Wrestler Jashkawar Gill seeks Sports Ministry’s help in ‘Patka’ matter. Indian wrestler Jashkawar Gill, who failed to make his international debut after the organisers of the World Ranking series tournament in Turkey refused him to take the mat wearing his patka, has sought help from the Sports Ministry in the matter. The young wrestler said that

Strap- Ramtex Group announces RS 21000 cash award for each player DP Correspondent Ludhiana To felicitate the Hockey players, Ramtex group has announced Rs 21000 cash prize for each hockey player from Punjab who won silver medal at Champions trophy. The coach of Hockey team, Jagraj Singh will also be honored with cash prize. The

Sampark for Samarthan: Amit Shah, Piyush Goyal meet Dhoni. Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah along with Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday met ace Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhonias part of the ruling party’s ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ (Contact for Support) campaign. Dhoni is currently on break as India is playing a Test series against England. Dhoni, who has returned from the

Edgbaston Test: Eng set India 194 target; visitors at 110/5. India bowled England out for 180 on the third day of the ongoing first Test match in Edgbaston Cricket Ground, and followed up with scoring 110 runs for the loss of five wickets to leave them 84 runs away from a historic win. England started the day having lost opener Alastair

Hockey WC: India eves lose to Ireland in penalty shootout. Playing a first quarter final since 1978, the Indian Women’s hockey team crashed out of the Women’s World Cup on Thursday as they were pipped by Ireland in the penalty shootout. A goalless game was hotly contested right till the end, with the Irish bettering the Indians in creating meaningful chances. They made

Mithali Raj to lead India Blue in Women’s T20 Challenger Trophy. Mithali will lead the India Blue team in the Senior Women’s T20 Challenger Trophy, beginning August 14 in Alur, Bengaluru. The India Blue team will also comprise of Vanitha V.R., D. Hemalatha, Neha Tanwar, Anuja Patil, Saima Thakor, Taniya Bhatia (WK), Radha Yadav, Preeti

Asian Athletics Championships to be held in April 2019. The 23rd Asian Athletics Championships will be held in Qatar’s capital city of Doha, from April 19 to April 24, 2019. The biennial continental event which is usually held in July-August has been preponed by the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) due to the intensely hot and

Badminton World C’ship: Srikanth storms into second round. Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth eased into the second round of the ongoing Badminton World Championship following a convincing straight games victory over Nhat Nguyen of Ireland here at Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre on Tuesday. The 25-year-old thrashed his Irish opponent 21-15, 21-16 in a one-sided first-round

1978 Asian Games gold medallist battles ailments amidst Govt apathy. Hakam Bhattal, an Asian Games gold medallist and the recipient of the prestigious Dhyan Chand Award, is currently battling against kidney and liver ailments and has not received any attention from the government, let alone support. Admitted at a private hospital in Punjab’s Sangrur, and

National U-7 chess tournament: Four-year-old Saanvi Aggarwal from Chandigarh has secured the second position with four points in the U-5 category at the 32nd National U-7 Open Girls Chess Championship. The young champ Saanvi while speaking to ANI, said, “My parents taught me and made me practice on the computer. With time I learnt all

Pawan Shah becomes second-highest U19 scorer. Indian cricketer Pawan Shah has become the second-highest individual scorer in the Under-19 matches playing a smashing knock of 282 runs in the final match of the ongoing four-match test series here on Wednesday. The 18-year-old is now placed just behind Australian Clinton Peake who had scored 304 runs

AIFF appoints Floyd Pinto as Indian Arrow head coach. All India Football Federation on Wednesday appointed Floyd Pinto as the head coach of the Delhi-based Indian Arrow football club. The decision was taken unanimously at AIFF’s technical committee meeting, headed by the chairman of the committee, Shyam Thapa. Team director Abhishek Yadav apprised the committee

Kylie Jenner tops 2018 Instagram rich list, Virat Kohli 17th. Social media is becoming increasingly powerful when it comes to influencing a consumer’s buying decisions and celebrities are often found to be the driving factor behind it. Celebrities, including actors, models and sportspersons, are undoubtedly raking in huge moolah by acting as social media influencers.

AIFF declares Sunil Chhetri player of the year. All India Football Federation (AIFF) named men’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri as the ‘AIFF Player of the Year’ during an executive committee meeting here on Sunday. The 33-year-old played his first match for India in the under-20 team in 2004 and went on to become the

Indian men’s hockey team defeated world number 9 New Zealand in a three-match Series here at the Sports Authority of India club on Sunday.Showing some brilliant sticks work, the Indian team thrashed the New Zealand side by 4-0 registering their consecutive victory in the series. As the home team wrapped up much-needed practice matches before Asian