After a gap of 21 years, a Punjabi player will lead the Indian Hockey team in Tokyo Olympics 2022. Manpreet Singh, DSP, Punjab Police has been entrusted this responsibility. Manpreet belongs to Mithapur village of Jalandhar district. As many as 21 years ago, Ramandeep Singh Grewal had led the team as Captain in Sydney Olympics […]
Milkha Singh came, he saw and he definitely conquered the world of athletics with his grit and determination to rise from every setback like a phoenix. Thanks to his performances across the globe, Milkha dominated the field of sprinting for more than 10 years, scripting numerous records and winning multiple laurels for the country. It […]
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to make history at Euro Cup 2020 on Tuesday, making him the leading scorer in the Championship’s history with 11 goals in a men’s record fifth tournament appearance. At the age of 36, he beat the previous mark of nine set by France’s Michel Platini. All of Platini’s goals came […]
Former Indian women volleyball team captain Nirmal Kaur, wife of Milkha Singh, died at a Mohali hospital due to complications related to Covid-19 infection she had contracted last month. She was 85 and is survived by her husband, three daughters: Mona Singh, Aleeza Grover, Sonia Sanwalka and son Jeev Milkha Singh. “We are deeply saddened […]
Sunil Chhetri surpassed the Lionel Messi as the second highest scorer in international football after scoring twice against Bangladesh on Monday evening at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, to ensure a 2-0 win for India in a 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup joint qualifiers. The 36-year-old Chhetri achieved his 74th strike, whereas […]
The postponed Indian Premier League (IPL) will resume tentatively on September 18 or 19 in the UAE, said a senior BCCI official on Tuesday. The final might be held on October 9 or 10. The three-week window will be enough for the league to complete its remaining 31 games for the season, a win-win scenario […]
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) will be investigating the possibility of holding the World Cup every two years instead of four, for both the men’s and women’s tournaments. The organisation will launch a feasibility study into the ramifications of such a decision after a proposal was put forth by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation […]
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker scored a historic goal against West Brom on Sunday to help the side win 3 points at The Hawthorns. This is first time in Liverpool’s 129 years’ history that a goalkeeper scored a goal for the side. And this was just not any other goal, it was a winning header from […]
Nike has launched a new campaign called ‘Play New’ that strives to bring innovation and inspiration to every athlete. By athlete, they mean everybody, because to them, if you have a body, you are an athlete. The campaign emphasises the joys of moving the body, even if you are bad at it. Nike shows basketball […]
Delhi Police on Monday issued a Look-out-Circular (LoC) against two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar, who is absconding after being named in the murder of a 23-year-old former junior national champion in North West Delhi’s Chhatrasal Stadium. As per sources, on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, a quarrel had broken between wrestlers at Chhatrasal […]