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Indian para-athletes on Saturday created history as they claimed their 100th medal of the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou with Dilip Mahadu Gavit claiming a gold medal. Gavit won a gold medal in Men’s 400m T47 event. He claimed the prestigious gold with a brilliant run time of 49.48 secs. For the first time, the…
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Indian para athletes on Thursday created history by winning the highest number of medals in the Asian Para Games, taking country’s tally to 80, including 18 gold medals. India have now gone past the earlier best of 72 achieved in the 2018 edition in Indonesia. India’s medal tally read 18 gold, 23 silver and 39…
Sachin Sajerao Khilari won gold in Men’s Shot Put-F46 event© Twitter India para-athletes on Thursday created history as it registered its highest-ever gold medal tally at the Asian Para Games after earning the 16th gold. India topped their 2018 Asian Para Games medal tally of 72 at the ongoing edition in Hangzhou, China. So far…
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Prachi Yadav, who had won a silver in canoe VL2 category on Monday, picked up a gold in KL2 event.© Twitter Canoeist Prachi Yadav and quartermiler Deepthi Jeevanji clinched a gold each on the second day of competitions as India’s medal rush in the Hangzhou Asian Para Games continued on Tuesday. Prachi, who had won…
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Prachi Yadav linched Gold in Canoe women’s Kl2 event© Twitter India’s Prachi Yadav clinched a gold medal in the Canoe women’s KL2 event to ensure the flurry of medals continued in the ongoing 4th Asian Para Games on Tuesday. After bagging a silver on Day 1 in the women’s VL2 final, she topped the women’s…
Image for representative use© Twitter The upcoming National Games will see a new sport in beach soccer, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Saturday. Notably, the AIFF hosted the inaugural Men’s National Beach Soccer Championships in Surat’s Dumas Beach earlier this year, which has proved to be a game-changer. The top seven sides…
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Representative image© AFP India will be represented by a strong 446-member contingent, including 303 athletes, at the fourth Asian Para Games to be held in Hangzhou, China from October 22 to 28. The Sports Ministry has sanctioned a total of 303 sportspersons — 191 male and 112 female — across 17 sporting disciplines for the…
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Cricket will feature as one of five new sports at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, organisers announced on Monday. A vote of the International Olympic Committee’s session in Mumbai approved cricket, together with baseball/softball, flag football, squash and lacrosse. The IOC’s executive board last week accepted a proposal by LA organisers for Twenty20 cricket, the sport’s shortest…
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Prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that India will leave “no stone unturned” in its efforts to organise the 2036 Olympics as the government expressed a strong desire to host the biggest sporting event in the world. Modi declared open the 141st Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), where India will present its…
The International Olympic Council’s (IOC) Executive Board on Thursday announced the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) with immediate effect for “breach of charter”. The Russian athletes though will be able to take part in international competitions, including next year’s Paris Olympics, as independent participants. The 141st Session of the IOC will be held…
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