Rafael Nadal wins his 10th French Open title at Roland Garros by beating Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1. It is a historic feat as no other tennis player has won a single Grand Slam on 10 occasions. It is also the 3rd time that he won the title without conceding …
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Abhishek Agarwal- one of squash’s budding talent
Abhishek stays quite some kilometres away from Mumbai. But the place where he belongs to has given him the opportunity to play a sport that is rarely played in India. Brush with a squash court in his childhood with some seniors playing the game enthusiastically had inspired Abhishek to start …
Read More »Tennis ‘Love’
In a game of tennis the word Love is used to represent the score of a player who has not scored any point. But it is quite mysterious about why the term Love is used. It is most commonly referred that Love represents the French word L’oeuf meaning an Egg …
Read More »“My Asian Games medal boosted the confidence of many Indian swimmers…..” Sandeep Sejwal
Sandeep Sejwal conquered the Indian breaststroke scene quite for sometime. In 2009, Sandeep won 2 silvers and I bronze in Asian Age Groups Swimming Championships in Tokyo while creating national record in 50m, 100m and 200m in breaststroke. Since then he kept on representing India in various tournaments. In 2014, …
Read More »Gilli Danda strikes from sepia to colour
“हमारे अंग्रेजी दोस्त माने या नहीं माने मैं तो यही कहूँगा की गुल्ली डंडा सब खेलो का राजा हैI ना लॉन की जरुरत, ना कोर्ट की, ना नेट की, ना थापी की…….” (My English friend might agree or not, but for me Gulli Danda is the king of all games. …
Read More »Indian Chess in June 2017
31st National Under 13 Boys and Girls, 2017 Date: 21st June 2017-29th June 2017 Venue: Cambridge International School, Jalandhar, Punjab
Read More »Indian Athletics in June 2017
57th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships 2017 Date: 15th July 2017-18th July 2017 Venue: Guntur
Read More »Indian Swimming in June 2017
13th National Swimming Championships 2017 (Long Course) Date: 13th June 2017-18th June 2017 Venue: OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore 34th Glenmark Sub-Junior National Aquatic Championships 2017 Date: 28th June 2017-39th June 2017 Venue: Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Swimming Pool, Balewadi, Pune, Maharashtra
Read More »France lose against Sweden, Portugal win in WC Qualifier
France lost to Sweden in its World Cup Qualifier round and made their entry to the finals a bit complicated. Sweden won by 2-1 goal when Ola Toivonen netted a last-minute goal. On the other hand Portugal won their match against Latvia. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the match. In …
Read More »A silver and a bronze for India in President’s Cup
Indian boxer Gaurav Chauhan won silver in the Pesident’s Cup held at Astana in Kazakhstan. Gaurav went down to Vasili Levit in the 91 kg category. In the women’s draw, Lovlina Boroghain had settled for a bronze medal in the 75 kg category. The tournament featured close to 150 boxers …
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