President Droupadi Murmu congratulated Jay Meena on Thursday after the athlete secured India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis by winning bronze in the men’s singles event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026.Posting on X, President Murmu described Meena’s success as a “landmark moment for Indian Soft Tennis” and said it would inspire young…
Nagoya: Jay Meena Wednesday bagged India’s first-ever medal in soft tennis at the Asian Games after losing to Takuya Kurosaka of Japan 2-4 in the semifinal in Nagoya.Meena had secured India’s first-ever medal in the soft tennis at the Asian Games after a sensational comeback win over Sherwin Nuguit in the quarter-final, where he was…
Baripada – Date: 22/09/2026.Adverse circumstances and financial hardship can never become a barrier to talent, and this has once again been proved by talented Mayurbhanj district athlete Sandhyarani Tudu. Overcoming numerous hardships, she has secured a place in the Indian women’s rugby team for the Asian Games, the prestigious international multi-sport event. She will represent…
Bhubaneswar, : Odisha AM/NS India Gymnastics High Performance Centre (Odisha AM/NS India GHPC) athlete, Karishma, won the silver medal in the Floor Exercise in the Women Artistic Gymnastics category at the Pharaohs Cup 2026, held from September 17–20, 2026 at the Cairo International Stadium, Egypt. Recognised by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and organised by…
Sano (Japan): India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat against Japan in their rain-truncated historic one-off T20I against Japan in Sano Tuesday.The contest was reduced to a 5-overs-per-side affair after wet outfield owing to heavy overnight rain delayed the start of play. Teams:India XI: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan,…
Kakamigahara: The troika of destructive young forward Deepika Sehrawat, Rutuja Dadaso Pisal and Navneet Kaur fired a hat-trick each as the Indian women’s hockey team hammered Indonesia 17-1 to register its second consecutive Pool B win at the Asian Games in Kakamigahara Monday.The 22-year-old Deepika (8th, 28th, 40th minutes), who scored eight goals in India’s…
India enters the Asian Games final after crushing Bangladesh.India marched into the gold medal clash at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya after crushing Bangladesh by 114 runs in Sunday’s lopsided semifinal. Defending their continental crown won at Hangzhou in 2023, the reigning champions proved far too strong in every department. They set a formidable…
Former Indian batter Aakash Chopra has identified a competition between opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and middle-order batter Ruturaj Gaikwad for reserve positions in Team India’s squad for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2027. He also commented on the diminishing white-ball prospects of wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant after his exclusion from the squad for the upcoming ODI series…
Record-breaking batting by Abhishek Sharma secures a series whitewash.Opening with blistering dominance, Abhishek Sharma shattered records during his 34-ball 108 to secure a complete series sweep for India against Afghanistan in Delhi. Reaching triple digits in just 30 deliveries, he registered the quickest T20 International century against a Full Member nation and the third-fastest globally….
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Men’s Selection Committee announced the 15-member One Day International (ODI) squad for the upcoming home series against the West Indies.Rohit Sharma, despite recent retirement speculation following the England tour, has retained his place alongside Virat Kohli. Shubman Gill will continue as captain, with KL Rahul appointed…
