The Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI) decided to confer the prestigious ‘SJFI Medal’ to legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar at SJFI Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Guwahati, Assam. SJFI Medal is the highest honour of SJFI. SJFI was founded on 27th February 1976 at the Eden Gardens, Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal. Other SJFI Awards: […]
A total of 148 athletes, including 20 new inductees, in seven Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic disciplines, have been identified for support under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) was begun in 2014, aiming to provide assistance to India’s top
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has formally formed a committee for the differently-abled cricketers of the country to enable them to play under the aegis of the BCCI. In April this year, the Apex Council of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) recognized the Cricket Council for Disabilities of
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) adjudged explosive Australian cricketer (opener) David Warner and West Indies all-rounder Hayley Matthews as the respective Men and Women’s Player of the Month award winner for the month of November. Warner, nominated for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award alongside Pakistan’s Abid Ali and New Zealand’s Tim Southee, emerged victorious with the
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India won total of 6 medals, including two gold and 4 silver medals in the Asian Rowing Championship in Thailand. Senior rower Arvind Singh bagged a gold in the lightweight Men’s single sculls event while his compatriots won three silver medals. India bagged silver medals in Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls, Men’s Quadrapul Sculls and in Men’s Coxless Four. In Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls, India’s Ashish Phugat and Sukhjinder Singh won the
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Indian para-athletes returned from Bahrain after claiming a whopping 41 medals in their best-ever show at the Asian Youth Para Games. The Indian contingent won 12 gold, 15 silver, and 14 bronze medals at the continental Para youth games held in Riffa city. The event is organized by the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Bahrain with the support of
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Sanket Mahadev Sargar yesterday won the gold medal in the Men’s 55kg snatch category at the ongoing Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2021 in Tashkent. For the top-podium finish, the Indian lifted the weight of 113kg. With this lift, Sargar also created the new snatch national record. The Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2021 is currently being held concurrently
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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton (Britain) won the inaugural edition of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (GP), by surpassing Max Verstappen (Netherlands) in the event held at the 30-kilometer (18.6-mile) coastal resort area in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Reema Juffali has been appointed as an ambassador for the first edition of the Saudi Grand Prix, under the Formula 1 (F1) World Championship. Reema Juffali
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The world number one Viktor Axelsen has won the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals in men’s category in Bali, Indonesia. The defending Olympic champion defeated Vitidsern 21-12, 21-8 in just 43 minutes to clinch the men’s singles title. It was tough in the beginning but the Danish shuttler, who was on a mission, won the first game of the
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Malaysia has won the men’s final of the Asian team squash championships in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia defeated Indian in the final by 2-1. India had lost in the summit clash before in 1981 and 2012 also. Malaysia has also won the women’s final of the Asian team squash championships defeating Hong Kong 2-1 in the final. The last time Malaysian men’s and
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