Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that he has set very ambitious goals in his third term to make the country a developed nation and asserted that India today is a land of opportunities.
The event was distinguished by the presence of hockey legends, including former captains Sardar Singh, Dillip Tirkey and Mir Ranjan Negi, former coach Harendra Singh, and the entire bronze winning Indian team.
BCCI Secretary Jay Amit Shah met with National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell in New York. This meeting marks the first interaction between the heads of the world's two most popular sporting leagues: The IPL and the American football league, the NFL.
The biggest Hindu temple outside India -- the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Shri Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA -- was inaugurated on Monday, October 9, 2023.
India would have won the cricket World Cup if the final match was played in Kolkata or Mumbai, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Thursday.
This was the second incident of desecration at a BAPS temple in less than a month in the US amidst the growing trend of temple vandalism as part of a systematic hate crime against the Hindu community in the country.
Tata group has been a constant in India's sporting landscape and the conglomerate's involvement only grew under Ratan Tata.
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From adversity to triumph, '#RishabhPant's journey to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup is a testament of resilience and determination'.
It was only in April that Byju's and BCCI had agreed on the extension of their partnership until the end of the 2023 ODI World Cup in India at a 10 percent increment.
'I am privileged to have represented India for more than two decades and earning my 300th international cap is truly a special memory for me.'
'I am sure that the journey has not stopped. There is a lot of cricket left in him, a lot of runs left in him.'
With the departure of seniors Rohit Sharma and Kohli from the T20 International scene, workload management of someone like Jasprit Bumrah assumes greater significance, Gambhir said.
'...there's a feeling of being indebted to the sport, to my team, that I get to do this.'
The Indian football team's jersey for the Under-17 BRICS Diplomatic Football Cup was unveiled last week. The jersey, coloured in the standard blue hue with a large lotus imprinted on it, has called for strong reactions from Indian football fans.
'Rohit Sharma's victorious team will take a ride on an open-top bus in a parade from the National Centre for Performing Arts in Nariman Point to the iconic Wankhede stadium at 4 pm on Thursday evening, said a report in The Indian Express newspaper.
Lalit Yadav believes he fits the bill to fill the big shoes of all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja who called time on his T20I career
A few Indian stars will have to go through the disappointment of watching all the action from afar.
National football team defensive lynchpin Jhingan left Kerala Blasters after spending six years with the Indian Super League club.
Team India will don its first ever 'away kit' in the World Cup match against England, in Birmingham, on June 30.
'I want to learn about the mindset in pressure situations from him. Like when the team is under pressure and not performing well, how he uses his mind to win matches from those situations.'
The International Cricket Council, in a first, has acceded to Sri Lanka cricket team's request to allow them to wear their second choice "yellow jersey" for the remaining World Cup games, as they consider it to be "lucky" after winning against England.
'(It) feels great. Just to win the gold is special, and being the first Indian cricket side to win the gold will make people go back in history and see that this was the team that actually won the first-ever gold in cricket in the Asian Games. It's an amazing feeling.'
Anshuman Gaekwad, who served Indian cricket as a player, coach and selector, succumbed to blood cancer on Wednesday night.
'I have always taken pride while donning the Indian jersey during my playing days and it is going to be no different when I take up this new role.'
The Australian team came out wearing a new jersey in the opening T20 International against India, in Canberra, on Friday, to showcase their country's indigenous heritage.
The identification on the Test jersey is an initiative by the ICC to help fans connect with the players.
The 38-year-old made his international debut in 2010 in an ODI against Australia in Visakhapatnam and his last India game was also a 50-over match, against Bangladesh in 2022.
Shah Rukh Khan joined the jubilant KKR players and support staff on the field, high-fiving them and sharing emotional embraces after their thrilling win over the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The Prime Minister termed the athletes as "India's soldiers of 2036 Olympics".
The official handle of the Indian cricket team revealed the jersey numbers of the players through Instagram stories.
India will be donning their first ever 'away kit' for Sunday's match against England.
Lauding legendary Indian wicketkeeper-batter Mahendra Singh Dhoni for having made cricket number one sports and inspiring many to play it, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday is hopeful of many players eager to surpass former skipper 'Thala' records in the sport.
Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from painters to New York cops, from auto to engineering workers -- marched for two hours down 5th Avenue one of Manhattan's most iconic thoroughfares, reports Jyoti Punwani.
Virat Kohli will soon be seen wearing No 18 on his white flannels as the ICC has allowed Test-playing nations to have the players sport their names and numbers on their jerseys.
The non-availability of halal meat, a must-have in their menu, in their Bridgetown hotel forced them to temporarily wear a chef's apron.
Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill were seen having a laugh during the team photo-shoot on Tuesday, while Chahal jokingly said to the camera: 'Lovely... colourful clothes after two months.'
They unveiled the home and away jersey's in Bengaluru.
The Indian team's new 2019 World Cup jersey was launched by sporting apparel giants Nike in the presence of former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, current skipper Virat Kohli, his Test deputy Ajinkya Rahane and young turk Prithvi Shaw.
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