Amidst coronavirus pandemic, 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizers received the Olympics flame in a handover ceremony in Athens, Greece. In a brief ceremony, the Tokyo Games representative Naoko Imoto received the torch at the Panathenaic stadium, site of the first modern Games in 1896, which was closed for spectators. It will arrive in Japan today and …
Legendary MC Mary Kom exited the Asia-Oceania Olympic Boxing Qualifiers with a bronze medal in the women’s 51kg event. The boxer faced a huge disappointment after losing her semi-final bout. She put up a gritty fight against the Asian Games champion Chang Yuan but the Chinese defeated Mary Kom in the closely contested match. The …
In the Asian Wrestling Championship held at K D Jadhav Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, Indian wrestler Jitender Kumar had to settle for silver medal while going against Kazakhstan’s Daniyar Kaisanov. In the final match though the Indian athlete performed really well yet couldn’t defend the attacks of Kaisanov, who clinched the gold …
The Indian ace shuttlers are performing exceedingly well in the ongoing Barcelona Spain Masters with the hope of grabbing a spot in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and winning the prize money of $ 170,000. The Indian Olympic bronze medalist, Saina Nehwal though had a rough start of the year, the athlete has paced to the …
Manpreet Singh has created history by becoming the first Indian to grab FIH Men’s Player of the Year award by winning over Belgium’s Arthur van Doren and Lucas Vila of Argentina with a difference of almost 16% votes. https://twitter.com/FIH_Hockey/status/1227932345950445569 The FIH awards were started in the year 1999 and after a wait of almost …
The magician of the hockey field, Rani Rampal won the prestigious ‘World Games Athlete of The Year’ award on Thursday, becoming the first-ever hockey player to receive this accolade. The lady, who has also been conferred Padma Shri Award this year, won the World Game award after 20 days of polling by the sports fans. …
Real Madrid has signed Brazil’s Reinier Jesus Carvalho for 26.5 million Euros. The 18 year-old was in the race to be picked by Arsenal or the Spanish club after helping Flamengo win the Copa Libertadores, last season. Currently, he is involved with Brazil’s under-23 team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers. Jesus will join the …
The Malaysia masters have kickstarted at the ring in Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The results of this will be a fair way towards determining qualification for the Tokyo Olympics 2020. With eyes on the Indian badminton players, let’s see how what they have done so far in the tournament. Saina Nehwal has advanced …
Russia has been handed a four year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). https://twitter.com/wada_ama/status/1203993267756511233 This means that Russian flag and anthem will not be at events and they cannot be a part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and 2022 …
Small acts of kindness go a long way! But they are rare to be seen or heard these days, especially in the world of sports. But few sportsperson proved this wrong by taking a step forward and making someone’s day. Scroll down: Ahead of the do or die clash against India, West Indies cricketer Denesh …
