Khelo India, which is the government’s flagship project to promote sports at the grassroots level, was once again the biggest beneficiary in the union budget for the sports ministry as it was assigned âš900 crore from the overall allocation of âš3,442.32 crore on July 23. Khelo India’s share, announced in the budget presented by Finance…
Indian menâs hockey team are seen during a practice session ahead of their Paris Olympics campaign. | Photo Credit: K. Muarli Kumar The Indian Men’s Hockey Team player Sanjay, who is a formidable defender and drag-flicker from Dabra village near Hisar, Haryana, is set to make his debut at the Olympics in Paris. Emerging as…
Britainâs Andy Murray waves to the Center Court crowd as he leaves following his first round doubles loss at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, July 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Two-times Olympic singles champion Andy Murray said on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that the tennis competition at the Paris Games will be the…
Team India has reached Sri Lanka are all set to play the 3-match T20I and ODI series starting from July 27. Ahead of the series, there has been much chatter about the appointment of Suryakumar Yadav as the new T20I captain, taking over from Rohit Sharma. Notably, Hardik Pandya was the Indian 20 over captain…
Team India have already departed for Sri Lanka for a 3-match T20 and ODI series starting on July 27. While the Men in Blue will have a new captain in Suryakumar Yadav in the T20 format, veteran skipper Rohit Sharma will be back to lead the side in the ODI leg of the tournament. The…
Ready to shoot:Â The Indian archery squad on its arrival in Paris for the Games. | Photo Credit: X@WeAreTeamIndia A well-planned and smooth build-up seems to have hit a roadblock for the Indian archery team with foreign coach Baek Woong Ki not getting accreditation to guide the team at the Paris Olympics. India, which has never…
Emami East Bengal coach Carles Cuadrat hoped for a better performance and greater success for his team as the Kolkata giant presented a star-studded squad ahead of the season, here on Monday. Having finished ninth in the last Indian Super League edition, the Kalinga Super Cup champion has reinforced its team for the upcoming season….
Suryakumar. | Photo Credit: SHASHANK PARADE Almost a week since Suryakumar Yadav was preferred over Hardik Pandya as India menâs T20 captain, chairman of selection committee Ajit Agarkar has spelt out the reasons. Referring to Suryakumar as âone of the best T20 batters in the worldâ, Agarkar stated that Hardikâs fitness concerns, his availability issues…
Sir Vivian Richards and Carl Hooper have strongly refuted Brian Lara’s claims in his book. Lara has claimed in his book that Richards, during his captaincy, made Hooper “cry once a week”. The former West Indian cricket captains, in a joint statement, have called it “gross misrepresentations” and demanded an apology. “Sir Vivian Richards and…
Indian men’s cricket team reached the Mumbai airport on Monday from where they are scheduled to take a flight to fly out to Sri Lanka for the ODI and T20 series. Among the notable mentions to be seen on the airport were India’s T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill and Rinku Singh. Notably,…
