Olympics just ended few days ago. India placed in 71st position with 6 medals in total. Among them are 5 bronze and 1 silver. Now it is time for them to compete in Paralympics in Paris. According to Devendra Jhajharia, President of Paralympics Committee of India (PCI) said that this time India aims to finish in top 20. “There cannot be a happier moment for an athlete and the country when the national flag goes up and the national anthem is played”, said two time Paralympics Gold Medalist and current President of Paralympics Committee of India (PCI), Devendra Jhajharia. India…
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Current secretary of BCCI Jay Shah is going to be the next Chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC) after Greg Barclay as announced by International Cricket Governing body on Tuesday. Shah was the only candidate of this only respected position. The 35- year old Jay Shah was the BCCI secretary since 2019 is the youngest ever to be the ICC Chairman in this year. He will be taking the charge on December 1, 2024. Though the role of his Chairman as the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) since January 2021 has provided him some valuable experience in navigating the international cricket…
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of the successful captain of world cricket will likely to be the uncapped player of Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2025. Under his captaincy India has won 1 T20 World Cup, 1 ODI World Cup and also 1 Champions Trophy. It is also noticeable that he has one of the successful captain of IPL with 5 IPL trophies. He played the last international match in 2019 against New Zealand in the ODI World Cup. In that match India lost the match by 18 runs in the Semifinal. He retired from the international cricket in 2020 i.e.…
After 11 years of trophy drought, Indian Cricket Team finally won an ICC trophy (T20 WC this year). The success of the whole Indian team is also notable. From Rahul Dravid-Rohit Sharma pair to now have a new pair of Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma in ODI cricket and we have a new pair in T20 cricket. Our new T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav, who caught a massive catch in the T20 World Cup final and our new coach Gautam Gambhir. There are lot of challenges for Gautam Gambhir as a new coach. He has a contract with Board of Cricket…
After a disappointing period in Indian football, especially after the retirement of Sunil Chhetri, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) sacked the Croatian Coach Igor Stimach. The Federation then appointed Manlo Marques as the new coach of the national team. Spanish Coach Manlo Marques has been given the three year contract from All India Football Federation (AIFF). He is also the coach of ISL club FC Goa at the same time. The 55- year old coach will play the both (club and national team coaching) at a time only for one year. After that he will be given the responsibility…
The Paris is going to conclude today. India finished in 71th position in medal tally which is not a good sign for India. But the major issue is whether Vinesh Phogat will get a joint silver or not. After the disqualification from Olympics, senior advocate Harish Salve to represent Phogat at the Court of Arbitration for Sports. According to Harish Salve that Vinesh weight gain was due to natural recovery process and that is the athlete’s fundamental right to look after his/her body. They also argued that the weight was under the prescribed limit on Day 1 of the competition…
Controversy related Vinesh Phogat The controversy related Vinesh Phogat was not ended. According to the reports, Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS) will tell the final decision today at 9:30 p.m. But CAS told the that final decision will be told by 11th August i.e. at the final day of Olympics. Thomas Bac, President of International Olympics Committee said that there is no rule for giving the joint silver, but they should follow what the verdict of CAS. Harish Salve is the lawyer of Vinesh in CAS. Aman won Bronze, grabs 6th medals for the nation On the other hand,…
After a massive win for the Hockey team and an excellent throw from our Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra, who grabs the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics its time for Aman Sehrawat to win the bronze medal. This time Neeraj falls shorts by just 1.87m and grabs the silver. While the Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem breaks the record by throwing 92.97m and he was the gold medalist this time. Neeraj best throw was 89.97m. On the other hand, the men’s hockey team wins back-to-back bronze medal. This time they win by beating Spain by 2-1. Despite being losing to Germany,…
Performance of India Till now, the record of India in Olympics is not so good. A lot of athletes have been failed to grab the medals. India rank 60 in the medals tally with just 3 medals in total. Among them two have been won by Manu Baker in shooting. Manu creates history by winning two medals individually (one in a single event and another with Sabarjeet Singh in the mixed event) in the shooting. Another medal won by Saurav Khusale in the air rifle event. All the 3 athletes have won 3 bronze medals. Vinesh Phogat Now, there is…
About the Game Hockey is considered as the national game of our country. Though the most popular game of the nation is considered as cricket. In Sunday, during the Paris Olympics game the Indian Hockey team made a massive win in the quarterfinal by defeating the mighty Great Britain in the Penalty Shoot Out. In the regulation time the match was ended as 1-1. Then it was continued to the shootout. India won the match by 4-2 in the shootout. PR Sreejesh made two important saves which helps India to qualify to the Semifinal. India were down to 10 men…
