New Delhi: The increased budgetary allocation for financial year 2023-24 should be utilised “adequately” and “judiciously” by the sports ministry for the training of athletes for the Asian Games this year and 2024 Olympics, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Youth Affairs and Sports has said. The government has enhanced the budgetary allocation to the sports […]
New Delhi: Cricket is still in its infancy in the US but the legendary Kapil Dev is hopeful of the game reaching great heights in the future. “I hope one day America will take this game to the level where no country has seen,” Kapil said at an event held to launch of Indian American […]
Srinagar: Downtown Heroes Football Club on Monday registered their first win of the 2nd Division I-League by defeating Techtro Swades FC by 1-0. Elated with the win, the founders have credited the coaching staff, the team players and special praises to head coach for this win. Downtown displayed a significant play, leaving opposition stunned with […]
Motera assessed as ‘average’ Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has upgraded the pitch rating of Indore’s Holkar Stadium — the venue for the third Test between India and Australia — to ‘below average’ from ‘poor’ following a BCCI appeal. The ICC also gave the Narendra Modi Stadium pitch in Ahmedabad, the venue for the […]
New Delhi: The International Boxing Association (IBA) has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of “lack of transparency” and “unlawful” conduct and raised questions about its “transparency principles” while inviting boxing officials for the 2024 Paris Olympics qualification process. The IBA has threatened to take IOC to court for redressal of the issue. In an […]
New Delhi: As many as 12 teams will vie for honours in the Indian Taekwondo Premier League (TPL), which was launched here on Sunday. The franchise-based league, to be held in Delhi in June this year, has found takers in Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Assam, Delhi, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Chennai and Gujarat. Top taekwondo […]
Luxembourg: It took only two games for him to make his peace with Portugal’s national team and show he is not done impressing at the international level just yet. In his return after a disappointing World Cup and a controversial move to Saudi soccer, the 38-year-old Ronaldo scored four goals in Portugal’s first two games […]
New Delhi: Ace Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen added a second World Championships title to her name, defeating Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi Tam in the 50kg summit clash here on Sunday. Nikhat upstaged the two-time Asian champion Tam by a 5-0 verdict to take the light flyweight title in front of a packed home crowd at the […]
Basel: Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty capped off their impressive campaign with a title win, beating China’s Ren Xiang Yu and Tan Qiang in the final of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here on Sunday. The second-seeded Indian pair, the 2022 World Championships bronze medallist, was solid in […]
New Delhi: Until Thursday night, Bader Al-Mutawa was the most capped men’s international player in football. The Kuwaiti international was however surpassed by Cristiano Ronaldo as he marked his 197th outing for Portugal during the Euro 2024 qualifier 4-0 win against Liechtenstein. The 38-year-old marked outing with two goals on the night in Lisbon. Al-Mutawa […]