Mizoram should produce players capable of taking India to FIFA Futsal World Cup: CM
Aizawl, Jul 31: Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Friday said the state should aim to produce players capable of forming the backbone of...
AC Milan defender Franco Baresi dies at 66
Milan, Jul 31: Franco Baresi, the former AC Milan defender and World Cup winner with Italy, has died. He was 66.
His death was announced...
Son of a tailor, Punjab’s Lovepreet wins silver with CWG ”snatch” record
Glasgow, Jul 30: India's Lovepreet Singh shattered the Commonwealth Games snatch record and came agonisingly close to gold before finishing just a kilogram behind...
Nikita wins 57kg silver; Kamna and Garima bag bronze
Baku, July 30: Indian wrestler Nikita Sehrawat settled for a silver medal while Kamna Babal and Garima bagged bronze medals in the women's event...
Martina’s CWG debut ends in tear, finishes 5th in +86kg weight class
Glasgow, Jul 30: Two tearful walks off the platform summed up Martina Devi's heartbreaking Commonwealth Games debut as the Indian superheavyweight lifter fought back...
Shot-putter Sharmila Dhankar clinches India’s first ever para-athletics gold in CWG
Glasgow, Jul 28: Sharmila Dhankar, a woman who was impaired by polio at the age of two and survived the trauma of an abusive...
Indian Football League 2026-27 to begin on October 16
New Delhi, Jul 27: The Indian Football League (IFL) 2026-27 season will begin on October 16, and clubs will be allowed to field a...
Gyaneshwari wins silver after record-breaking duel with Nigerian at CWG
Glasgow, Jul 27: Weightlifter Gyaneshwari Yadav continued India's medal rush, clinching a silver as records were broken left, right and centre in a riveting...
Senior sports scribe Jasvinder Sidhu dies in road accident
New Delhi, Jul 27: Senior sports journalist Jasvinder Sidhu has died in a road accident here.
Sidhu, who was in his 50s, worked for multiple...
Commonwealth Games: Mirabai strikes gold again, Rishikanta takes silver
Glasgow, July 26: Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu underlined her status as India's greatest weightlifter of her generation with a record-shattering third successive Commonwealth Games...
India reclaim top spot in ICC T20I rankings
Dubai, Jul 26: India on Sunday reclaimed the No.1 position in ICC men's T20I rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe in...
Exclusive |’Northeast Athletes Are Born Focused’: Kunjarani Devi Backs Mirabai, Lovlina to Lead India’s Glasgow Medal Hunt
By Prarthana Hazarika
GUWAHATI, July 24: Long before the Northeast became India's sporting powerhouse, Ngangom Kunjarani Devi had already paved the way.
The legendary Manipuri weightlifter,...
