Govt to set up National Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine

Under-19 Cricket World Cup: India defeat Papua New Guinea

India sealed a comfortable victory against Papua New Guinea in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Townsville city of Australia today. In a Group C encounter, the Indian cricket team registered a comprehensive 107-run win over Papua New Guinea and secured a quarterfinals berth . Its their second win i...

New Delhi felicitates Olympic medallist Mary Kom

M C Mary Kom was felicitiated in a function in new Delhi today, after becoming the first Indian woman boxer to clinch an Olympic medal. The 29-year-old, who won the flyweight 51kg bronze medal at the just-concluded London Games, giggled all through, joined folk dancers on the stage to shake a leg an...

World Junior chess championship: Grover defeats Lapidus in 11th round

Grandmaster-elect Sahaj Grover defected Mark Lapidus of Estonia in the 11th round of World Junior chess championship at Athens in Greece. With his sixth victory besides three draws, Grover took his tally to 7.5 points and this was an excellent recovery for him after a loss in the previous round agai...

New Delhi felicitates Olympic medallist Mary Kom

Grandmaster-elect Sahaj Grover defected Mark Lapidus of Estonia in the 11th round of World Junior chess championship at Athens in Greece. With his sixth victory besides three draws, Grover took his tally to 7.5 points and this was an excellent recovery for him after a loss in the previous round agai...

Olympic Flag reaches Rio de Janeiro

The Olympic flag reached Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2016 Summer Games - a challenge which authorities in Brazil say, the city is prepared to conquer. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes stepped off a plane carrying the flag, accompanied by Carlos Arthur Nuzman, President of the 2016 Games Organising Com...

Mary Kom felicitiated in function in New Delhi

M C Mary Kom was felicitiated in a function in new Delhi today, after becoming the first Indian woman boxer to clinch an Olympic medal. The 29-year-old, who won the flyweight 51kg bronze medal at the just-concluded London Games, giggled all through, joined folk dancers on the stage to shake a leg an...

World Junior chess championship: Grover defeats Lapidus in 11th round

Grandmaster-elect Sahaj Grover defected Mark Lapidus of Estonia in the 11th round of World Junior chess championship at Athens in Greece. With his sixth victory besides three draws, Grover took his tally to 7.5 points and this was an excellent recovery for him after a loss in the previous round agai...

Tribal Affairs Ministry felicitates Olympic Boxing medallist Mary Kom

Mary Kom, Sushil, Yogeshwar accorded grand welcome on arrival home