A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
The Indian badminton ace is working to a schedule in preparation for the international season ahead.
Former Union minister and Congress leader Rajeev Shukla was re-appointed chairman of the powerful IPL Governing Council on Monday, ending a month-long suspense over the selection for the top post in the cash-rich Twenty20 league.
Railways beat Indian Airlines 3-2, while Punjab blanked Uttar Pradesh 6-0 at the 61st Senior National Hockey Super League.
Four institutional teams and the eight winners of the pre-quarter-final league will battle it out in the Super League, beginning on Friday.
Bhat was declared elected unopposed as his was the only nomination to the post, they said.
Viraj Patil won the one-metre springboard diving for his third gold in the 58th Senior National Aquatic Championships.
National hockey coach Rajinder Singh said it was too early to say whether the penalty corner expert would be picked in the Olympics team.
Long-serving archery coach Purnima Mahato and women's hockey coach Narendra Singh Saini were among five sporting personalities who were recommended for the prestigious Dronacharya award this year.
IOC beat defending champions Indian Airlines 4-1, while PSB edged past Services 2-1 in the 61st Senior National Hockey Championship.
Punjab and Sind Bank thrashed ITBP 7-1 in a Pool I match of the 61st National Hockey Championship.
Modi said there has been a 'silent revolution'.
Karnataka won the 58th Senior National Aquatic Championships for the third consecutive year on Sunday.
The former sunk the men's 1500m freestyle mark while Taniya Ganguly bettered her own record in the 3-metre springboard diving at the Senior National Aquatics Championships.
Delhi's Richa Mishra and Nisha Millet of Karnataka easily won the women's 50-metre butterfly and 400 metres freestyle respectively on the opening day of the 58th Senior National Aquatic Championships.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday indicated he is not averse to return to the Bharatiya Janata Party, as he admitted publicly for the first time that he and some senior national BJP leaders had discussed his homecoming.
On V K Singh branding the deceased as a Congress worker, he said all leaders must be 'sensitive' to the suicide.
The selectors picked the pace bowler following request from the Indian team.
The former beat Nikhil Kanetkar while defending champion Gupta beat SDS Krishna in the Senior National badminton championships.\n\n
They were adjudged best male and female athlete respectively in the Senior National Inter-state athletics championships.
The victory gave the unheralded Andhra shuttler a berth in the third round of the men's singles in the Senior National Badminton Championships.\n\n
The World and Asian O K Dinghy champion took the gun in all three races on the second day of the National Sailing championships.
They respectively won the men's and women's 100 metres in the Sr Nat Inter-State Athletics championships.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday.
They won the men's and women's singles crowns in the National badminton championships.
Top American lawmakers and eminent Indian-Americans have hailed President Barack Obama's decision to nominate Richard Rahul Verma as his next envoy to India, noting that he would make an excellent ambassador.
The newly-appointed India 'A' coach said he and Wright will chalk out a gameplan for his team's tour of England.
'The silver medal at the Champions Trophy has instilled the confidence that we can match or even beat some of the best teams in the world.'
Uncertanity over the availability of Wriddhiman Saha, who had a split webbing in his right hand, for the first One-Day International against Sri Lanka seems to be over as the wicketkeeper batsman looked fit ahead of the opening game, in Cuttack on Sunday.
'Experience is important. But if you work hard, you can improve faster. There is a three-month gap now and we will look to train harder and improve our fitness for Olympics' 'I think we need to cut down simple errors on court and not give away easy points. We have got to work hard each day without thinking about the results, as giving our best is in our hands'
'As of now, it seems like they want to tread the Vajpayee line, but the central government has to create trust.' 'It has to be vibrant and unambiguous.'
However, Trump sought to dismiss the charges by saying that these "Washington elites" should look for answers on why the world has become a mess.
'I will put in my hundred percent in the Olympics,' promises Apurvi Chandela who took to shooting after watching Abhinav Bindra win gold in the Beijing Olympics.
Top ranked women recurve archer Deepika Kumari (Jharkhand) retained the individual title, while in the men's section Atanau Das (PSPB) emerged winner in the Individual Olympic Round of the 34th Senior National Archery Championship at JRD Tata Sports complex in Jmashedpur.
OGQ has launched a crowd funding campaign to assist training and preparation of their potential medal winning athletes -- Irfan KT (Race Walking), Vikas Gowda (Discus Throw), Ayonika Paul and Pooja Ghatkar (both Rifle Shooting).
At 14 she represented India for the first time and scored a scintillating goal. Since then there has been no looking back for this striker with electric speed and agility.
The BCCI's 2015-16 domestic calendar, which, in a media statement, boasts that it will host 900 matches in the span of six months, starting October 1, has discarded the inter-zonal competition which was started in 1961-62. The tournament was conducted to perpetuate the memory of K S Duleepsinhji, nephew of K S Ranjitsinhji in whose memory the national cricket championship is played.
'I could see it not having any impact whatsoever,' says Stephen P Cohen on Obama's India visit.
Mithali Raj trained in classical dance for eight years until she decided one day it was time to follow her heart and exhibit footwork of another kind.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances