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Stephen Wooldridge, former world cycle champion passes away

Stephen Wooldridge (39), Australia’s former Olympic and world cycle champion, has passed away in Australia on August 14, 2017. The former star team pursuiter won gold for Australia...

August 16, 2017

Shapath Bhardwaj is India’s youngest athlete to be named in Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme

India shooter Shapath Bhardwaj (15) from Merrut has become the India’s youngest athlete to be named in the Union Government’s Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme. He is among...

August 9, 2017

Sajan, wins a bronze at Junior World Wrestling Championships in 74 kg class category

Sajan from India has bagged a bronze medal in Greco-Roman 74kg class category after defeating Ali Osman Erbay of Turkey by 6-1 at the Junior World Wrestling Championships...

August 7, 2017

Manju Kumari wins bronze in Junior World Wrestling Championship in 59 kg category

Manju Kumari from India has won the bronze medal in 59kg category with a 2-0 victory over Ilona Prokopevniuk of Ukraine in the Junior World Wrestling Championship in...

August 4, 2017

Paris to host 2024 Summer Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recently announced that the 2024 Summer Olympics will be hosted by Paris in France, which is scheduled to be held from August...

August 1, 2017

India wins hockey junior World Cup after a gap of 15 years

India has won the hockey junior World Cup by defeating Belgium 2-1 at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in Lucknow. This will be India’s second world title after...

December 19, 2016

Andy Murray, Angelique Kerber named ITF Players of the Year

Britain’s Andy Murray and Germany’s Angelique Kerber were named ITF World Champions of the year. Andy Murray has won nine titles in this year and sealed the year-end...

December 14, 2016

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...

November 21, 2016

Paes, Stepanek win Shanghai Masters Men’s Doubles title

Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek defeated the Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna to win the ATP Shanghai Masters men’s doubles tennis title at Shanghai, China.

October 17, 2012

Persons in News: Deepika Kumari

Deepika Kumari won silver in recurve event at World Archery Indian archer Deepika Kumari clinched silver medal in recurve event at World Archery in Tokyo. The gold was...

September 25, 2012

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