Sports Minister Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore felicitated the Indian medal winners of the recently concluded AIBA Youth World Women Boxing Championship at Guwahati.
A cash award...
Wrestler Shri Sushil Kumar and Boxer Ms Mary C. Kom have submitted their resignation as National Sports Observers.
As both the top athletes are still...
Chinas Xiao Bowen won his first professional title by beating Bryden Macpherson of Australia at the Asian Golf Championship in Xiamen China.
The 27-year-old Xiao, took...
India's Gaurav Bidhuri in bantamweight (56kg) semifinal settles for bronze after get defeated by American Duke Ragan.
Bidhuri, who became just the fourth Indian to win...
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu settles for Silver medal after being defeated by Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in final of World Badminton Championship in Glasgow.
Saina Nehwal won...
Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA Player of the Season for 2016-2017.
It was the third time that Ronaldo has won the award.
Ronaldo won the...
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is establishing National Sports Museum, first of its kind, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.
The Museum will...
The World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) is a biennial athletic event, open to active and retired law enforcement and fire service personnel throughout...
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU).
The name is a combination of the...
The Indian pair of Soumyajit Ghosh and G Sathiyan won silver in the men's doubles at the Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte.
The experienced Japanese pair...
The IAAF World Championships, commonly referred to as the World Championships in Athletics, is a biennial athletics event organized by the International Association of...
Cheteshwar Pujara has become the joint second-fastest Indian batsman to 4,000 Test runs.
He reached the milestone in his 84th innings, the same as former captain...
Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna's lost out to Frenchman Etienne Bacrot in the penultimate round of the 50th Biel Chess Festival to finish third...
Ravindra Jadeja became the second fastest Indian to reach 150 Test wickets, behind teammate Ravichandran Ashwin.
Jadeja achieved the feat while bowling in Sri Lanka's...
Indian boxing star Vijender Singh beat his Chinese opponent Zulpikar Maimaitiali in a close bout to retain the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title.
Vijender...
Kenya's Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui won the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in London.
24-year-old Kenyan completed the marathon in 2 hours 8 minutes...
Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched the Bulgaria Open International Series title after beating Croatia’s Zvonimir Durkinjak in the men’s singles final in Sofia,...
Eight-time Olympic gold medallist Ussain Bolt of Jamaica has taken retirement from Athletics world.
An eleven-time World Champion, he won consecutive World Championship 100 m,...
Shooter Maheshwari Chauhan bagged a bronze medal at the Asian Shotgun Championship to earn India’s first women’s skeet individual medal at a top international...
India’s Davinder Singh Kang has become the first Indian to qualify for the final round of the javelin throw at the IAAF World Athletics Championships...
In World Athletics Championships, Olympic Champion Wayde Van Niekerk won the men’s 400 meters event and retained his title in event held at London.
The...
Indian shooter Ankur Mittal won the team gold medal in men’s double trap at the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship Saturday.
At Astana, Kazakhstan, Mittal shot...
The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, and commonly known as Paris 2024, is a forthcoming international multi-sport...
Commonwealth Champion Abhijeet Gupta beat Florian Kaczur of Hungary and finish second in the Czech International Open Chess tournament at Pardubidze in Czech Republic.
After...
The Government under “Khelo India – National Programme for Development of Sports” provides for conduct of sports competitions in two age groups of (i)...
Olympic Games or Olympics are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world...
Indian city New Delhi will host the men’s World Boxing Championship in 2021 besides conducting the women’s World Championship for the second time in...
Seram Nirupama Devi of Manipur won three bronze medals in the 19th Asian Youth (Boys & Girls) Weightlifting Championships in Kathmandu.
She got a total lift...
India finished at seventh position in the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games at Nassau in Bahamas after winning 11 medals, including four gold.
India won four...
Katie Ledecky, the 20-year-old American swimmer made history by winning 12 gold medals at the swimming world championships.
She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist...
HS Prannoy won his third grand prix gold title by defeating Parupalli Kashyap in the final of the US Open Grand Prix Gold.
Prannoy defeated Vietnam's...
The ATP tennis tournament 'Chennai Open' has been renamed as "Maharashtra Open" and will now be held in Pune.
Known as previously Gold Flake Open and...
The Ballon d'Or is an annual association football award presented by France Football. It has been awarded since 1956, although between 2010 and 2015,...
Lewis Hamilton achieved fourth consecutive victory in British Grand Prix. Hamilton's victory is the 57th of his career.
The British Grand Prix is a race...
Harinder Pal Sandhu beat Rex Hedrick of Australia in the final of Victorian Open squash.
He had beaten Piedro Schweertman of the Netherlands to reach...
Valtteri Bottas won the Austrian Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari.
The Austrian Grand Prix is a Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile...
Indian Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar has won gold medal at the 2017 IPC Para Athletics Championships in London.
The 2017 World Para Athletics Championships is...
Phase-III of ‘Oorja’ – Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) Under-19 Football Talent Hunt Tournament for Boys and Girls was started at the Jawahar Lal...
Sachin Siwach of India in 49kg category won a silver medal in the Asian Youth Boxing Championship. Sachin was defeated by Uzbekistan's Samandar Kholmurodov.
Earlier, Ankit...
