The National Sports Day is celebrated on 29 August, the birth anniversary of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand. “The sports awards function this year is likely to be an online function. As per the Government of India instructions, the…
The future of national awards lie in limbo as the covid-19 cases continue to rise in India. In the wake of the pandemic, there is a possibility that the National Sports Day awards function get cancelled, reported Times…
In a major reform in the nomination policy, athletes could be allowed to directly nominate themselves for the sports national awards from next year. Hinting at a policy change, the sport’s ministry is mulling over allowing athletes to…
Star wrestler Vinesh Phogat was on Tuesday put in contention for ‘Khel Ratna’ while World Championship medallists Rahul Aware and Olympic-bound Deepak Punia were nominated for the Arjuna award alongside Sakshi Malik and two others by the national…
Six wrestlers including Sakshi Malik and Deepak Punia have sent their applications to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for this year’s Arjuna Award. Punia is one of the brightest wrestlers in the current Indian faction having won Junior…
June 3 is the last date for filing nominations with the sports ministry beginning the process for selecting multiple honours. The Sports Ministry on Tuesday told aspirants for this year’s national sports awards to e-mail their nominations in…
Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra on Wednesday said the governing body hopes to see national events kickstart from October provided the COVID-19 situation “does not go bad” in the country. Batra also said easing of restrictions for…
United World Wrestling (UWW) recently organised a webinar for the referees of all national federations. The video conference was chaired by UWW President Nenad Lalovic. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the role of referees when wrestling…
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Samsaad, a wrestler for many years and a state-level champion three times, is now preparing to fight at the national level. The absence of organised wrestling bouts in the last six months has left him frustrated Samsaad says,…