Manu Bhaker sets her sight on winning gold at Olympics

02 Jun 2020 04:01 AM IST

The young shooter has a tough battle on her hands in the 10m pistol as she faces tough opponents from China, Russia and Serbia.

Steve Smith willing to play IPL if T20 WC gets postponed

02 Jun 2020 04:00 AM IST

Australian batsman Steve Smith on Monday said that he is open to playing the Indian Premier League (IPL) if the T20 World Cup gets postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “I think when you are playing for your country at a World Cup, that’s the pinnacle for one-day or T20

Khelo India e-Pathshala will motivate young athletes: Rijiju

02 Jun 2020 04:00 AM IST

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda on Monday inaugurated Khelo India e-Pathshala programme through a webinar. The event was attended by young archers, archery coaches and experts of the discipline, from across the country. “The unique programme will connect athletes from secluded areas of

India can win weightlifting medal at Tokyo Olympics

01 Jun 2020 05:45 AM IST

The country has high hopes from three weightlifters, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, Rakhi Haldar and Jeremy Lalrinnunga.

Don’t know what’s going to happen post Covid: Kohli

01 Jun 2020 05:45 AM IST

India skipper Virat Kohli has said that he does not really know whether the game of cricket will change or not once the action resumes during this coronavirus period. Kohli was doing an Instagram live session with spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and it was then that the Indian skipper was asked

Rijiju and Munda to launch Khelo India e-Pathshala today

01 Jun 2020 05:45 AM IST

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) will launch on Monday “Khelo India e-Pathshala” with an aim to educate young athletes, who have not been able to train in their academies due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. SAI will launch the programme in association with the National Sports Federations. Sports Minister

Ravi Shastri: Indian cricket’s go-to guy

30 May 2020 05:12 AM IST

During his playing days, Ravi Shastri was a player with limited talent. But what he lacked in talent, he made up with determination and hard work.

SAI’s wrestling guidelines need a reconsideration

30 May 2020 05:12 AM IST

Keeping in mind the next year’s Tokyo Olympics, Indian athletes are on their way to resume their training while in a precautionary environment. However, the measures suggested by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) are not practical, especially with regard to wrestling. SAI would have come up with a better

Coming Aussie series won’t be as easy as the last one

29 May 2020 04:57 AM IST

One must remember that Team Australia was without the services of David Warner and Steve Smith when it lost the last Test series to India.

National Games postponed indefinitely due to Covid-19

29 May 2020 04:57 AM IST

The 36th National Games were on Thursday postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus crisis in the country. A source in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) told ANI that the National Games organising committee will hold a meeting by September end to decide the dates for the event. “National Games organising

Lockdown has made people mentally unstable: Dhoni’s wife

29 May 2020 04:57 AM IST

Twitteratti once again started speculation over the future of wicket-keeper batsman, MS Dhoni, as a hashtag #DhoniRetires started trending on the platform. However, Sakshi Dhoni, wife of the former skipper of India was not impressed with this hashtag and she slammed the netizens for constantly speculating the future of Dhoni.

SAI resumes training in Delhi’s two stadiums

28 May 2020 02:25 AM IST

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium open for an hour each. Indira Gandhi Stadium & Karni Singh Shooting Range too may follow suit.