New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) India’s Commonwealth Games silver medallist Tulika Maan has been withdrawn from the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after being provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for three whereabouts failures within 12 months, dealing a major blow to India’s judo campaign.The 27-year-old athlete, who won a silver medal in the women’s +78kg event at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, was one of India’s leading medal hopes at the Glasgow Games b…
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Hyderabad, July 20 (IANS) Over 1,600 athletes from 36 Police and Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) organisations will compete in five disciplines when the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) hosts the 11th All India Police Judo Cluster Championship 2026 at GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, from July 23 to 30, 2026.The top athletes in five combat disciplines — Judo, Wushu, Taekwondo, Karate, and Pencak Silat, from among the police forces from various states, will particip…
Sangrur, April 30 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 14.63 crore sports stadium in Sangrur, setting the tone for a decisive push to transform the state’s youth landscape through sports, health, and discipline. Positioned as both an infrastructure upgrade and a social intervention, the world-class facility, coming up on 4.38 acres in Satouj, will offer professional training and host a wide range of sports, including badminton, handball, judo…
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…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Wednesday launched a four-day Sports Sciences Workshop for combat sports coaches at its Sports Science Division in New Delhi. The workshop was attended by SAI coaches from key combat sports disciplines including Boxing, Wrestling and Judo, and aims to strengthen the integration of sports science into daily coaching practices.Designed as an immersive and hands-on programme, the workshop focuses on applying scientific principles to tra…