The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
'Much as I feel on top of the world after being a part of a special series like Jubilee, I would say my biggest achievement so far has been spreading happiness around.'
Families of farmers along with fellow villagers at many places in Punjab, which had once remained the epicentre of the farmers' agitation, will prepare 'ladoos', 'jalebis', 'barfi' and other sweets to welcome them, farmer leaders said.
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal unveiled the party's manifesto for the youth. The party, which is aiming to capture power in the state, will come out with separate manifestos for different sections of society.
Defending champions Punjab edged past Karnataka 4-3 in a pulsating penalty shoot-out on Friday to set up a summit clash with Services in the 62nd Santosh Trophy National Football Championship, at the Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar. The teams were locked goalless at the end of 120 minutes play.
Pune Strykers and Sher-E-Punjab will meet in the final of the Bridgestone WSH, at the Mumbai Hockey Association's Mahindra stadium on Monday. The Pune side made the grade after beating Chandigarh Comets 7-6 in the penalty shoot-out after regulation time in the second semi-final in Mumbai ended 4-4.
Punjab are almost assured of a semi-final berth in the Indian Oil Santosh Trophy football championship after Services shocked 29-time winners Bengal 2-1 on Sunday.
Debutants Ranchi Rays will face season's most consistent team Jaypee Punjab Warriors in the summit clash of the third Hero Hockey India League after both teams registered contrasting wins in their respective semi-finals in New Delhi.
Defending champions Goa and Punjab scored thumping wins to storm into the semi-finals of the 64th National Football Championship, for the Santosh Trophy, at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Tuesday. The former beat Services 4-0, while Punjab trounced Karnataka 5-1 in the quarter-final league.
Baljit Singh Dhillon scored twice off penalty-corners to give the cops a 3-0 win over Indian Airlines in the final.
The 20-member squad also includes goal-keepers PR Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak; defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh and Jugraj.
Gavaskar has nicknamed Tewatia 'ice-man' and lauded his ability to remain unruffled during tense moments.
From shining in age-group and league cricket in Chennai to a breakout season in Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) before being fast-tracked into the state white-ball teams, things have moved rather swiftly for B Sai Sudharsan as he broke into the IPL.
In the day's earlier match, Tamil Nadu XI blanked Bombay XI 3-0 in the All India Beighton Cup hockey tournament.
Sim Bhullar has become the first player of Indian origin to be a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) after he signed a summer contract with the Sacramento Kings, a professional basketball team in the US.
They beat Indian Oil 4-1 in the final of the uru Tegh Bahadur hockey tournament.
Defending champions Border Security Force were shocked by Corps of Signals in the Beighton Cup hockey tournament.
No part of northwest, central and east India is likely to record a heatwave over the next five days, the MeT office said.
Jaypee Punjab Warriors and Ranchi Rhinos played out a 1-1 draw at Birsa Munda Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi in the Hockey India League, in Ranchi on Saturday.
The Bankmen, reduced to ten men, beat Namdhari XI 2-0 in the quarter-finals of the Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.\n\n
S V Sunil scored two goals to help Jaypee Punjab Warriors edge past hosts Uttar Pradesh Wizards 4-3 in a round-robin match to move to the third spot in the inaugural Hockey India League in Lucknow on Sunday.
Amarinder, 75, was sworn in as the state's 26th chief minister along with nine ministers, including Navjot Singh Sidhu.
In a significant relief to ITC Ltd, the Delhi high court has restrained a Punjab-based garment manufacturer and its marketing arm from selling counterfeit apparel bearing the logo and brand name 'Wills Sport' of the corporate major.
In another match of the knock-out stage of the National Hockey Championship, Mumbai will meet Chattisgarh.
The bankmen came back from a goal down to beat Indian Oil 2-1 in the ONGC-Nehru hockey tournament.
Jugraj made his International debut against France during the FIH Hockey Pro League matches in South Africa
Indian badminton team's chief coach Pullela Gopichand, multiple world title holder cueist Pankaj Advani, former hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay were some of the prominent names who made financial contribution in country's fight against coronavirus pandemic.
Northern Railway won the women's crown in the Surjit hockey tournament.
Punjab blanked Services 4-0 while Bengal edged past Tamil Nadu in the semi-finals of the National Games football tournament.
Balbir Singh Jr died at the age of 88
A 3-1 victory over Delhi in the final gave the defending champions the title. Indian Oil finished third.
The other Indian in the fray, Parth Makhija, who also qualified for the ranking event following an impressive show on Sunday, finished fourth with a score of 258.1, behind 33-year-old Israeli shooter Sergey Richter, who scored 259.9.
The other new side in IPL -- the Lucknow team has signed India limited overs vice-captain KL Rahul, big hitting Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis and leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi as its draft picks and team owner Sanjiv Goenka said the reason for picking the trio is that they are multi-dimensional players.
Just two days before Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to reach Jammu, two back-to-back explosions rocked a busy locality on the outskirts of the city on Saturday, leaving nine people injured, officials said.
Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali said that running out a non-striker for backing too is not "their thing"
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
The Indian drag-flicker scored twice in a 5-4 victory over Northern Cavaliers Pakistan's Super Hockey League.
Was hoping against hope something would happen and it did: Harjinder Kaur
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