India’s growing dependence on foreign coaches has again come to the fore. In its bid to boost India’s medal chances at the Olympics, the government has engaged 47 foreign experts across disciplines to guide the country’s athletes to podium finishes...
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22nd Dec 2024 | Updated at 05:33am 22nd Dec 2024
Inaugural British Asian Rugby Awards celebrates excellence
The British Asian Rugby Association (BARA) hosted the inaugural British Asian Rugby Awards at Speaker’s House, House of Commons, celebrating the contributions of South Asian communities to rugby.
BARA's role in elevating South Asian representation in rugby
Dr Ikram Butt, founder of the British Asian Rugby Association (BARA), was inspired by his father, a former boxer in the Pakistani Air Force. His father's dedication to hard work, respect, and joy in sports left a lasting impact on Ikram. Growing...
Inaugural British Asian Rugby Awards celebrates excellence
The British Asian Rugby Association (BARA) hosted the inaugural British Asian Rugby Awards at Speaker’s House, House of Commons, celebrating the contributions of South Asian communities to rugby.
BARA's role in elevating South Asian representation in rugby
Dr Ikram Butt, founder of the British Asian Rugby Association (BARA), was inspired by his father, a former boxer in the Pakistani Air Force. His father's dedication to hard work, respect, and joy in sports left a lasting impact on Ikram. Growing...
Double gold for India at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest
- 25 Sep 2024
India made history by achieving a double gold in the Chess Olympiad, winning outright in both the open and women's sections. Both Indian teams dominated in the final round, securing convincing 3½-½ victories. In the open section, Dommaraju Gukesh...
Neeraj finishes second in Diamond League, misses crown by 1 cm
- 18 Sep 2024
Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra agonisingly missed the Diamond League crown by just one centimeter as he finished second for the second consecutive year with a throw of 87.86m in the season finale Diamond League series at Brussels.
India thrash Australia in first test
- 27 Nov 2024
Lanka crush Kiwis for historic triumph
- 02 Oct 2024
- 13 Dec 2023
Playing for the first time in the series, Amanjot Kaur showed remarkable spunk, stroking left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone for three fours - two superb drives to extra cover followed by a reverse sweep - in the penultimate over to seal India’s...
Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi rose to the top spot in the ICC T20I bowling chart on the back of his recent player-of-the series performance against Australia.
At the Women’s Premier League (WPL-2) mini-auction in Mumbai, the uncapped Indian pair of Kashvee Gautam and Vrinda Dinesh hit the jackpot when they were...
Chennai girl R Vaishali, who had earlier sealed a spot for the women’s Candidates tournament, made history by becoming the first brother-sister duo with R Praggnanandhaa to do so, is now the third Indian woman to become a Grandmaster.
India is set to bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships after dropping its earlier intention to host the 2027 edition of the prestigious tournament, a top official of the national federation said. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI)...
England will face India in five Tests at Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Rajkot, Ranchi and Dharamsala, starting on January 25. “We have got a huge challenge against a very good Indian team in five Tests in India,” England's batting coach Brendon...
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have asked the Indian cricket board (BCCI) to not consider them for the white-ball leg of the South Africa tour. This meant the selection committee, led by Ajit Agarkar, had to name three different captains for three...
A superb bowling effort combined with Shreyas Iyer's gritty batting helped India beat Australia by six runs in the fifth and final T20I series against Australia in Bengaluru. India, who were asked to bat first, piled 160/8 in 20 overs and Australia...
Jennifer Varghese and Divyanshi Bhowmick etched their names in Indian table tennis history at the ITTF World Youth Table Tennis Championship in Nova Gorcia, Slovenia.
