BCCI hosts Associate & Affiliate tournament

BCCI hosts Associate & Affiliate tournament

Bangalore : An under-19 cricket tournament for the Associate and Affiliate members of the BCCI is currently underway at Alur here, the Board said. Six teams are taking part in the league-cum-knock-out tournament which is being held from September 15-21, the BCCI said in a release. The six teams are five North Eastern States of […]

Rio Paralympics stages final show in shadow of tragedy

Rio Paralympics stages final show in shadow of tragedy

Rio De Janeiro : Rio today closes a Paralympic Games that many feared would be a fiasco but which turned into a triumph, though marred in the final hours by the death of an Iranian cyclist. Eleven days of competition where China dominated the medals table, followed by Britain, Ukraine and the United States, were […]

Indian senior women’s hockey camp to commence tomorrow

Indian senior women’s hockey camp to commence tomorrow

Bhopal : After their first Olympic appearance in 36 years, the Indian women’s hockey core probables will regroup for the national camp in Bhopal starting tomorrow. The core probables of 29 players will return to camp after a three-week break. The women will work towards improving their game and skill set ahead of the 4th […]

Narsingh Yadav’s dope case referred to CBI

Narsingh Yadav’s dope case referred to CBI

New Delhi : The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) today said that the CBI has started its probe into the doping scandal of tainted wrestler Narsingh Yadav after the PMO referred his case to the investigation agency. WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and requested him to forward Narsingh’s case […]

AITA clarifies that Sania Mirza’s family indeed sought their intervention

AITA clarifies that Sania Mirza’s family indeed sought their intervention

New Delhi, Sep 16: AITA today said they were indeed approached by Sania Mirza’s family to pursue the WADA hacking issue, which revealed that several international athletes were allegedly allowed to take banned substance under TUE exemptions, but the tennis body did not receive a request in writing. AITA Secretary General Hironmoy Chatterjee told PTI […]