Three-year Olympic cycle will be tricky: Abhinav Bindra
India’s first Individual Olympics gold medallist Abhinav Bindra lauded the country’s performance at the Tokyo Games, terming it a spirited one but said the road to Paris will be difficult...
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Odisha govt pledges long-term sponsorship of national hockey teams
State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announces 10 more years of sponsorship from the state for national hockey teams. Odisha's chief minister stated on Tuesday the state’s intention to continue sponsoring...
Premier Handball League announces Garvit Gujarat as the first franchise team of the league
With the aim to provide commercial viability and a complete makeover to Indian handball, the Premier Handball League (PHL), exclusively licensed by Bluesport Entertainment Pvt Ltd under the aegis of...
Vandana Kataria is the new face of Uttarakhand's Department of Women Empowerment and Child Development
On Sunday, India's hockey star Vandana Katariya was appointed the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand's women and child development department. Vandana will also serve as the brand ambassador of the Centre's...
Valentino Rossi To Retire At The End Of The Season
Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi announced that he would be bringing down the curtain on his decorated 25-year career at the end of the current season. The 42-year-old Italian, who has...
SINDHU TO SERVE UP LEGAL ACTION
After a triumphant week that saw PV Sindhu become the first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals, following her bronze win at the Tokyo Games, the ace shuttler is...
Formula 1: What can an F1 driver get penalised for?
What can an F1 driver get penalised for? Penalties have replaced the daily Netflix gossip and taken precedence in our lives. It seems like every race weekend, there are new...
Momiji Nishiya becomes Japan's youngest Olympic champion!
Japan's Momiji Nishiya, wrote herself into the record books as the 13-year-old Japanese became the second-youngest gold medallist in Olympic history, winning the inaugural women's skateboarding street competition. She also...
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Partners and Supporters
About the Tokyo 2020 Sponsorship Programme The Olympic sponsor programme is divided into four separate categories, with the IOC's (International Olympic Committee) The Olympic Partner (TOP) programme constituting the very...
Tokyo Olympics: Top 5 highest-earning athletes
The Olympics is the biggest sporting spectacle as it brings in athletes from every corner of the world squaring off against each other for the ultimate prize. Olympic athletes don't...
Tokyo Olympics: Becca Meyers withdraws from Tokyo Games after requests to bring her mother is denied
Becca Meyers, a three-time Paralympic gold medalist, announced on Tuesday she is withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics over lack of 'reasonable' accommodations. The 26-year-old US Paralympian, who won three gold...
Tokyo Olympics: A look at India's Hockey Contingent
Will India's four-decade-long wait for that Olympic medal in Hockey end this year? Or will it be another year of toil and near misses? Let's take a look at how...
TOKYO OLYMPICS: ATHLETICS – TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES
India will be sending a contingent of 19 athletes to take part in the different athletics categories of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Let’s a take closer look at the athletes...
SONY SCORES BIG BEFORE THE TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020
Days ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, official broadcasters Sony Pictures Sports Network have signed a multimillion-dollar deal with 11 sponsors for the upcoming event. The deal sees Coca-Cola, Hero Motocorp,...
TOKYO OLYMPICS - INDIA'S ROWING CONTINGENT
After their second-place finish at the Asia/Oceania Continental Qualifying Regatta in early May, rowers Arjun Lal and Arvind Singh booked themselves a maiden Olympic berth. Not having previous knowledge or...
TOKYO OLYMPICS : A look at India's swimming contingent
The Indian swimming contingent, which will be heading to Tokyo, created history by becoming the first ever Indian swimmers to qualify for the Olympic Games. Let us learn a bit...
Tokyo Olympics : A look at India's sole Judo representative
Manipur has been producing several sportspersons who have gone on to win medals at various national and international events, bringing laurels to the state as well as the nation. The...
Tokyo Olympics: A look at India's lone Equestrian Fouaad Mirza
Fouaad Mirza will become the first Indian to participate in an equestrian event at the Olympics for the first time in over 20 years. After Indrajit Lamba at the 1996...
Tokyo Olympics: Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina India's only hope in Tennis
Sania Mirza is back to take care of some unfinished business from Rio 2016. And this time she has a partner in Ankita Raina, who herself is no slouch either....
Tokyo Olympics : A look at India's Badminton Contingent
From Saina Nehwal's bronze in London 2012 to P.V. Sindhu's silver in Rio 2016, badminton has been one of India's strongholds since the turn of the millennium. Considering the talent...
Tokyo Olympics : A look at India's fencing star CA Bhavani Devi
Bhavani Devi will become the first fencer ever to represent India at the Olympic Games. En route to realising her dream of Olympic qualification, the Chennai-born fencer was impeded by...
Tokyo Olympics : A look at India's lone gymnast Pranati Nayak
Pranati Nayak became the second-ever Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics when she made the cut to the Tokyo Olympics via continental quota. Dipa Karmakar's meteoric rise and performance...
Tokyo Olympics : A look at India's Golf contingent
Along with Anirban Lahiri and Aditi Ashok, Udayan Mane makes it a team of three that will be heading to Tokyo as India's golf representatives. While Anirban sealed the final...
TOKYO OLYMPICS: INDIAN ARCHERY CONTINGENT
The Indian five-member archery contingent is raring to go. With the Olympics knocking on the door, the final four (three men's and one women's) quota places for the Olympics were...
TOKYO OLYMPICS: INDIA’S SAILING CONTINGENT
For the first time in Indian Olympic history, India will be sending four sailors to the Games. Nethra Kumanan, Vishnu Saravanan, Ganapathy Chengappa K. and Varun Thakkar qualified for the...
Tokyo Olympics: A look at lone weightlifter
A talented weightlifter who has firmly established herself in the top echelons of the sport, Mirabai Chanu is one of India's best bets to win an Olympic medal at Tokyo...
TOKYO OLYMPICS: INDIA'S TABLE TENNIS CONTINGENT
Four paddlers will be representing India at the Tokyo Olympic Games this year in the table tennis competition. While ace paddler Sharath Kamal Achanta will be heading the team, he...
Tokyo Olympics: A look at India's shooting Contingent
Just like the previous editions of the Olympic Games, India will be expecting its biggest medal harvest in Shooting. The Indian shooters have been dominant and performing exceptionally well in...
Tokyo Olympics: A look at India's Boxing contingent
India will be sending a strong boxing contingent to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and multiple medals are expected as India looks to amass its best-ever medals haul. With the likes...
An interview with Manish Harode - India #2 in the super lightweight category and among the top 20 professional boxers in India
In a wide-ranging conversation, Manish Harode discusses his journey so far, his struggles in day-to-day life and how he envisages his road ahead in pro boxing. Life doesn't deal everyone...