The 22nd Asian Athletics Championships was inaugurated at Kalinga Stadium in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar. Mascot of the meet, Olly led the march-past of the...
Pankaj Advani and Laxman Rawat beat Pakistan in the final of the Asian Team Snooker Championship in Bishskek, Kyrgyszstan.
This title brings up Advani’s second...
Recently, 12 players of international eminence were appointed by the Ministry as National Observers for the first time for the development of sports.
National Sports...
P R Venketrama Raja of Tamilnadu was unanimously re-elected president of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) for the term 2017-2020 while Bharat Singh...
India has finished second at the ISSF Junior World Championship with three gold, two silver and three bronze medals in Suhl, Germany.
India picked up...
Srinivas Gokulnath of Maharashtra created history by becoming the first Indian to complete the 4,900-km Race Across America (RAAM) in solo category.
Considered to be...
India won Team Bronze in 25 meter Rapid Fire Pistol at the International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol, currently underway in Suhl, Germany.
Anish,...
Yashaswini Singh Deswal won a gold at the women's 10m air pistol event at the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Suhl, Germany.
Her medal...
Kidambi Srikanth of India defeated Chinese Chen Long, to clinch the Australian Open Super Series title in Sydney.
Srikanth Kidambi is an Indian badminton player...
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo won Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel finishing fourth and Lewis Hamilton who came fifth.
Hamilton's Mercedes...
Brooks Koepka is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Koepka claimed his first major championship by winning the 2017 U.S. Open...
Pistol shooter Anish from Haryana has bagged a gold and a silver at the ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol campaign in Suhl, Germany.
He won gold...
Indian boxing player Ankush Dahiya (60kg) clinched a gold while L Devendro Singh (52kg) won silver medal at the Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in...
Valentino Rossi beat Danilo Petrucci to win the TT Assen MotoGP in a thrilling race.
Valentino Rossi is an Italian professional motorcycle road racer and...
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian Badminton Player Kidambi Srikanth, on the victory in $75,000 Indonesia Open Super Series tournament.
He clinched his...
Indian Krishnan Sasikiran has become the first Indian to win the 52nd Capablanca Memorial Chess tournament at Varadero, Cuba.
The Capablanca Memorial is one of...
India bagged five medals in the 2017 Asian Junior Wrestling Championships in Taiwan.
India’s gold came in the women’s 51 kilogram freestyle category through Puja.
Further...
Indian shooters Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu won gold in the mixed team 10m air pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World...
Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman to 8000 runs in one-day international cricket.
Kohli reached the 8000-run mark in his 175th innings to go...
Sai Praneeth, shuttler from Andhra Pradesh, clinched the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold badminton title by defeating Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie 17-21, 21-18, 21-19 in...
Andrea Dovizioso won the Italian Grand Prix for the third MotoGP victory of his career.
Championship leader and pole sitter Maverick Vinales finished second and...
2016 AIFF Best Grassroots Program of the Year: Punjab
Best Home-match Organiser of Hero I-League 2016-17: DSK Shivajians & Bengaluru FC
Hero I-League Fairplay Award 2016-17:...
Indian Gauri Sheoran won the sports pistol junior women’s gold medal in the International Shooting Competition of Hannover.
She beat Sophia Kovacic of Germany 27-20,...
South Korea won badminton’s Sudirman Cup for the first time in 14 years by 3-2 victory over 10-time champions China at Australia’s Gold Coast.
The South...
India's R Vaishali won the women's title with eight points from nine rounds in the Asian Continental Blitz Chess Championship in Chengdu, China.
Vaishali drew...
Maverick Vinales of Spain won the French Grand Prix.
The French Grand Prix was a race held as part of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual...
Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin won the International Cricketer of the Year award at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards 2017.
The award was presented...
Spain's Supreme Court confirmed a 21-month jail sentence and 2.09-million-euro ($2.25 million) fine imposed on Barcelona football star Lionel Messi for tax fraud.
Messi and...
India clinched the compound team gold medal to conclude their Archery World Cup Stage 1 campaign in Shanghai on 21st May, 2017.
Abhishek Verma, Income...
Heena Sidhu won the air pistol bronze at the 48th Grand Prix of Liberation international shooting competition in Pilsen.
In women’s 50m rifle prone, Tejaswini...
Germany’s Mona Barthel clinched the WTA Prague clay-court tennis title after beating Czech's Kristyna Pliskova in three sets.
Barthel, a qualifier, defeated Pliskova 2-6, 7-5, 6-2...
India clinched gold medal in Archery World Cup in Shanghai. Archers Abhishek Verma, Raju Chinna Srither and debutant Amanjeet Singh won gold for India.
Competing...
Rafael Nadal of Spain won the 10th Barcelona Open tennis title by beating Austria’s Dominic Thiem by 6-4, 6-1 in finals.
Results:
At Barcelona: ATP Barcelona...
Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga bagged the men’s 56kg silver medal in the World youth weightlifting championship in Bangkok.
Jeremy, who lifted 110kg in snatch and...
Vikram Malhotra beat Mahesh Mangaonkar to win the North of Scotland Open squash tournament, a PSA World Tour event.
Vikram prevailed 3-11, 11-8, 6-11, 13-11,...
Lewis Hamilton achives victory in the Spanish Grand Prix from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton's second win of the season cut his deficit to Vettel...
