Dignitaries present at the event

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...

Dignitaries present at the event

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

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

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 went seven points clear of England at the top of the ICC T20 rankings following their series win over Australia. The six-wicket win on Sunday improved their ranking by one point to 268, a seven-point lead over closest-placed England. The...

Outgoing South Africa coach Mark Boucher will lead the Mumbai Indians and Australia’s Trevor Bayliss will take charge of the Punjab Kings in the next Indian Premier League season, the franchises said. Boucher, 45, will leave his current role...

Former India captain Virat Kohli has made major gains in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) latest update of the T20I rankings after his stellar performances in the recently concluded Asia Cup. Kohli ended the tournament as the second...

Seventeen-year-old badminton star Anupama Upadhyaya became the new world No 1, replacing India’s Tasnim Mir in the junior women’s category at the top. Anupama is the sixth Indian teen to achieve this feat after Aditya Sharma in 2014, Siril Verma...

Neeraj Chopra broke the hegemony of the Europeans in the men’s javelin throw competition with a historic Olympic gold in Tokyo last year. He took a 10-month sabbatical, then returned to serve a timely reminder to the Germans, the Czechs and...



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