Gandhinagar, May 9 (IANS) Around 200 athletes from 31 countries are set to compete at the Asian Senior Weightlifting Championship-2026 in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, marking one of the largest international sporting gatherings to be held in India this year. The championship, organised by the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF), will take place at Mahatma Mandir from May 11 to 17.Alongside the athletes, nearly 200 coaches, support staff, team officials and delegates are expected to attend, as…
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Glasgow, April 29 (IANS) The organising committee of the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games has unveiled the medals that will be awarded to the athletes finishing on the podium during the scaled-down edition of the Games later this year. The medals, which have been designed to celebrate achievement, inclusion, and the city of Glasgow, have been created by award-winning artist, designer, and maker, and The Glasgow School of Art Artist in Residence, Militsa Milenkova. The medals are inspired by the c…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) India will host the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The event will have a larger program than the 2026 Glasgow edition, held from July 23 to August 2, which included 10 sports and six para sports. Traditional medal-winning sports like shooting, wrestling, badminton, and archery are anticipated to be part of the competition again. Elite Indian recurve archers Deepika Kumari and Tarundeep Rai are optimistic about archery’s inclusion when India hosts the …
Gandhinagar, April 8 (IANS) A Commonwealth Sport delegation has begun its first official inspection visit to Gujarat to assess preparations for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, with site reviews and high-level meetings signalling the start of detailed on-ground planning for the centenary edition of the event. Led by Commonwealth Sport President Donald Rukare and Chief Executive Katie Sadleir, the five-member team, accompanied by officials of the Indian Olympic Association (IOC) is in the state from …
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Former India cricketers Rahul Dravid and Ravichandran Ashwin are reportedly among the investors to acquire a franchise in the European T20 Premier League. In January this year, ETPL announced Amsterdam, Edinburgh and Belfast as the first franchise cities to join the competition, which is scheduled to begin at the end of August this year. According to a BCC report, Dravid and Ashwin are part of an Indian consortium who have agreed a deal to buy the Glasgow-based franchis…
Los Angeles, March 6 (IANS) Actress-singer Lily Allen likes to keep a record of things, and pulls them out when it’s the right time. The actress-singer recently pulled out receipts, literally, for her West End Girl tour, reports ‘People’ magazine.The singer recently surprised fans when she pulled out a green fabric printed with what appeared to be receipts and lyrics while performing her song “4chanStan” during her March 2 performance at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in Scotland, as per a…
Ahmedabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Gujarat’s rising judoka Rohit Majgul (-66kg) secured qualification for both the Commonwealth Games 2026 and the Asian Games 2026 after a stellar performance at the Judo Selection Trials in New Delhi.In the best-of-three finals at the national judo trials, Majgul faced Haryana’s Garvit in a tense showdown. The decisive bout went into golden score, where Majgul executed a brilliant O-goshi to score a waza-ari and clinched victory.The 23rd Commonwealth Games are schedul…
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) India achieved mixed results in Olympic sports in 2025, securing titles and medals at global and continental levels in shooting, boxing, athletics, archery, badminton, hockey, wrestling, and weightlifting, while also suffering setbacks in many other sports.In archery, the Indian men’s recurve team, comprising Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, and Atanu Das, won a silver medal at the 2025 World Cup. While India dominated the compound section, the women’s team and Jyothi Sur…
Los Angeles, Dec 23 (IANS) Hollywood star Tom Holland has wrapped up filming for his upcoming movie “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, who heaped praise on the actor. Cretton took to Instagram, where he revealed that he and the actor, 29, have completed filming on his fourth Spider-Man movie, which the director referred to as “the biggest, most rewarding film I’ve ever been a part of.”After Cretton thanked his wife and children for their support during the movie’s…