Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday felicitated the medal-winning Indian wrestlers with cash awards for their best-ever performance in the UWW World Championships at Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. With one silver and four bronze medals, Indian wrestlers bettered their previous…
Tokyo Olympics: Medal winners receive ‘Grand Welcome’, felicitated by Govt; As it happened; watch videos- The Indian Contingent at the Tokyo Olympics have returned to the country withe a rousing reception. The athletes including medallists Neeraj Chopra (Gold),…
Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Bajrang Punia and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra have reached Russia and Portugal respectively to further their training for the Tokyo Olympics. “After relentless efforts from @TheJSWGroup Delhi office – countless follow-ups through @KirenRijiju office and…
Tokyo Olympics: India’s Tokyo Olympics-bound wrestler and current World No.1 in 65kg men’s freestyle Bajrang Punia has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. He is the first high-profile athlete to receive the vaccine. He says, it…
Rome Ranking Series: Ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia on Monday announced that he will stop using all social media handles till the Tokyo Olympics as he wishes to completely focus on his preparations. He further said he will…
Athletes reporting back to training at Sports Authority of India’s centres of excellence are being provided with air and train tickets with some of them being allowed to join after Diwali due to the situation arising out of…
National Sports Awards 2020 : The 2020 National Sports Awards will be held via video conferencing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Sports Ministry said on Thursday. The ceremony is scheduled to be held on Saturday (August 29),…
The Sports Ministry on Friday decided against bestowing the Arjuna award on former Khel Ratna winners Sakshi Malik and Mirabai Chanu, pruning the list to 27 but accepted an unprecedented five recommendations for the country’s highest sporting honour…
The National Sports Federations (NSFs) got a two day extension from the Sports Ministry till August 13 to submit a set of Sports Code questionnaire pertaining to age and tenure after a request from the Indian Olympic Association…
The national training camps for junior athletes will begin in a phased manner from October 1, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Wednesday. It was decided in SAI’s Mission Olympic Cell review meeting that training of…