Mihir Vasavda

World football’s governing body FIFA will be trying a new offside law, proposed by legendary football manager Arsene Wenger, in what is said to be the biggest change to the rule for a century.

"The virus is spreading like wildfire. There have been casualties at competition venues," said Fouaad Mirza, who is set to become the first Indian rider to compete at the Games since Sydney 2000.

If Suning’s rise as a global player was seen as the epitome of China’s dream to become a world football power, their fall has put the country’s ambitions under the microscope.

Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will headline the Indian charge in Rome as the wrestlers tune-up for the Olympics.

With less than 150 days to go for the Tokyo Olympics, more and more countries are grappling with the question of where to place their athletes in the vaccination queue.

In the last few days, however, Reid noticed a collective spike in the team’s psyche. The reason for that is the tour to Germany and Belgium for back-to-back test series.

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.