Lausanne, Jan 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged the teams competing in the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games, scheduled to be held later in the year in Tokyo, to be vaccinated against…
Beijing, Jan 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that he believes that the Chinese side, with strong support from various parties, will complete all the preparation work as scheduled to ensure the Beijing…
Lucknow, Jan 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh will soon have its first sports university in Meerut after the state cabinet approved the State Sports University Bill 2021 draft. The university will aim at providing best infrastructure…
Dubai, Jan 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) president Majid Rashed has been appointed as a United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) first national ambassador from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In his new role on…
Rome, Jan 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hungary and the Netherlands have secured qualification for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics at the recently concluded FINA Women’s Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament. Both the teams won the Olympic berths…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Union government on Monday named six sportspersons and retired coach O.M. Nambiar for the prestigious Padma Shri award for 2021. Interestingly, no cricketer has been chosen for the…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Seven sportspersons were on Monday conferred the Padma Shri award. The awardees include no cricketer. The list of awardees: P Anitha (basketball), Mouma Das (table tennis), Anshu Jamsenpa (mountaineering), Sudha…
Washington, Jan 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic champion Ryan Crouser added 16 centimetres to the world indoor shot put record at the American Track League meeting recently held in Fayetteville, a city in northwest Arkansas. On Sunday,…
Noida, Jan 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Haryana’s Rohit won the 65kg title while Delhi’s Praveen Chahar won in the 86kg category as the National Freestyle Wrestling Championships concluded on Sunday at the Noida stadium. Rohit beat Shravan…
By Rohit Mundayur Noida, Jan 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The second day of the National Freestyle Wrestling Championships saw little change from the first as far as adhering to the Sports Ministry’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for…
Abu Dhabi, Jan 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor was on Sunday left stunned on his return to the UFC as Dustin Poirier claimed victory in their rematch at UFC 257…
New Delhi, Jan 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has asked for a report from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) after it was found that Covid-19 protocols were “allegedly flouted” on the…
By Rohit Mundayur Noida, Jan 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Narsingh Yadav’s day at the freestyle Wrestling National Championship started with him beaming on stage at the Noida Stadium as he was felicitated by the Wrestling Federation of…
By Rohit Mundayur Noida, Jan 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sandeep Singh was 14 years old when his coach gave him a target to win gold at the Olympics. The year was 2012, and his life since has…
Noida, Jan 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Narsingh Yadav, the 2015 World Championships bronze medallist (74kg), will play in his first competition at the national level since serving a four-year doping ban on Saturday when he competes in…
Tokyo, Jan 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach pledged on Thursday that the Tokyo Olympics will be held as scheduled. Bach said that IOC is committed to conducting the Games and has…
Pune, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The ninth Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE), opened at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex at Mhalunge-Balewadi here on Monday in the presence of four-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist rifle…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rajasthan’s Bhavesh Shekhawat and Aakanksha Bansal of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) won the men’s and women’s 25 metres rapid fire pistol (RFP) T2 competitions as the National Shooting…
Panaji, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Niti Aayog’s guidelines for fantasy sports should cover the entire gamut of online skill-based games, including rummy, which accounts for 50 per cent of the overall industry revenues, a stakeholder body,…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Army marksman and Olympian Gurpreet Singh won the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol T1 trials recently held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in the national capital. It was…