One of India’s top women chess players has pulled out of an upcoming championship in Iran in protest at having to wear an Islamic headscarf. Soumya Swaminathan, a former world junior girls champion wrote on Facebook. “I find the Iranian law of compulsory headscarf to be in direct violation of my basic human rights including
FIFA world cup will expand the men's World Cup from 32 to 48 teams starting with the 2026 edition. The World Cup has expanded three times before, most recently in 1998 when the field moved from 24 to 32 teams. The new format will have 16 groups of three teams each with the top two
Several representatives of women bodies, students of Sports Authority of India, Manipur jointly staged a protest demonstration in favour of the famous weightlifter Sanjita Chanu. All these protesters were demanding clarification from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) on the ‘controversial’ dope test which resulted in the ban for the weightlifter. M. Shanti, leader of a
On Sunday, Mumbai has witnessed Blue Tigers' fifth consecutive win in a multi-national tournament hosted by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The Indian national team lifted the 2018 Intercontinental Cup by defeating Kenya 2-0 in the final. In this quadrangular tournament, New Zealand and Chinese Taipei teams have also participated. India skipper Sunil Chhetri
All tickets for India's Intercontinental Cup game against Kenya were sold out after Sunil Chhetri's on Saturday urged fans to come and watch the Indian national team play. As a result of Sunil Chhetri's emotional appeal, all tickets for India's Intercontinental Cup game against Kenya were sold out. Several famous people and players have supported
Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh has pointed about a "glaring error" in the laboratory test results of Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu case. He doubted about the mix-up of samples of the Manipuri athlete with some other athlete. He has written a letter to Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to intervene and urged for the
5th Women’s Asian Championship Trophy is happening in Korea. In the opening match at the Sunrise Stadium on Sunday, India beat Japan 4-1 in the opening match. Navneet Kaur’s hat-trick of goals helped defending champions India get off to a flying start. Indian women have displayed well-strategized attack to break the strong Japanese defence. With
This is a big dream come true situation for Parash Boro, the 14-year-old football player from Dudhnoi in Goalpara district. He has been invited by a premier football club of Thailand. Parash Boro will leave for Bangkok on May 20 to have advanced training in this sport. Bangkok Bravo Football Club of Thailand has called
In the four-nation Under-16 Tournament held in Serbia, Indian boys have outplayed Tajikistan by 4-2 and became the champions of this Under-16 Tournament. They took the lead by putting 3 goals in first ten minutes of the game. In the fifth minute, Gibson lobbed the ball over the opposing custodian. Two minutes later, Sailo took
In the 69th Strandja Memorial boxing tournament, MC Mary Kom won silver medal while Amit Panghal got his second consecutive international gold. The 23-year-old Haryana-boxer Amit defeated Morocco's Said Mordaji to win gold in this tournament’s man category. Amit Panghal started in a sloppy way but he was able to beat Mordaji on accuracy level.
