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

Chennaiyin FC have entered the final of the Indian Super League football tournament. In the second leg semi final match at Kolkata this evening even as the Chennai team were beaten by Atletico de Kolkata 2 -1 but they advanced to the final on 4-2 aggregate. The Chennaiyin FC had won the first leg by...

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 yesterday. In the Final, she and her compatriot Geetakshi Dixit got the better of Anjum Moudgil of Haryana who had led throughout. While Geeta...

FC Goa thrash Delhi Dynamos 3-0 to breeze into ISL final

Producing an inspirational performance, FC Goa demolished Delhi Dynamos 3-0 in the second leg semi-final to breeze into the summit clash of the Indian Super League (ISL).En route their entry into the final, FC Goa recorded a better goal aggregate of 3-1 after the two semi-final legs.Spanish midfield...

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 today, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal said setting up of the academies is now at planning stage. He said Ministry ha...

Shiva, Mandeep, 2 others get IOC Olympic scholarships

In a massive fillip to their Olympic dreams, four Indian boxers have been selected by the International Olympics Committee (IOC) for a scholarship. The selected boxers are World Championships' bronze-medallist Shiva Thapa in 56 kilogram, Commonwealth Games silver-medallist Mandeep Jangra in...

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 today. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was first to be picked, as he went to the newly added Pune. Rajkot, another new franchise, picked Suresh Raina....

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

The player draft for next year's 9th Indian Premier League cricket tournament is being held today 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, Dhoni and Raina were part of the Chennai Sup...

Anirban Lahiri savours winning Asian Tour's Order of Merit crown

Vijay Kumar wins gold at Shooting Nationals

Olympic medallist Vijay Kumar shot his way to the men's 25-metre centre fire pistol gold medal on day 12 of the 59th National Shooting Championship in New Delhi yesterday. The win will give him a lot of confidence before the final Rio Olympic qualifying event begins at the same venue in Jan...

Coffee Day India Rally: Lohitt Urs, his co-driver Gowda win title

Lohitt Urs and his co-driver Shrikanth Gowda won the title in the FIA Asia Cup category in the Coffee Day India Rally, which concluded in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka today. They also emerged national champions. Gaurav Gill and co-driver Musa Sherif clinched the overall crown in the Rally. The three-da...