerland. Pramod Bhagat won gold in MS SL3 category by …

PV Sindhu has become the first Indian shuttler to win a gold at BWF World Championships. She pulled off a brilliant 21-7, 21-7 victory against Nozomi Okuhara to clinch the title in Basel. She has also become the joint-most successful women’s singles shuttler at the world meet, having won 5 medals in …

So many surprises await in a lifetime; hence ‘Carpe Diem’. As the future is unknown, we must seize the present. That is exactly what 14 fearless Indians did to celebrate their life and time. The World Transplant Games, a competition recognized by the International Olympic Committee, brings together organ and …

Unstoppable Hima Das, the ace Indian sprinter won her 4th international gold within 15 days after she bagged the top position in the 200m race at the Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic. Hima clocked her season best of 23.25 seconds to clinch gold. Her compatriot VK Vismaya won the silver …

On July 2nd, 2019, star Indian sprinter Hima Das won the Women’s 200m gold at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland . She had clocked 23.65 seconds on her way to her first consecutive gold this season. Five days late, on July 7th, 2019, Hima won her second international gold …

Ace Indian sprinter Dutee Chand won gold in the Women’s 100-metre sprint at the 30th Summer University Games at Naples in Italy. This is the first time an Indian has won a 100-metre gold at this global event. She is also the winner of the first gold medal for India …

India will take on New Zealand in the first semi-final of Cricket World Cup 2019. India have qualified for their 7th World Cup semi-final while New Zealand will play their 8th one. Given their smooth run in this World Cup, India are clear favourite against the Kiwis who have lost …

Women’s Rugby is far from being popular in India’s sporting landscape. But some less popular Rugby players created history when they won against higher-ranked Singapore in the Asia Women’s Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship. It is the women’s team first-ever international 15s win. As India won 21-19, they bagged the bronze …

The rise that has just started needs consistency to keep the graph moving upwards. But the fact is that Indian sport still lags far behind than the West. An eyewitness to this, Sunil Valavalkar writes about how a predominantly new sport is nurtured and grown in the USA which he …