Participants perform yoga chairs during the 2nd Asian Yogasana Sport Championship, in New Delhi. (PTI file photo) Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday that India will push to include Yogasana in the Olympic Games as the country prepares its bid to host the 2036 Olympics. His comments came ahead of the first World…
Mansukh Mandaviya (ANI Photo) New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has officially notified new rules under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025 to regulate how sports bodies and controversies are regulated in India. The newly notified National Sports Board and National Sports Tribunal Rules 2026 aims to make sports administration more transparent, professional and digitally regulated….
27-year-old Rabindra Dhant will take to Macau’s Galaxy Arena on May 28 to do something no Nepalese fighter has done to date: compete in a Road to UFC tournament, two wins away from a UFC contract.After trying for a few years, Dhant got his big break with the Road to UFC – a win-and-advance tournament…
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has restructured its day-to-day operations by giving the NS Johal-led Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) division responsibility for 27 Olympic sports disciplines. The division has also been asked to handle matters related to governance in national federations whenever directed by the Sports Ministry.According to an order issued by Sports…
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh athletes Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar both cleared 5.45m to break the national pole vault record at the National Senior Athletics Federation meet in Ranchi on Sunday, but Dev won the gold medal on countback after a close contest on the third and final day of the event.Hours after becoming…
New Delhi: Indian athletics witnessed a historic moment on Saturday as Gurvinder Vir Singh became the fastest Indian ever in the men’s 100m, drawing a rapturous response from the cricket legend. Sachin Tendulkar on social media.Gurvinder Veer clocked a sensational 10.09 seconds during the National Senior Federation competition, breaking the national record and becoming the…
Dev Kumar Meena (ANI Photo) Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar produced one of the highlights of the National Senior Athletics Federation competition after breaking the national pole vault record in a dramatic competition on Sunday. Representing Madhya Pradesh, the two training partners cleared a distance of 5.45m, a mark set recently by Kuldeep Kumar…
Pranati Naik of India (AP Photo) After missing the Gymnastics National Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar earlier this month due to injury, Pranathy Naik made a strong comeback to win silver in the vault event at the FIG World Challenge Cup 2026 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Saturday.Pranthi, who trains at the Odisha AM/NS…
RANCHI: All Ansi Sujans wanted to be careful and avoid wrong jumps coming into the long jump event at the National Senior Athletics Federation competition. He not only did it but also bettered his personal best and meet record, winning the gold medal with a jump of 6.75m at the Bursa Munda Stadium in Morabadi…
Vinesh Phogat (ANI Photo) gave Delhi High Court has cleared the way for the famous Indian wrestler. Vinesh Phogat to participate in the selection trials for the upcoming Asian Games, observing that the current selection policy of the Wrestling Federation of India unfairly excludes elite athletes returning after maternity leave. A division bench comprising Chief…