South Asian Games: News

24 Dec 2020

NBA

NADA hands Indian basketball player Satnam Singh two-year doping ban

Satnam Singh Bhamara, the first Indian player to be drafted into NBA, has been handed a two-year ban by the National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA) disciplinary panel for failing a dope test.

30 Jan 2020

India

This Indian woman footballer becomes first to bag overseas contract

In a historic moment for Indian football, Bala Devi has become the first woman from the nation to bag a professional contract from a foreign club.

Nepal's Anjali Chand creates T20I history: Details here

Nepal women's cricket team bowler Anjali Chand scripted history against Maldives in the South Asian Games.

22 Dec 2018

Kuwait

Here are 5 Indians who were a part of WWE

While most Indian WWE fans grew up watching WWE icons like Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, and Stone Cold rock the WWE stage, and imagined themselves headlining WrestleMania, some have really gone ahead and fulfilled their dreams.

27 Aug 2018

Asian Games

#MeetTheMedalist: All you need to know about Dharun Ayyasamy

Indian track and field athlete, Dharun Ayyasamy, clinched the second spot in men's 400m hurdles at the 2018 Asian Games.

Archer, forced to work as laborer, granted Rs. 5 lakh

Former archer, Ashok Soren, has been granted Rs. 5 lakh by Sports Ministry after it had come to light that the athlete was working as a daily wage laborer.

30 Nov 2017

Mirabai Chanu

Who is Mirabai Chanu?

India's Mirabai Chanu clinched gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championship, a first weightlifting gold for the country in more than two decades, after Karnam Malleswari's 1995 gold.

04 Aug 2017

India

Haryana: Hockey star Jyoti Gupta found dead on railway tracks

Twenty-year-old national women's hockey player Jyoti Gupta, widely hailed as an emerging star, was found dead on railway tracks in Haryana's Rewari in the evening of August 2.

18 Feb 2017

India

Delhi: Former athlete caught with drugs worth Rs. 50 cr

Delhi police arrested former international athlete along with two other people having with 25 kilogram of Mephedrone drug (popularly known as meow-meow).

31 Dec 2016

Hockey World Cup

High points of Indian Hockey in 2016

Having started the year with a loss at the South Asian Games against arch rivals Pakistan, both men's and women's hockey team achieved big throughout the year.

30 Dec 2016

India

India continues to dominate world kabaddi in 2016

The Indian men's and women's kabaddi team continued to dominate the world in 2016.

03 Aug 2016

London

Gaurika Singh becomes the youngest athlete at Rio Olympics

Gaurika Singh is all set to become the youngest athlete to participate in the Rio Olympics starting from 5th August.