P V Sindhu won the ESPN's 'Female Sportsperson of the Year' award while young shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bagged the honour in the male category.
Out of the two world records held by track superstar Usain Bolt, his 100m dash timing of 9.58 seconds stands more likely to be broken than the 200m mark of 19.19secs, his fellow Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell said on Friday.
Indian sprint legend Milkha Singh died on Friday after a month-long battle with COVID-19, during which he lost his former national volleyball captain wife Nirmal Kaur to the same ailment.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
At 42, Dizezny D'Souza trained with teenagers at a school ground to get back into running. She won silver and bronze for India in China.
Rashmi Rocket suffers from overcrowding. Through its runtime of nearly two hours, it hints at too many issues without sinking its teeth into any, observes Deepti Patwardhan.
President, PM hail Hima Das after unprecedented feat
India's sports fraternity joined the nation on Sunday in saluting its essential services providers engaged in the fight against COVID-19 by clapping for them and sharing messages and videos of gratitude on social media.
Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt and his coach Glen Mills believe the Jamaican sprinter can run even faster as he targets the 2015 world championships and the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
India's fastest woman Dutee Chand, the national record holder bagged gold with a timing of 11.49 seconds. Dutee needs to clock 11.20 seconds to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
"I remember Chandrayaan-2's launch was earlier scheduled on July 15. I was there in Sriharikota. I saw the massive carrier, 'Bahubali', from close proximity.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Under Kohli, playing cricket will now be about winning, not avoiding defeat. India will not just be liked or admired -- it will be respected and feared. A country whose stars were labeled 'talented' or 'elegant' or 'inconsistent' now finds itself with a captain who is professional, tough, and combative, the embodiment of athleticism, aggression, and ambition. A fascinating glimpse from Pride, Prejudice And Punditry: The Essential Shashi Tharoor.
'It is no accident that politicians strive to control sports bodies, and get their names associated with popular sports, sometimes by renaming stadiums after themselves,' observes Devangshu Datta.
Asian Games gold medallist Hima Das said that she will continue to improve her timing and try to qualify for the Olympics in 2020.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Saloni Dhumne and Atreya Raghavan speak to young India to find out who their LGBTQ heroes are.
Controversy erupted at the World Cup after the International Cricket Council asked former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to remove the dagger insignia from his wicket-keeping gloves.
What India pacer Shikha Pandey finds objectionable is trying to achieve growth through tinkering of rules rather than robust marketing.
The sports fraternity came out in support of Mahendra Singh Dhoni for wearing the dagger insignia on his wicketkeeping gloves during India's World Cup game against South Africa.
World junior champion Hima Das has been ruled out of the upcoming World Championships due to a nagging back problem.
Sports stars extended warm wishes to their fans on social media as they get wrapped in New Year spirit.
'If you work with honesty and perseverance, success will surely come to you,' says Dutee Chand as she prepares to make her second Olympic appearance in Tokyo.
They shut up the naysers with sheer success.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) chief Sebastian Coe empathises with the plight of Indian sprinter Dutee Chand, whose career has been hit by the controversial 'gender testing' issue, but insists it needs to create a "level-playing field" for all athletes.
Abhinav Bindra eager to motivate India's Rio Olympics contingent.
Sachin Tendulkar's long list of admirers keeps on growing with world and Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt on Saturday saying he was one of the 'greatest cricketer' and he dreams of watching the Indian champion play live.
.There are other things in the socio-economic arena which becomes more important than becoming an athlete.'
Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh makes cut for World Championships
Sprinter Dutee Chand, who made it to her first Olympics after fighting the odds arising out of a 'gender test', finished a disappointing seventh in her 100m heats on the opening day of athletics event, in Rio de Janeiro, on Friday.
India's badminton sensation Saina Nehwal was Thursday declared the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year for her stupendous show in 2009.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
Former India coach Anil Kumble is in the running for the Coach of the Year award in the inaugural edition of the Indian Sports Honours, instituted by the RP-SG Group in association with the foundation of skipper Virat Kohli.
This year a whopping 74 winners were picked for the national honours, including an unprecedented five Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratnas and 27 Arjuna awardees.
India won their third gold of the competition through Uttarakhand based runner Anu, who clocked 1:54.11 seconds to finish ahead of Iran's Abdolrahim Dorzadeh (1:54.23 seconds).
India's impressive show in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games continued as their athletes added two gold and one bronze on the fourth day of competitions, in, Ashgabat, on Tuesday.
Hima Das is nearing her best, having won five successive gold medals in three weeks in Europe.
India's sprint sensation Hima Das doesn't want to be left behind in studies either and is juggling between training and board exams these days.
Captain Manpreet Singh and goalkeeper P R Sreejesh are among a few senior India players rested for next month's Olympic hockey test event in Tokyo. Besides Manpreet and Sreejesh, defender Surender Kumar was also rested.
The Indian mixed 4x400m relay team qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after reaching the final in the World Athletics Championships, in Doha.
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