The world’s first such league promises to transform the sport in the country. New Delhi, March 27: The ambitious Indian Taekwondo Premier League (TPL) was launched at a grand ceremony here on Sunday, with the promise of transforming the sport in the country and grooming international champions. The franchise-model league to be held in Delhi in June 2023 has already found takers in Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Assam, Delhi, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Chennai and Gujarat. Taekwondo Grandmasters Jun Lee and Moon Dae Sung, a World, Olympic and Asian Champion, hailed the TPL as a path-breaker while addressing a power-packed…
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The Inaugural Season will see a fusion of India’s two biggest entertainment industries Cricket & Bollywood. The legendary Retired stars of International Cricket Battle it out against each other in India and some franchisees are to be co-owned by A listed celebrities Mumbai, India, March 27, 2023: The most iconic legends of international cricket players will be part of the revolutionary new tournament, The Indian Masters T10. The thrilling ten-over format matches will take place from the 14th of June 2023 to 28th of June 2023, will consist of 19 matches spread across 12 game days. The tournament will have…
Yuva Kabaddi Series, the supposedly youth Kabaddi league, announced the launch of it’s Inter-District Youth Kabaddi League, starting on March 30. However, question marks surround the league, with regards to how such a event was given permission, and whether this is a inter-district tournament or a franchisee based league. Which is Maharashtra’s League? Yuva Kabaddi Serie or Maha Kabaddi League? Although the Yuva Kabaddi Series mentions that its under the aegis of Maharashtra State Kabaddi Association, the league however is still listed as “Invitational District Final Mens Under-23 Tournament” organized by Kranti Jyot Mahila Prathisthan. As far as the rights…
New Delhi, 26th March 2023: The first Hockey India Junior Men Zonal Championships 2023 concluded today in the North, South, East, and West Zones, with Hockey Punjab, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu, Hockey Jharkhand, and Hockey Madhya Pradesh crowned as Champions in their respective Zones. North Zone: Hockey Punjab crowned Champions while Uttar Pradesh Hockey and Hockey Haryana finish 2nd and 3rd respectively In the first match of the day in the 1st Hockey India Junior Men North Zone Championships 2023 Hockey Haryana beat Hockey Chandigarh 2-1 to finish third in the North Zone. Hockey Chandigarh took the lead through Gurpreet…
New Delhi, 26th March 2023: The 1st Hockey India Junior Women Zonal Championships 2023 concluded today with Hockey Haryana, Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Madhya Pradesh, and Hockey Karnataka winning the Finals in their respective zones. North Zone: Hockey Haryana win Final; Hockey Punjab and Uttar Pradesh Hockey finish 2nd and 3rd respectively Hockey Haryana won the 1st Hockey India Junior Women North Zone Championship 2023 in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday after defeating Hockey Punjab 4-1 in the Final. Shashi Khasa (11’, 60’) netted a brace to set up the win for Hockey Haryana, while Manisha (2’) and Ravina (50’) also contributed to the win by scoring…
IMPHAL: Less than 24 hours after suffering a defeat in the gruelling final of the Hero Indian Super League 2022-23, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was on the plane to Kolkata to join the National Team camp for the Hero Tri-Nation meet in Imphal. “It’s obviously difficult to play after losing the final. There are no two ways about it,” he says. “But when it’s about the National Team, you’re always eager to come back. You want to get up, go again, and play the next game as soon as possible because that’s the best way to forget about the past game,” he…
The annual match between the Oxford University RFC and Cambridge University RUFC is one of sport’s longest-running fixtures, kicking off in 1872. ‘The Varsity Match’, has today become the 161st inductee into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. An on-field presentation ceremony took place at Twickenham Stadium ahead of the 141st staging of the match with the immediate Past President of the RFU, Jeff Blackett, awarding prestigious Hall of Fame caps and pins to the Stephen Pearson (RFU Council member for Oxford and Blue in 1983, 1984 and 1985) and Jess Tayenjam (Chair of CURUFC and Blue in 2011). The…
New Delhi, 26 March 2023: The Delhi Capitals Director of Cricket Sourav Ganguly has been keenly observing all the players during the pre-season camp at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi in the lead-up to the TATA IPL 2023. Speaking about the season, the former India Captain said, “It’s been great to work with the boys and I am looking forward to the season starting. Net practice is good, but we want to get into match mode. And Ricky has been fantastic. He brings a lot of intensity during training.” Ganguly also said that the Delhi Capitals will definitely miss…
Olympic Champion Arrives Unannounced to Meet Aspiring Young Athletes At Vishwa Vidyapeeth Bengaluru, 26th March 2023: Children in a Bengaluru school were left astounded as India’s first-ever Olympic champion in Track and Field, Neeraj Chopra, surprised them in their classroom, on Saturday. Chopra, who is back in India between training stints, arrived at Vishwa Vidyapeeth, in Yelahanka, and spent time with the young children, who are all part of the school’s sports programme. https://twitter.com/Neeraj_chopra1/status/1639925352268005377?s=20 “It makes me really happy whenever I am able to put a smile on the faces of young children, and this was even more special because they were…
Bhopal, Sunday, March 26, 2023: Sift Kaur Samra won her first individual world cup medal even as the Chinese pulled off a near sweep, winning eight of the 10 gold medals on offer at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol Bhopal, which concluded at the M.P. State Shooting Academy range here in the city. Sift, a medical student and the reigning national champion in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P), won bronze in the event, when she shot 403.9 in the top-eight ranking round. China yet again won both the golds on offer in the day. In…