Category: Sports

The 3rd edition of Khelo India Winter Games concluded today in Gulmarg with a grand function attended by over 2000 participants including players, tourists and officials of different departments. J&K topped the medal tally, bagging 26 Gold medals, 25 silver medals, 25 Bronze medals followed by Maharashtra with 13 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze medals. The third position was achieved by Himachal Pradesh 10 Gold, 14 Silver and 7 Bronze while Army scored 10 gold, 10 silver and 9 bronze medals. Union Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs…

In the continuous fight against doping in sports, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Hyderabad (NIPER Hyderabad) signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create nutritional supplement testing capacity in India, provide information & build awareness about the risks associated with use of nutritional supplements, increase research opportunities in the clean sport & anti-doping domain and provide options for safe and dope-free nutritional supplements for sportspersons. This MoU is…

India-W Vs West Indies-W, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 LIVE Cricket Scorecard and Updates: Harmanpreet Kaur’s team will be aiming for a better show in second game at the Newlands in Cape Town today (February 15). Team India have begun the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 on a positive note after a seven-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan last week. They will be up against former champions West Indies Women cricket team in their second match of Group B in their second match of the tournament at the Newlands…

A video from the beautiful ‘white wedding’ of Hardik Pandya and Natasa Stankovic has now gone viral on social media. The wedding on Tuesday were performed as per the Christian rituals along with a white theme. Team India all-rounder and T20 captain Hardik Pandya and his wife Natasa Stankovic on Tuesday (February 14) – on the occasion of Valentine’s Day – renewed their marriage vows in Udaipur in a destination wedding. The couple had earlier tied the nuptial knot during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was more of a hush-hush affair.…

In this collection of photos, we will take you through key top 5 differences between rules in men’s and women’s cricket. Men’s Test matches last for five days, while women’s Test matches are limited to four days. Women’s Test cricket requires a minimum of 100 overs per day, while men’s Test cricket requires a minimum of 90 overs per day. The women’s cricket ball should weigh at least 142 grams, while the men’s ball should weigh at least 156 grams In women’s cricket, the boundary ropes must be between 55…

Women’s Premier League Auction Full Players List: The first-ever Women’s Premier Auction is set to take place in Mumbai with all five franchises ready to get engrossed in bidding war. A total of 409 players will go under the hammer in the auction which will see female auctioneer Mallika Sagar take over the proceedings. When BCCI had opened the players registration in January, a total of 1525 cricketers has signed up but the list was cut down to 409 as franchises made their picks. Out of these 409 players, 256 players…

The first Youth20 (Y20) Inception Meeting 2023 under G20 kick began in Guwahati  today. Briefing the media ahead of the meeting  Smt. Meeta Rajivlochan, Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs informed that Youth20 deliberations hope to reach out to youth and consult with them for their ideas for a better tomorrow. From left to right Sh. B Narayanan, Director General, NE Zone, Ministry of I & B, Government of India, Ms. Meeta Rajivlochan, Secretary, M/o Youth and Youth Affairs, Sh. Kalyan Chakravarthy, Principal Secretary, Government of Assam and Prof Parameswar K…

Shubman Gill has now become the 5th batsman from India to score a century in every format. Before Gill, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina have scored centuries in all three formats for India. Shubman Gill has been spitting fire in 2023. Right from the ODI series against New Zealand, Gill has been making all the right kinds of noises and has been making runs like there’s no tomorrow. In the 3rd and final T20I against New Zealand, Gill again proved why he is the future of Indian…

The increase in the overall budget is a welcome move, but it still is far from what is expected if India aims to become a sporting powerhouse like China. The case in point being China’s almost 10 billion yuan spend ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports saw an increase in its budget allocation by INR 724.72 crores compared to the revised 2022-2023 budget, making it the highest-ever allocation at INR 3389.56 crores for 2023-2024. To start with, Khelo India, a scheme that looks to…

Maharashtra’s gymnast Samyukta Kale bagged all five gold medals in the rhythmic gymnastics category in the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games held in Panchkula. Samyukta is once again participating in the Khelo India Youth Games and when she steps on the floor at the Laxmi Bai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior – host to the gymnastic event, she will be battling it out against herself as she will have to prove that what she did in Panchkula was not just a one-off. Samyukta who belongs to…