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Mansoor Ahmed, legendary hockey player passes away
Mansoor Ahmed (49), Pakistan’s World Cup-winning hockey goalkeeper, has passed away in Karachi on May 12, 2018. He was known as the 1994 World Cup hero for Pakistan....Mary Kom becomes first Indian woman boxer to win a Commonwealth Gold
In Boxing events at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018, five-time world champion and Olympic Bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom won a gold medal by defeating Northern Ireland’s...Indian Snooker team wins 2018 IBSF Snooker Team World Cup
The Indian Snooker team has lifted the first edition of IBSF Snooker Team World Cup title and won the prize money of $15,000. The Indian duo of Pankaj...Aditya Mehta wins 2018 Kolkata Open International Invitation Snooker Championship
Aditya Mehta, an Indian professional snooker player & Asian Games medallist, has won the 2018 Kolkata Open International Invitation Snooker Championship at the Hindustan Club in Kolkata, West Bengal...Kidambi Srikanth wins 2017 Denmark Open Superseries Badminton tournament
Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has won the 2017 Denmark Open Superseries Badminton trophy by defeating South Korea’s Lee Hyun-il in straight games 21-10, 21-5 on October 22...Dhanraj Pillay honored with East Bengal football club’s highest honour “Bharat Gaurav”
Former Indian hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay has been honored with the East Bengal football club’s highest honour “Bharat Gaurav” on its foundation day on August 1, 2017. Pillay...
Video gaming to be featured as a full sport at the 2022 Asian Games
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will feature Video gaming as a full sport at the 2022 Asian Games. According to OCA, the decision to include e-sports was...Indian Women’s team clinches bronze in U-18 Asia Cup hockey
Indian Women’s team have clinched bronze medal in the 4th Women’s Under-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament. India defeated Korea 3-0 in the bronze-medal play off match held in...Pankaj Advani wins World Billiards Championships title
Indian ace cueist Pankaj Advani has won his 11th World Billiards (150-Up format) Championships title by defeating Peter Gilchrist of Singapore in the summit clash held in Bengaluru....Sachin Singh clinches gold at the AIBA Youth World Championships
Sachin Singh became the third Indian boxer to clinch gold at the AIBA Youth World Championships held in St Petersburg, Russia. He contested in 49kg weight class and recorded...PV Sindhu wins China Open Super Series
Rio Olmpics Silver medallist PV Sindhu became the second Indian to win China Open Super Series. Sindhu defeated China’s Sun Yu to clinch the title. This is Sindhu’s...
