Jharkhand to have Sports University soon

Jharkhand will soon have a Sports University for which process has started. Announcing this in Jamshedpur yesterday, Chief Minister Raghuwar Das said that the purpose of the sports university would be to encourage sports in the state in institutionalised ways.

Haryana dominates opening day of National Games with 6 gold medals

Haryana dominated the opening day of the 35th National Games in Thiruvananthapuram yesterday by bagging 6 Gold and a Silver medal. Most of their yellow metals came in Wrestling.However, Commonwealth Games gold-medallist and a World Championships silver-medallist, Amit Kumar had to settle for a silve...

Haryana bags 6 Gold & 1 Silver on opening day of National Games

Haryana dominated the opening day of the 35th National Games in Thiruvananthapuram yesterday by bagging 6 Gold and a Silver medal. Most of their yellow metals came in Wrestling.However, Commonwealth Games gold-medallist and a World Championships silver-medallist, Amit Kumar had to settle for a silve...

France win record fifth world handball title

France has became the first team in handball history to win five World Championships. In the finals yesterday, they defeated hosts and surprise finalists Qatar, 25-22. The win means France's are now world, European and Olympic champions. It was the country's first world title since...

Nicol David sets world No.1 squash record

World Squash champion Nicol David has set a new record for topping the world rankings for the 106th month. The 31-year old Malaysian, who first headed the Women's Squash Association list in January 2006, overtook the 105th month record set in February 1993 by Susan Devoy, the four time worl...

Haryana wrestlers dominate 35th National Games

Haryana wrestlers dominated the 35th National Games in Kerala on the opening day today, clinching Five Golds and a silver. While Services won a Gold. Uttar Pradesh collected three silver and two bronze medals. Delhi secured one silver and three bronze medals and Madhya Pradesh won one silver and two...

Australian Open: Paes, his Swiss teammate Hingis lift Mixed Doubles trophy

Australian Open: Peas, his teammate Hingis lift Mixed Doubles trophy

Leander Peas and his Swiss teammate Martina Hingis today lifted the Mixed Doubles trophy of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season. Later in the day, Serbia's world number one Novak Djokovic won a fifth Australian Open Men's singles title in Melbourne, beating Brit...

FINA approves National Games as qualifying event for World Championships

The international governing body of swimming, FINA, has approved the National Games currently being held in Kerala, as the qualifying event for the World Championships to be held in Kazan, Russia from July 24 this year. This was stated by the President of Swimming Federation of India, Sh. Virendra N...

Australian Open: Djokovic defeats Murray; Lifts Men's singles trophy

World number one Novak Djokovic has lifted the Men's singles trophy of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the season. He beat sixth placed Andy Murray. Earlier, Leander Peas and his Swiss teammate Martina Hingis won the Mixed Doubles of the Australian Open. The seventh seeded pair...