Indian women finished on top in Stage-2 of 20th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships at Surat

National Cricket Tournament for visually-impaired inaugurated in Delhi

The 22nd National Cricket Tournament for for the Visually impaired ,was inaugurated in the Capital today amid much fanfare.The tournament was inaugurated at Central Civil Services Cultural & Sports Ground in Chanakyapuri. Starting today, the tournament will be played in Delhi and Gurgaon til...

National Cricket Tournament for visually-impaired inaugurated in Delhi

The 22nd National Cricket Tournament for for the Visually impaired ,was inaugurated in the Capital today amid much fanfare.The tournament was inaugurated at Central Civil Services Cultural & Sports Ground in Chanakyapuri. Starting today, the tournament will be played in Delhi and Gurgaon til...

National Cricket Tournament for blind inaugurated

The 22nd National Cricket Tournament for Blind,was inaugurated in the Capital today amid much fanfare.The tournament was inaugurated at Central Civil Services Cultural & Sports Ground in Chanakyapuri. Starting today, the tournament will be played in Delhi and Gurgaon till December 21. The In...

FIFA court to hear Blatter, Platini cases

A FIFA court today starts hearing the cases of suspended world football president Sepp Blatter and his deputy Michel Platini on corruption charges. Sepp Blatter has said he will defend himself before the FIFA ethics judges today. A verdict in the cases is likely by next Monday. Swiss authorities are...

Govt to set up sports academies at national level for young talent

Government has proposed to set up sports academies at national level to inculcate sports talents in the country. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal said setting up of the academies is now at planning stage. He said Ministry has also...

Rajasthan's Apurvi Chandela wins gold at National Shooting Championship

Rajasthan's Apurvi Chandela bagged a Gold medal in the 10-metre Air Rifle event on the final day of the 59th National Shooting Championship in Delhi . In the Final, she and her compatriot Geetakshi Dixit got the better of Anjum Moudgil of Haryana who had led throughout. While Geetakshi clai...

Chennaiyin FC to meet FC Goa in final of ISL football tournament

In the Indian Super League Football, defending champions Atletico de Kolkata have been knocked out in the semi-finals. After losing the first leg of the match against Chennaiyin FC, 3-0, they won the second leg, 2-1, last evening. However, on aggregate score, they failed to qualify.Chennai will meet...

Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi returns to RCA helm

Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi is all set to get back at the helm of Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA). This follows the withdrawal of no-confidence motion by rival faction's Amin Pathan against Modi and his team which gave the former IPL Commissioner a numerical superiority in the 33...

IPL players draft: Dhoni goes to Pune, Raina heads to Rajkot

The player draft of the two new teams-- Pune and Rajkot--which will be added in next year's Indian Premier League cricket tournament was held in Mumbai. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was first to be picked, as he went to the newly added Pune. Rajkot, another new franchise, picked Suresh Raina.Both, ...