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Maharashtra is betting on a football future India forgot
December 06, 2025 7:28 am
Project Mahadeva deserves attention beyond its headlines. It is sending a quiet but powerful message: The next chapter of Indian football will be written not by committees but by children on real training grounds, coached systematically from a young age
Asian Games 2026: Indian football team’s participation unlikely after government issues strict guidelines
September 24, 2025 6:22 pm
Sports Ministry’s rules state teams ranked outside the top-8 in Asia will not be sent for next year’s multi-sport event; the men’s team, ranked 24th, and the 12th-placed women’s side do not meet the criteria
Javelin and relay special focus events for LA Games: Indian chief athletics coach Radhakrishnan Nair
August 23, 2025 1:30 pm
Athletes unwilling to come out of the comfort zones, says Radhakrishnan Nair, Indian chief athletics coach.
Asian Games 2026: With athletes staying on floating Games Village, plans afoot to brace for tsunami, typhoons
May 15, 2025 2:49 pm
With the Asian Games set to be held in September and October, considered to be the peak typhoon season, there is a ‘contingency plan to evacuate athletes in case of tsunami, typhoons or natural disasters’, two senior Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) officials told The Indian Express.
Room with a view: At 2026 Asian Games, athletes to stay at ‘Floating Village’ on board luxury cruise liner
May 01, 2025 9:24 pm
The floating Games Village will be based at the Kinjo Pier in Nagoya Port and will include a balcony with an ocean view, giving the athletes a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience, the organisers said.
MMA set to make Asian Games debut in 2026; Cricket retained, confirms Olympic Council of Asia
April 30, 2025 9:01 am
The Asian Games 2026 are scheduled to be held in Japan's Aichi and Nagoya prefectures from September 19 to October 4, with around 15,000 athletes expected to compete.
Watch: Neeraj Chopra begins 2025 season with 84.52m throw in South Africa
April 17, 2025 3:15 pm
Neeraj Chopra will be in action at the Diamond League in Doha in exactly a month’s time.
Million Dollar Arm Part 2? India may turn to cricket again in search of baseball players for Asian Games, Olympics
February 14, 2025 10:00 am
To address the drought in the player pool in two events that are going unrepresented in the Asian Games and the Olympics, the Sports Authority of India is exploring the possibility of a talent transfer from cricket to baseball — a men’s-only sport at the multi-discipline events — and its women’s variant, softball.
PV Sindhu brings in Anup Sridhar as coach for European swing, says her father Ramana
September 23, 2024 11:43 am
Twice Olympic medallist keen on continuing and targeting Asian Games in 2026.
Inter-state athletics meet, Javelin throw: Asian Games silver medallist Kishore Jena breathes a sigh of relief by breaching 80m ahead of Paris Olympics
July 01, 2024 8:17 am
It was just enough for third spot as Sahil Silwal made a personal-best throw of 81.81m. Vikant Malik took the silver medal with an 81.74m hurl.
ASIAN GAMES PHOTOS
A glittering opening ceremony kicks off the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou
September 23, 2023 7:28 pm
Athletes across the 45 participant countries marked the grand opening of the 18th Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.
ASIAN GAMES VIDEOS
Asian Games 2018: India shatters records in Indonesia
June 22, 2020 6:17 pm
India registered their best-ever medal tally at the 2018 Asian Games held in Indonesia. With 69 medals, India surpassed the previous best of 65 medals at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. India created quite a few records at the 2018 Asian Games.
Asian Games: India's top moments
June 22, 2020 6:19 pm
India was the first country to host the Asian Games with the National Stadium in the capital built for the purpose in 1951. Sachin Nag bagged India's first gold in the swimming pool.
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