Milkha Singh bestowed with lifetime achievement award at 2019 Indian Sports Honours

Published: October 12, 2019

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

Virat Kohli named as Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in World for 2018

Published: April 11, 2019

Indian captain Virat Kohli has been named as the Leading Cricketer of the year for an unprecedented third year in a row by the 2019 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. Kohli was picked as one of the Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year, along with Tammy Beaumont, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran and Rory Burns. The ..

Topics: Cricket • Don Bradman • Jos Buttler • Smriti Mandhana • Team sports • Virat • Virat Kohli • Wisden • Wisden Cricketers of the Year

Virat Kohli & Mirabai Chanu wins 2018 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Published: September 21, 2018

Indian Cricket Captain Virat Kohli and world champion Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will honoured with the prestigious 2018 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna by President Ram Nath Kovind on 25th September 2018. Chanu was chosen for the prestigious award following her gold medal in 48-kilogram category at the World Championships in 2017. She also bagged the yellow ..

Topics: Arjuna Award • Chanu • Cricket • Dhyan Chand • Indian culture • Kohli • Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports • Punjabi people • Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna • Sport in India • Virat • Virat Kohli

Mega Icons’ new series to be launched by National Geographic

Published: September 12, 2018

Actor R Madhavan will host the National Geographic’s new series ‘Mega Icons’, which examines the success stories of five prominent personalities. It is scheduled to premier on September 24. The five-part television series will feature episodes on former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, movie star and politician Kamal Haasan, Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama, Indian ..

Topics: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam • Actors • Bedi • Defence Research and Development Organisation • Indian people • Kiran • Kohli • Nuclear energy in India • R. Madhavan • Tamil cinema • Vegetarians • Virat

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