The shooter-turned-coach, Yoginder Pal Singh, reliving his dream through ‘Shoot To Win’
Yoginder Pal Singh and his Shoot To Win-it is a skillful combination. A combination that has been established by the sportsperson to give back to the sport that he loves so much. Yoginder had been passionate about sports from his early childhood and he used to play any and every type of sport at school. Incidentally, he came across shooting...
3:59.4 – that was all for Sir Roger Bannister to remain on athletics tracks forever
64 years on, 3:59.4 is a number recognisable to every athletics folower. And the man who created it had assured a name in the history book. Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, has died aged 88 in his hometown in Oxford. “Sir Roger Bannister, died peacefully in Oxford on 3rd March...
India win the inaugural Snooker Team World Cup under Pankaj Advani, Manan Chandra
The Indian snooker team of Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra played a masterful game of snooker to win the inaugural IBSF Snooker Team World Cup in a jampacked Qatar Federation Snooker Hall. They conquered the Pakistan duo of Muhammad Asif and Babar Masih by 3-2. India were struggling in the initial two frames and were in deep trouble at 0-30...
Shahzar Rizvi wins gold in ISSF World Cup with record score in 10m Air pistol
Meerut-based shooter Shahzar Rizvi clinched gold in the ISSF World Cup with a world record score f 242.3 points to make his maiden appearance in the event memorable. Ace shooter Jitu Rai, however, has to settle for a bronze after he scored 219 points. Shahzar kept his cool in the final to beat Christian Reitz of Germany, 239.7 points at...
Bajrang Punia, Vinod Omprakash settle for bronze in Senior Asian Wrestling Championship
Bajrang Punia, who won gold in the 2017 edition of Senior Asian Wrestling Championships, has settled for a bronze this time in men’s 65kg freestyle. Another wrestler Vinod Kumar Omprakash won the other bronze medal in the men’s 70kg freestyle. The two medals took India’s tally to eight -- gold and silver each with six bronze medals. Bajrang lost 5-7...
Navjot Kaur becomes the first woman wrestler to win India’s first ever gold at Senior Asian Championships
Navjot Kaur created history by becoming the first woman wrestler from India to win a gold medal at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships. With a thoroughly dominating performance in the final of the women’s 65kg freestyle category, Navjot beat Japan’s Miya Imai by a convincing 9-1 points. The wrestler who hails from Punjab, lost her first group stage match narrowly...
Leading javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang fails drug test; faces a ban of 4 years
World Championships finalist and medal prospect in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, Davinder Singh Kang, has been tested positive for Androstane, an anabolic steroid by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), the new anti-doping body of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). He now faces the prospect of being banned for four years that can eventually put an end to his...
Curtains fall on the 16-days extravaganza….it’s the end of 2018 Winter Olympics
The audience took their seats, the delegates settled themselves in the VIP boxes, and music and lights were intertwined in the Olympic stadium for the last time…..this stadium at Pyeongchang will be demolished after this grand festival. As the athletes came out, this time quite informally, a giant illuminated turtle led to the centre of the stage. The turtle which...
Day 16: Marit Bjoergen- the greatest- seals the last day with her medal no 15
She was already the highest medal winner of Winter Olympics. on the last day of the Games, Marit Bjoergen of Norway, claimed her 15th medal to emerge as the greatest Winter Olympian of all times.She stormed to 30km Cross Country gold in 1.22.17.6 to give herself and her 16-year long Olympic career a fitting farewell. It was also her record-equalling...
A double for India in South Africa-Women Cricketers win T20 series after ODI triumph
It was an all-round performance from the Indian eves in the T20 series against South Africa that made them clinch the series by 3-1. Batting first, India finished with a combative 166 with Mithali Raj scoring her 3rd fifty of the series and her 13th one overall. Veteran Raj showed aggression in her innings of 62 runs off 50...