New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday met Commonwealth Games 2026 bronze medallist para powerlifter Jhandu Kumar and felicitated him with a cash reward of Rs 10, 00,000.Jhandu Kumar got India off the mark on the medals table by winning a bronze in the men’s heavyweight para-powerlifting with 130.9 points and a best lift of 190 kg.Competing in a two-group field, Jhandu topped Group B with a best result of 130.9 points, comfortably finishing ahead of Uganda’s Denn…
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Glasgow, July 23 (IANS) India’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Periasamy Kumaran, expressed confidence in the country’s sporting progress under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking on the sidelines of an event organised to support Team India ahead of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.Reflecting on India’s evolving sports ecosystem, Kumaran said the rise of professional leagues, greater career opportunities for athletes and initiatives promoting fitness have placed th…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) ICC chairman Jay Shah met Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday and discussed the current state of cricket in the island nation, with a focus on expanding opportunities for emerging players, strengthening grassroots and youth development programmes, and using the sport as a catalyst for social impact and economic growth.In a post on social media, Shah described the meeting as a privilege and highlighted Sri Lanka’s enduring contribution to world crick…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Former India cricketer and Trinamool Congress MLA Manoj Tiwary on Wednesday accused the outgoing West Bengal government of using him and making “false promises” to deceive the public.Tiwary served as minister of state for sports in the Mamata Banerjee-led government.In a self-made video posted on Facebook, the former cricketer described the “obstacles” faced by him throughout the past five years.Reminiscing about his entry into politics, Tiwary said, “I had refused to con…
Patna, Feb 6 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday honoured Anu Kumari, a member of the Indian team that won the inaugural Blind Women’s T20 World Cup in 2025, for her outstanding contribution to the historic victory.The Chief Minister presented Anu Kumari with a cheque of Rs 23,43,750 along with a traditional shawl as a mark of recognition.Anu Kumari played a crucial role in India’s triumph in the first-ever Blind Women’s T20 World Cup, delivering an impressive bowling perfor…
Agartala, Feb 3 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said that Tripura is a peaceful, green and promising state in the Northeast and that the BJP government’s primary objective is to take the light of development to every corner of the state through effective implementation of projects. The Chief Minister was speaking on Monday after inaugurating four major development projects at Atharobhola in Killa block of southern Tripura’s Gomati district. He said that a modern AstroTurf synthetic foot…
Mumbai, Jan 20 (IANS) Dev Meena, the national record holder in pole vault, has alleged that Indian Railways has taken no action after he and fellow athlete to deboard a train and cut short their travel from Mangaluru to Bhopal at Panvel in Maharashtra for carrying his five-meter long pole on the train. To top it, Meena, who holds the national record of 5.40m in men’s pole vault, claimed that he, along with fellow athlete Kuldeep Yadav and his coach Ghanshyam Yadav, were humiliated by a Travellin…
Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) Hockey India on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Telangana to host one of the legs of the Women’s 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup Qualifiers, scheduled to be held in Hyderabad from March 8 to 14 this year.The prestigious qualification tournament will feature eight international teams — hosts India, England, Scotland, Korea, Italy, Uruguay, Wales, and Austria — competing for a place at the FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium & Netherla…