Mihir Vasavda

Vinesh Phogat is set to make pit stops in Ukraine, Hungary, Poland and Rome looking for high-quality bouts.

Narendra Modi isn't the first living person to have a stadium named after him. Several of the country's top cricketing venues, in fact, got their names from persons who were then alive.

No player in this season’s Indian Super League has had more goal contributions (scored and assists) than ATK Mohun Bagan forward Roy Krishna.

Graduates from academies set up by Tata, All India Football Federation and Minerva, too, are sprinkled across different teams and leagues in the country.

The sports ministry, in its reply, said they ‘may agree’ with the MHA’s suggestion but a spokesperson said that this year, the awards will be conferred as per the existing format.

The shooting body has requested that the first dose be administered on February 18 and 19, which will give them enough time to receive the second jab before the World Cup, which starts on March 18.

A pall of sadness hung over the town, used to stories of wrestling accolades at its akharas than the bloody shootout that ended the life of five at Jaat College’s wrestling academy on Friday evening.

Dope cheats who compete below the national level will be let off leniently for their offence, with a promise of quicker disposal of their cases according to the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA).

Stuart Baxter's departure as Odisha’s manager hasn’t ended the controversy surrounding the quality of officiating in the Indian Super League.

On Tuesday, the club announced they had sacked Baxter, who was appointed as the manager last June in a two-year deal.

Nandini Salokhe, 23, was crowned national champion in the 53kg weight class. With that achievement, she also emerged as the closest challenger to India’s top woman grappler Vinesh Phogat.

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the 64-year-old president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), is a six-time BJP MP from Kaiserganj in UP, who has multiple criminal cases against him.

Sonam Malik from Haryana displayed great determination to outwit Sakshi, representing Railways, in the 62kg weight category.

Carles Cuadrat parted ways with Bengaluru earlier this month, in the middle of arguably the toughest phase the former champions of India are going through.

As it was becoming ‘very difficult for Bengaluru FC and JSW Sports to justify and sustain the losses being incurred,’ Bengaluru FC owner Parth Jindal has sought Ambani’s ‘counsel and guidance on this matter’.

Vaccinating those who will be a part of the Olympics is seen as one of the critical factors in delivering safe Games. Two scenarios are emerging at the moment.

For a family of nine – Rohit is sixth of seven brothers – the income from herding cattle wasn’t enough to run the household. “So, out of compulsion more than anything, I joined a wrestling school,” he says.

On Saturday, wrestling became the first major Olympic sport to hold its national championship since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A year on, the cultural sensitisation drive has been put on the back burner. Instead, the people in Kurobe are familiarising themselves with pandemic protocols.

Sports science experts have reason to believe that in a season after a pandemic-forced break, more squad rotation and effective workload management of the players could have helped prevent injuries.

While FIFA's decision to introduce concussion substitutions at next month's event will alleviate some concerns, the decision to force permanent substitutions has been criticised.

The break in play followed an incident on Saturday when Indian pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj said racist comments were directed at them as they fielded on the boundary line.

Bangladesh skipper Jamal Bhuyan survived four bullets; set to play for Mohammedan Sporting

In a draft paper last month, Niti Aayog, the government’s policy think tank, proposed “uniform national-level regulation” of Online Fantasy Sports Platforms (OFSPs) with a set of initiatives: “legislative safe harbour,” “light-touch regulatory framework,” and “self-regulation.”