A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal succumbed to COVID-19 on May 1. After retiring from the Indian Army, the major became a successful actor in films and television. An old friend salutes a wonderful human being.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Dipika Pallikal's exclusion from the Indian team for Asian Squash Championships may have kicked up a storm, but national coach Cyrus Poncha said the British Junior Open champion has only herself to blame for the omission by refusing to attend a mandatory trial camp.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) finalised a four-member delegation, which will accompany Sports Ministry officials, for a meeting with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne on May 15 to find a way for India's return to the Olympic movement.
Virushka's wedding was, of course, the biggest Indiansports shaadi of the year, but other athletes too tied the knot this year.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
It is for the first time that two Indians have qualified into the main draw of the Super-Series Squash Championship.
Indian athletes led the way in providing the Indian Olympic Association their feedback on how to restart national camps amid the coronavirus pandemic but a lot of national federations missed the deadline for submission of response, leaving IOA president Narinder Batra disappointed. On May 5, the IOA, while conceding that the risk of athletes losing motivation in the ongoing lockdown is real, sought their views along with those of coaches and other stakeholders on how to restart outdoor training.
The contingent comprises 277 men and 247 women athletes. In the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, the Indian contingent featured 541 athletes across 28 disciplines.
On the last day of the competition, Yash Vardhan and Shreya Agrawal bagged three gold medals each.
Avinash Kumar, Executive Chef, Novotel Imagica Khopoli shares his recipes.
The Indian advanced to the main draw of the British Open Squash with a straight-game victory over Aaron Frankcomb.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
'This team can be more than a super power' 'When you have such a system, then you will automatically have politics in cricket and that is our problem now'
Dipika Pallikal had long back taken the chill pill for the fever that forced her out of the home Commonwealth Games and fours years on, India's top squash player is looking ahead to the Games in Glasgow, where she is aiming for medals in all three categories.
Ghosal became the first Indian ever to win the coveted British Junior Open U-19 Squash title, defeating Adel El Said of Egypt in the final at Sheffield in England.
Dipika Pallikal, the first indian to break into the top 10 of women's squash world rankings, tells us about her journey so far and plans for the future
Captain Rani Rampal's clinical strike helped India beat South Africa 1-0 to seal their place in the semi-finals of the women's hockey event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Tuesday.
The Indian beat Peter David Creed of Wales to enter the last 16 in the World Junior men's squash championship.\n\n
The Chennai girl climbed ten places from 60 in the latest women's squash rankings.
Ritwik Bhattacharya lost to world No. 4 James Willstrop 11-13, 11-13, 5-11 in the first round of the Liverpool 08 Squash Open
The only Indian to win a PSA title said psychological training and yoga worked wonders for me.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
The Indian defeated Englishman Sam Miller 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10 in the final to claim his second title in a fortnight.
"Today is the birthday of Capt Sathe'smother. He had last met his parents in March and was constantly in touch with them over phone since then. They had last spoken a day before yesterday," his nephew Dr Yashodhan Sathe told PTI.
Renowned Indian sports journalist and commentator Dicky Rutnagur passed away in London on Friday, aged 82, after a prolonged illness. He is survived by his son Richard Sohrab Rutnagur.
The world's attention is on the new Taliban and the imminent announcement of an inclusive government in Kabul, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar
Mini Ribeiro tells you how to make the most of winter spices.
Sania Mirza was recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on Tuesday. She is only the second tennis player ever to be named for the country's highest sporting honour.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
India bagged two medals in Kurash, a form of wrestling indigenous to central Asia, with Pincky Balhara and Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav winning silver and bronze respectively
India's Dipika Pallikal won her sixth Women's Squash Association (WSA) title of her career after outplaying Joey Chan of Hong Kong in straight games in the summit clash of the Meadowood Pharmacy Open in the Canadian city of Winnipeg.
The Indian weightlifting juggernaut continued at the Commonwealth Games, with Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather adding a gold and bronze to the team's tally, and the shuttlers and boxers staying unbeaten on the second day, in Gold Coast, on Friday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.
Egged on by a capacity crowd at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, the fourth seed mixed doubles pair of Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa came out with a heartening performance to lead the Indian charge in the squash team events of the Commonwealth Games.
The Sports Ministry has confirmed that Wimbledon doubles champion Sania Mirza has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna but made it clear that the final decision rests with only the Awards Committee.
Chasing a third successive Asian Games medal, Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) made a strong start, out-punching Pakistan's Tanveer Ahmed in his pre-quarterfinal bout in Jakarta, on Monday.
National champion Saurav Ghoshal will spearhead India's challenge in the Men's World Team Squash Championship to be held in Odense, Denmark from September 27 to October 3.
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