LONDON: The Commonwealth Games Federation on Monday poured cold water on speculation doing the rounds that a Commonwealth Championship of shooting will be held in India during the 2022 Birmingham Games.
Talk of a CWG shooting championship had surfaced as a compromise solution to make up for the sport's axing from the multi-…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 20 chaired a meeting with Sports Ministry officials over India's preparation for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics, ANI reports.
The meeting was attended by Sports Secretary, director-general of the Sports Authority of India (SAI), and CEO of Target Olympics Podium Scheme (…
NEW DELHI: Hindi film actor Suniel Shetty was on Tuesday appointed the brand ambassador of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
The country’s anti-doping body is hoping that Shetty's celebrity status helps its efforts to clean up sports in the country from the menace, PTI reports.
Shetty's personae as a "muscle man…
MUMBAI: Shashank Manohar, the first independent chairman of the International Cricket Council, will NOT be running for a third two-year term when his tenure at the ICC ends in May 2020.
In a development that comes as no surprise, Manohar, who has been the independent chairman from June 2016, confirmed to The Hindu …
PANAJI: Hero Indian Super League franchise FC Goa, which is owned by Pune-based hospitality firm Delta Corp, has confirmed leading poker site Adda52 Rummy as the team's title sponsor and Deltin as associate sponsor for the 2019-20 season.
It bears noting that both Adda52 Rummy and Deltin - a gaming, hospitality &…
MUMBAI: The Asian Football Confederation-FIFA roadmap that will see the emergence of a single league that unifies the best elements of the Hero I-League and the Hero Indian Super League will propel Indian football forward and lead to the development of a vibrant football ecosystem in…
NEW DELHI: Biking professionals and aficionados from India and abroad will test their endurance and expertise in a most challenging and rugged terrain of the Western Ghats as the 6th edition of MTB (Mountain Bike) Kerala is all set to be held on December 21, 22 at Priyadarshini Tea Environs, Mananthavady in Kerala’s Wayanad district…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday banned Russia from global sporting events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after accusing Moscow of falsifying data from an anti-doping laboratory.
The WADA executive committee unanimously endorsed the recommendation made by…
MUMBAI: Legendary Australia cricketer Shane Warne claims a gamble that he took in first edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) could result in a huge pay day for him in the future.
According to Australia's Herald Sun, Warne was paid $657,000 to come out of retirement and play for Rajasthan Royals in the cash-rich…
NEW DELHI: India is all set to host the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup next year and with the preparations and build-up in full swing, the Mumbai Football Arena will play host to the U17 Women's Football Tournament 2019 - a first-of-its-kind international tournament for girls - that will see India take on Sweden and Thailand, both…