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Kalaripayattu

Government push, court case, medallists from MP and Haryana: Kerala’s ancient martial art form on show at National Games

January 31, 2025 10:01 IST

Winners from all over the country shows kalaripayattu's increasing popularity, despite being consigned to just a demo sport at the Uttarakhand multi-discipline sports event.

Rudrankksh Patil, who is the world champion in the 10m air rifle shooting event. (PHOTO: Instagram/Rudrankksh Patil)

‘Always shot my best when scared’: Shooter Rudrankksh Patil ready for National Games

January 30, 2025 08:46 IST

The 10m air rifle champion says the Games feels like a mini-Olympics

athletes

Indian jumper latest to earn NCAA ticket, can more athletes follow?

January 28, 2025 15:15 IST

Triple jumper Selva Prabhu joins Kansas State University; IIS president Manisha Malhotra hopes more athletes will follow his footsteps

National Games preparations

Rs 1000 crore expenditure, 10,000 athletes for 2025 National Games

January 28, 2025 00:07 IST

Event being held across Uttarakhand, with over 10,000 athletes expected to compete in 35 disciplines over 16 days.

Makarov Sergey Aleksandrovich javelin coach

Indian athletics : Two-time Olympic medallist Makarov Sergey Aleksandrovich appointed as Indian foreign javelin throw coach

January 27, 2025 19:51 IST

The 51-year-old had crossed the 90m mark four times in his career with a best throw of 92.61m.

Super Bowl 2025 Date, Time, Venue, Team, Live Streaming, Telecast Channels, halftime show Details

Super Bowl 2025: date, time, venue, live streaming, telecast channels, halftime show, other details

January 27, 2025 13:18 IST

Super Bowl 2025 Live Streaming, Telecast, Date and Time, Venue: Kansas City Chiefs will take on Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 2025.

Padma Awards 2025: Hockey legend PR Sreejesh (left) and cricketer R Ashwin will both be honoured at the Padma Awards ceremony. (File Photos)

Padma Awards 2025: Sreejesh to get Padma Bhushan; Padma Shri for R Ashwin, Harvinder Singh, IM Vijayan

January 25, 2025 22:10 IST

For 2025, President Droupadi Murmu has approved conferment of 139 Padma Awards, which include seven Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards.

BJP leader and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

Govt can’t decide where WFI office functions from: Brij Bhushan

January 25, 2025 12:33 IST

Former WFI chief and five-time BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, says federation is looking for a new place to set up the office.

Wrestling Federation of India

Wrestling Federation of India office is back to its old address – home of sexual harassment accused Brij Bhushan Singh

January 25, 2025 08:09 IST

WFI Office moved out to Hari Nagar after Sports Ministry suspended WFI in 2023 but a new tenant is at that address; former WFI president Brij Bhushan Singh says 'won't discuss wrestling.'

Ippei Mizuhara, left, stands next to Los Angeles Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani, right, during an interview at Dodger Stadium, Feb. 3, 2024. (AP Photo)

Ex-interpreter tried to scam Shohei Ohtani, baseball’s highest paid star, of $2,00,000 by impersonating him

January 24, 2025 18:34 IST

According to a report in The Athletic, US prosecutors have convicted Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara of impersonating the baseball star and doing bank frauds

US President Donald Trump. birthright citizenship

Boxing association asks president Donald Trump to ‘look into’ sport’s exclusion from Los Angeles Olympics 2028

January 23, 2025 03:29 IST

Trump's second stint as US President will witness Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Olympics.

olympic

Olympic medallist boxer back after a long break after Paris disappointment

January 23, 2025 00:04 IST

After enjoying bike trip from Manali to Ladakh, 75kg pugilist to return to the ring at National Games

Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya stressed that the requirements of the athletes be put front and centre as India targets a bigger medal haul at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. (File/PTI)

Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya asks NSFs to avoid needless litigation over elections

January 22, 2025 08:33 IST

“Stakeholders will have to pool in their resources to host the 2036 Olympics and improve medal tally in LA 2028,” sports ministers Mansukh Mandaviya asserted.

