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
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 their match against Scotland, England settled for a 2-2...
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 in both men’s and women’s categories.
Unseeded Ostapenko upsets Halep to win French Open
Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia came from 4-6 down in the first set to turn the match in her favour and beat Simona Halep in the French Open final 2017. World No 4 Halep was targeting her first Grand Slam title and also the No 1 rank. But her dream was crushed by the 20-year old Latvian who defeated her...
He rose and fell, but he remains; its The Tiger Effect
On the early hours of 29th May 2017, Florida police found a damaged Mercedes Benz standing across the right lane of a roadway with a man in the driver’s seat fast asleep at the wheels. Police found the man to be Tiger Woods, the Golf great, who was unaware of where he was when awakened by the patrolling officers....
“It’s a real task for us to promote squash among young players….” Ashish Gupta
An electronic engineer by education, Mr Ashish Gupta is the Managing Director of Winmark Exhibitions based in Mumbai. But sport remains his passion and the love for the game of squash had helped him to be in the administrative department of Squash Racquet Association of Maharashtra (SRAM). A former player, Ashish Gupta was the Secretary of India Squash Professional....
Mallakhamb’s glory-the tale of Shivaji Park sans cricket
As we enter Shivaji Park, located in one of the prime locations of Mumbai and have been famous as the breeding ground of Sachin Tendulkar, we find hundreds of young Sachins and Kamblis and Amres nurturing their cricketing skills. Making our way by them, we reach a corner of the park. We find a group of boys and girls...
Mixed relays in athletics and swimming approved by International Olympic Committee
Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 will have some new disciplines like mixed relays in athletics and swimming, mixed team events in judo, shooting, archery and triathlon and a three-a-side basketball event. IOC President Thomas Bach said that the events are chosen to make the Games more youthful.
Kaustubh Khade proudly sails India in the sea of kayaking
“There is obviously the rush of big waves, the threat of being thrown out, but what I love most is the beauty of being 3-4 km away from land and seeing things you’ve never imagined. Flying fish or dolphins; the sea filling up with jellyfish; fishermen diving to bring up mussel; lighthouses & big ships or windmills and hills....