Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath De Sarkar, who won the gold in bridge at the recently-concluded Asian Games, were felicitated by the Tollygunge club on the sidelines of an invitational bridge tournament…
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) Back in a mix after a gap of 12 years, five-time former world champion Viswanathan Anand on Saturday said he is confident of a good show at the 43rd Chess Olympiad…
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will be the star attraction at the Tata Steel Chess India rapid and blitz tournament to be held here from November 9-14. Anand, 48, said here…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) All India Council of Sports (AICS) President and veteran politician Vijay Kumar Malhotra on Friday urged the states to formulate a uniform award scheme to do away with the glaring…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) A 30-member Indian contingent will aim to improve on their past record when they compete at the Junior World Wrestling Championships to be held in Slovakia from September 17-23. The…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Indias B2B e-commerce company, mjunction on Friday announced a tie-up with Sporty Solutionz Private Ltd to provide innovative digital solutions to the global and national sports federations, sports media rights…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) A week-long camp for visually challenged women, hosted by Usha International, Indias consumer durables company, and the Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA) concluded here on Friday. This is part of…
Tokyo, Sep 12 (IANS) South Korea is considering making a proposal to North Korea for co-hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics Games, the country’s sports minister said on Wednesday. Do Jong-hwan said South Korea is thinking…
Vijayawada, Sep 12 (IANS) Anthony Amalraj had to put up a fight to win the season’s first men single’s title as an enterprising Sudhanshu Grover’s fine run at the National Ranking (South Zone) Table Tennis…
Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) City based Tollygunge Club will organise the sixth edition of the Invitational Bridge Tournament involving noted players of the prominent social clubs from different parts of the country at its premises…
Tokyo, Sep 12 (IANS) The organizing committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Wednesday announced they were looking to recruit some 80,000 volunteers for the event. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old at…
Vijayawada, Sep 11 (IANS) Fourth-seed Divya Deshpande bowed out of the National Ranking (South Zone) Table Tennis Championships after going down 3-4 to an enterprising Sagarika Mukherjee of Railways at the DRM Municipal Indoor Hall…
Mumbai, Sep 11 (IANS) Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will grace the launch of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Kumite 1 League as a mentor here on September 29. The league will witness fighters…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 11 (IANS) Brazil’s iconic Maracana Stadium will be shut for almost a month to allow for repairs to its damaged pitch, the venue’s operator said. The 79,000-seat Maracana, which hosted the…
Vijayawada, Sep 10 (IANS) Top seed Manika Batra spent very little time at the table to bow out in the first round of the women’s singles at the National Ranking (South Zone) Table Tennis Championships…
By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) From digging wells to selling onions to working in a petrol pump to representing India at the Rio Olympics while his mother was in a coma, India’s…
Ostrava (Czech Republic), Sep 9 (IANS) Arpinder Singh on Sunday became the first Indian to win a medal in IAAF Continental Cup here. The triple jumper created history by clinching a bronze medal as he…
Vijayawada, Sep 9 (IANS) Deepit Rajesh Patil and Prapti Sen won their maiden junior boys and junior girls titles in the National Ranking (South Zone) Table Tennis Championships at the DRM Municipal Indoor Hall here…
Vilnius (Lithuania), Sep 9 (IANS) Over 15,000 runners from more than 45 countries competed at Vilnius Marathon 2018 here on Sunday. Ukrainian runner Bogdan Semenovych finished the full marathon first in two hours, 24 minutes…
Kolkata, Sep 9 (IANS) The first Asian School Indoor Rowing Championship was inaugurated here on Sunday with oldest rowing coach Ashok Chtterjee and former international oarsman Ashok Mehta lighting the sacred lamp. Also present were…