Aurangabad athlete Tejas Shirse was a budding gymnast before he took up athletics and his career choice seems to be the right one. (X/Tejas Shirse)

Hurdler Tejas Shirse breaks 60m national record, says minimising mistakes is the key

January 21, 2025 18:29 IST

Tejas Shirse's coach James Hillier says aim is to rewrite records again as the season progresses; Shirse is also the national record holder in the 110 metre hurdles.

Kho-Kho Olympics 2036

Kho-kho nurtures Olympic dreams for 2036, a 100 years since it showed up as Demo sport at Berlin Games of 1936

January 20, 2025 13:34 IST

Indian women trounce Nepal 78-40, while Indian men sky-dive their way to 54-36 win against Nepal in World Cup finals.

Neeraj Chopra marriage

Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra marries tennis player Himani Mor

January 20, 2025 08:43 IST

Ceremony held in Himachal Pradesh on January 16, bride studied and working in USA.

Mumbai Marathon winners

What the winners of Mumbai marathon said about giving up on setting a time record on hot day at the race

January 19, 2025 16:49 IST

By 37km, it was evident the time record was out of reach.

Berhane Tesfay

Led by near 6-footer Berhane Tesfay, Eritreans finish 1-2 ahead of Ethiopian pack at Mumbai Marathon

January 19, 2025 15:48 IST

Tesfay clocked 2 hours 11.44 minutes with Kesete logging wins for 38 and 39 year-olds, while Kenya’s Joyce Chepkemoi Tele won the women’s crown clocking 2:24:56

Kho kho, kho kho World Cup, Ramji, Ramji Kho kho, scrap collector, World Cup Kho kho, sport news, Indian express news, current affairs

Kho Kho Kho: A 22-year-old’s journey from collecting scrap to stacking medals

January 19, 2025 22:16 IST

At the ongoing kho kho World Cup in New Delhi, Ramji is a bullet zigzagging out of a Rajinikanth pistol, a blur of blue, as he goes about ensuring India don’t cede any dominance in its traditional sport.

(LEFT) Arjuna Award winner Thulasimathi Murugesan with her sister Kiruttigha, father Murugesan and mother Viji. (RIGHT) Vantika Agrawal with her parents. (Express Photo/Nihal Koshie)

Scenes from Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards ceremony: Moist eyes, proud hearts, and validation for sacrificesSign In to read

January 18, 2025 07:13 IST

From a mother taking her first ever air flight to a kabaddi spouse flaunting trophy of his boxer wife, the national sports awards held many aww-moments at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

Manu Bhaker, Khel Ratna

Manu Bhaker, Gukesh, Harmanpreet Singh and Praveen Kumar receive Khel Ratna from President Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan

January 17, 2025 13:28 IST

The 22-year-old Bhaker became independent India's first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics with her bronze-winning show in the 10m air pistol individual and 10m air pistol mixed team events in August last year.

IOA chief PT Usha. (Express Photo)

IOA chief PT Usha wants National Games medal programme restricted to events in Olympics, CWG and Asian GamesSign In to read

January 16, 2025 20:14 IST

Usha intends to table the proposal in the next General Body Meeting of the IOA.

Phogat

Watch: Vinesh Phogat back training first time since Paris Olympics heartbreakSign In to read

January 15, 2025 15:30 IST

Vinesh was on the cusp of history after becoming the first Indian woman to qualify for an Olympic wrestling final

Olympic medals discolouration

India’s Paris Olympics winners, including star shooters, complain about discoloured medals, want them replacedSign In to read

January 15, 2025 08:20 IST

Shooters Swapnil Kusale and Sarabjot Singh say the colour has come off, Manu Bhaker also faces the same issue and so does hockey star Hardik Singh; The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha said that if any medallist approaches it in this regard, it will take up the case with the IOC

Tyson Fury retires

Tyson Fury announces retirement from boxing: ‘It’s been a blast’Sign In to read

January 13, 2025 21:13 IST

Fury has announced his retirement before, however, notably on his 34th birthday in August 2022. But he was back fighting again two months later.

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