National Sports Day: History, Significance and all you need to know
The National Sports Day is celebrated on August 29 in India to honor the sports traditions and sportspersons of the country. Moreover, in India, it is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of major hockey legend, Dhyan Chand. Likewise, in other countries, National Sports Day…
India’s First App For Racket Sports Players
“The best thing about sports is the sense of community and shared emotion it can create.” Rackonnect aspires to bring together players who play racket sports. Rackonnect is a sports-tech platform. It is set out to be India’s first one-stop destination for all racket sports…
Black Lives Matter: Sports fraternity stands beside George Floyd
On May 25, Minneapolis police officers arrested George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, after a deli employee called 911 accusing him of buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. A few minutes later, Floyd was lying unconscious pinned underneath three police officers and showed no…
SAI releases funds for Khelo India athletes
The Sports Authority of India has released 8.25 crore for 2749 Khelo India athletes for the first quarter of 2020-21. It has deposited 30,000 each as a pocket allowance in accounts of each of the athletes. A press release from SAI said that, “The…
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju approves holding sporting events behind closed doors
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs had on 17th May issued new guidelines for the pan-India extension of lockdown due to the spread of pandemic COVID-19. After over two months of lockdown that saw all sporting activities come to a standstill, the Indian government gave…
England most likely to resume Sports from June 1
The sportspersons in the UK have received a thumbs up to resume organized training, but they also have a choice to opt-out. Sally Munday, the chief executive of government agency UK Sport, said that every sport is different along with everyone’s circumstances. Many are keen to…
SAI takes a step forward by helping athletes during the lock down
The apex body of sports in India, Sports Authority of India is trying to help athletes in keeping up with the preparations for the Tokyo Olympics 2021. The nationwide lockdown due to the global pandemic has affected the athletes physically and mentally. Despite the limitations,…
Aditi Ashok: The prodigy who changed the perception of Golf in India
Aditi Ashok is an India Professional Golfer. Born on 29th March 1998, she started playing golf at the age of 5. In 2016, she became the youngest and first Indian to win the Lalla Aicha Tour School, and doing so, she secured her Ladies European…
World Athletics Day: History and Significance
International Association of Athletics Federation, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletics Federation, initiated the concept of the World Athletics Day. The Federation is a track and field organization that incorporates national associations of 160 countries across the world. The first World Athletics Day…
KNOW YOUR STAR: SAURABH CHAUDHARY
In 2004, Rajyawardhan Rathor rose to the prominence in Athens Olympics 2004. He grabbed the first-ever individual silver medal for the nation in the Olympics. Later, he became a sports minister for India. His achievement in the Olympics changed the shooting scene in the nation….