Category: Sports

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2023 today. The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 09th  January, 2024 (Tuesday) at 1100 hours. Based on the recommendations of the Committee and after due scrutiny, Government has decided to confer awards upon the following sportspersons, coaches and entities: (i)         Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023 S. No. Name of the sportsperson* Discipline 1. Shri Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty Badminton 2. Shri Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj…

Team India kicked off the three-match ODI series against South Africa with a cracking performance as the bowlers helped the visitors take a 1-0 lead having bowled out the home team for just 116. The Men in Blue will hope to seal the series in the second game in Gqeberha on Tuesday, December 19. It got finished in four and a half hours, it felt like a longer T20 match than an ODI but goes to show how well India turned up in the series opener against South Africa in Johannesburg…

Curtains came down on the first-ever Khelo India Para Games after a week-long celebrations of human spirit and inclusivity. In the games that had 173 gold medals up for grabs, Haryana bagged top honors with a total of 105 medals including 40 gold, 39 silver and 26 bronze medals.Finishing second was Uttar Pradesh, with a total of 62 medals, including 25 gold, 23 silver and 14 bronze. Tamil Nadu finished third with 20 gold, 8 silver and 14 bronze medals. While the Games witnessed star para athletes who were fresh…

The upcoming India players won’t have the option to pick the jersey Number 7 as it now stands retired by the apex cricket governing body in the country. Dhoni played his last game for India during the World Cup 2019 semifinal against New Zealand. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has retired MS Dhoni‘s iconic jersey number 7 which means that the upcoming India players won’t have the option to pick the number 7 jersey in any of the three formats of the sport. The decision has been…

Suryakumar Yadav continued his prolific run in T20Is as he smashed his fourth century in the format for India. Surya had a slow start but needed just one over where he smashed three sixes and a four to find his groove as he helped India to get to a score of 201 in the 3rd T20I against South Africa. Suryakumar Yadav, the genius T20 player, was at it again as he slammed his fourth century in the format for India in the three-match series decider against South Africa in Johannesburg…

India achieved a commanding 106-run win over South Africa in the third and final T20I to level the series in Johannesburg on Thursday, December 14. Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Kuldeep Yadav achieved respective milestones to help India win the series decider. A much-needed and well-deserved win for India in the third and final T20I helped the Men in Blue level the series against South Africa in Johannesburg on Thursday, December 14. Captain Suryakumar Yadav led the proceedings for India with a fourth T20I century while Kuldeep Yadav registered his second five-wicket haul…

The out-of-favour India batter has not been picked for India’s two-match Test tour of South Africa 2023-24. He has been sitting on the sidelines since India’s heartbreaking loss to Australia in the final of the World Test Championship 2023. Sussex Cricket has announced that India’s Test stalwart Cheteshwar Pujara is set to return to the team for the first seven County Championship games of the 2024 season. After the seventh game, he will be replaced by Australia’s emerging batter Daniel Hughes. The Aussie southpaw will be available for the rest of the…

 India’s T20 beast Suryakumar Yadav was on show in the second T20I against South Africa as he smashed a 36-ball 56 at St George’s Park, Gqeberha. After a string of few low scores, SKY was at his best to hit a fifty and help his team register 180 on the board from 19.3 overs in the first innings SKY came in at the time when India were 6/2 and co-anchored the innings along with Tilak Varma and Rinku Singh. His blistering outing now sees him break a couple of records…

Virat Kohli’s charisma is hard to go past. The Indian Legend has sent the fans in awe with his jaw-dropping performances in his career. Kohli was recently seen in the Cricket World Cup 2023, where India ended as runners-up to Australia. Indian icon Virat Kohli‘s fanbase has no boundaries. The legendary batter’s charisma is hard to go past and he has been among the favourite athletes in the sporting world. People across the globe admire the maestro batter and love to keep tracking him. As a result, Kohli has added another…

Virat Kohli has not played a game since India’s heart-breaking loss to the Pat Cummins-led Australia side in the final of the World Cup 2023. He will represent India during the upcoming two-match Test series against South Africa. India’s emerging batter Ruturaj Gaikwad is on the cusp of breaking a major T20I record of Virat Kohli and might succeed during the fifth and the final match of the ongoing five-game T20I series against Australia. India will take on Australia in the final T20I of the series, slated to be played at the…