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Rakhi Halder bags gold medal at Senior Women’s National Weightlifting Championships
Rakhi Halder, the Indian weight-lifter from West Bengal was seen in news recently as she bagged gold medal in 64kg category at the 35th edition of the Senior Women’s National Weightlifting Championships, being held at Kolkata. Rakhi Halder, who is an Indian Railways employee, had clinched gold in the Commonwealth Championship in June 2019 and ..
Topics: Indian Sports Honours • Indian Women • Sports in India • Weightlifting
Milkha Singh bestowed with lifetime achievement award at 2019 Indian Sports Honours
Milkha Singh (92) has been bestowed with the lifetime achievement award at the 2nd edition of the Indian Sports Honours (ISH) in Mumbai. He is best known as the ‘Flying Sikh’ and most remembered for finishing fourth in the 400m final in the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. While star batsmwoman Smriti Mandhana got the sportswoman ..
Topics: Cricket • Indian Sports Honours • Kohli • Mandhana • Milkha • Punjabi people • RPG Group • Sanjiv • Sanjiv Goenka • Smriti Mandhana • Virat
P V Sindhu named as female sportsperson of year at ESPN India Multi-Sport Awards 2018
Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu and star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has been named as female and male sportsperson of the year in the ESPN India Multi-Sport Awards for their achievements in 2018. While Saina Nehwal won the award for the ‘Comeback of the Year’ after bagging the bronze at the 2018 Asian Games. Jaspal ..
Topics: Commonwealth Games • Indian people • Indian Sports Honours • Jaspal Rana • Neeraj Chopra • P. V. Sindhu • Saina • Saina Nehwal
Kidambi Srikanth wins Sportsman of Year award at first edition of Indian Sports Honours (ISH-2017)
Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, who won four Super Series titles in 2017, has won the Sportsman of the Year award at the first edition of Indian Sports Honours (ISH) in Mumbai on November 27, 2017. Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu was the Sportswoman of the Year award in the individual sport category. In the Team ..
Topics: Cricket • Indian Sports Honours • P. V. Sindhu • Ravichandran Ashwin • RPG Group • Sanjiv • Virat Kohli