When Dhyan Chand refused the job offered by Adolf Hitler
August 29- the National Sports Day in India. Schools and colleges celebrate the day; sporting events are held in institutes and organisations; and of course the sporting honours are bestowed upon selected Indian athletes by the government. This year too the honours were conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind. Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia became the first paralympian to receive the...
Olympism in Uttar Pradesh; a Game for the State
4th UTTAR PRADESH GAMES-2017 Date: 27th August 2017-31st August 2017 Venue: Ch Charan Singh Sports Stadium, Muzaffarnagar Description: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Sports Foundation-Uttar Pradesh Unit in association with The Association for State Sports Organizations-Uttar Pradesh is organizing the 4th Uttar Pradesh Games. The Primary aim of these games is to bring forward the best talent in Sports from all over India and...
Sindhu settles for silver in her first World Badminton Championship final
India's badminton sensation P V Sindhu had to settle for silver after losing 19-21, 22-20, 20-22 to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the World Badminton Championships at Glasgow in England. This was Sindhu's best performance in World Championship as she appeared for the first time in the final. This was her third medal in the event having won bronze...
Floyd Mayweather; 50-0 and retiring thrice
“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 remained unbeaten throughout his professional career that started on 11th...
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 with Ashok Shandilya as coach, took the winners cheque of...
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 with at least two medals. 22-year-old Sindhu destructed China's big...
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 the first paralympian to get India's highest sporting honour. Javelin thrower...
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 a strong wax. As Ovid further wrote in Book...
Players take ice bath in broken tank; Ministry orders probe
The pathetic condition of facilities in some of the centres of Sports Authority of India (SAI) was revealed when a noted newspaper publication reported about players taking ice bath in a broken plastic tank. The incident happened in the SAI centre of Bengaluru where the members of junior hockey team were found using a broken plastic water tank for...
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 of Great Britain won the gold and Miki Ylonen...