| Government felicitates YOG medal winners with cash awards
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| The Government of India on Sunday felicitated the 13 medallists of the just-concluded Youth Olympic Games (YOG) after the country's athletes recorded their best-ever performance in the show-piece event. In the three years of the country's participation in the Games, this is India's best performance as they fetched 13 medals, including three golds, nine silvers and one bronze. Speaking on the occasion, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, said, "These young athletes, who are just 15-16 years old are winning medals for the country. This shows the potential amongst the youth of our country. "We, all levels, school, home, colonies, colleges, districts and state must provide opportunities to play and excel. India can be a super power of sports in next 10 years." The medallists were given a cash award of Rs 25 lakhs, Rs 16.7 lakhs and Rs 10 lakhs for winning gold, silver and bronze respectively. Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijuju was also present at the function and ...
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| Bajrang gets closer to maiden World Championship gold
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| Living up to the expectations, star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia put himself in contention for a historic World Championship gold medal after quelling a spirited challenge from Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier in a tense 65kg semifinal here on Sunday. The Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medallist ensured himself a second medal at the Worlds, having won a bronze at the 2013 edition. The in-form 24-year-old had come into the event as one of the strong medal contenders and has continued with his red-hot form this season. Celebrated Sushil Kumar is the lone Indian to have won a gold medal at the Worlds, achieving the feat in 2010 in Moscow in the 66kg category. If Bajrang manages to win gold, it will be a rare achievement to win titles at all major championships in a single season. While he had dominated the competitions at CWG and Jakarta Asian Games this year, Bajrang's road to the final in Budapest was not easy as he had to use all his mental and physical prowess to down his ...
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| Anand beats Sadhwani, Kidambi holds Kramnik in Isle of Man
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| Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand scored an expected victory over young gun Raunak Sadhwani while Grandmaster S Kidambi caused a huge flutter by holding Vladimir Kramnik to a draw in the first round of Isle of Man International Chess tournament here. On what turned out to be a tough day for the highly rated and fancied players, Anand maintained his cool amidst wild complications that once threatened to ruin his position against young International Master Sadhwani who played with white. Seeded sixth here, Anand went for the variation he had chosen to beat Eric Hansen of Canada in the just-concluded Chess Olympiad but clearly the Nagpur kid was much better prepared. The idol faced some tough time before he could reach an endgame where his extra pawn did the talking. Kidmabi showed his solid game against fourth seed Kramnik. The Chennai based is known for his deep opening knowledge and that helped initially in maintaining the balance. Once the endgame approached, former World ...
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| IOA felicitates Youth Olympic Games medallists
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| The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Sunday felicitated all the medal winners of the recently-concluded third edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games.Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was the chief guest at the event.Rathore congratulated the athletes on their exceptional medal haul at the Youth Olympic Games, while also thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for specifically focusing on youth development and sports."The year 2018 has been the best year for the Indian sports. India won several medals at the international level. In Asian Games, India made a historic record. In Youth Olympics, India got 13 medals and if we included international then there are 15 medals," Rathore said."I would like to thank honourable Prime Minister who always focused on youth, youth development, youth values, fitness and sports. That's why we are saying whether it would be 2020 Olympics, 2022 games or any other games, we will be professionally prepared to ...
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| Spain's Marquez claims 7th world title
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| Spanish rider Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) won his seventh World Championship title after claiming the 2018 MotoGP trophy with a thrilling victory in Japan.
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| Prajnesh ends runner-up at Ningbo Challenger
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| Prajnesh Gunneswaran will have to wait for his second title of the season on the ATP Challenger circuit as he finished runner-up at the Ningbo Challenger in China after playing his heart out in the final against Thomas Fabbiano. After losing a close first set, Prajnesh won the second but eventually lost a marathon summit clash 6-7(4) 6-4 3-6 after battling hard for almost three hours against the Italian, who is ranked 131 but reached a career-high 70 last year. Prajnesh saved five match points in the third set but not converting eight break points in the opening set cost him dear. The 28-year-old Indian, ranked 170, was playing his second final of the season on the Challenger circuit having won the Kunming Challenger in April this year. The Indian left-hander earned 65 ranking points and pocketed USD 12,720 as prize money for his effort.
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| Increase allowance, let athletes fly business class: IOA secy requests Rathore
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| The Indian athletes should be allowed to fly business class for international tournaments and have their dietary allowances doubled, Indian Olympic Association Secretary General Rajeev Mehta requested Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Sunday. The IOA felicitated the Youth Olympic Games medal winners with cash prize of Rs 3 lakh, Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 1 lakh respectively. "Often when we see officials travel business class for international events and I find athletes travelling economy. I feel embarrassed. I would request ministry to consider business class journey for any destination that takes more than three hours," Mehta said in presence Rathore and sports secretary Rahul Bhatnagar. "I can assure if we take care of these facilities and increase dietary supplement allowance from Rs 450 to Rs 1000, you will see results coming. Hope during the next event at SAI, the sports minister will give us some assurance," Mehta said. IOA president Narinder Batra cautioned the athletes ...
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| Kasatkina beats Jabeur to win Kremlin Cup
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| Daria Kasatkina won the Kremlin Cup as qualifier Ons Jabeur narrowly failed to become the first WTA winner from Tunisia on Saturday. Jabeur was a set and a break up at 4-1 when she seemed to tire in her eighth match in as many days, allowing Kasatkina to win 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 with vocal support from the home crowd. The exhausted Jabeur served the last game with severe cramp and tears in her eyes. "I saw you gave everything today and this is what sport is about," Kasatkina told Jabeur. "When I was a little girl 10 years ago, I was coming to this tournament and dreaming of being champion one day," the 21-year-old Russian said. "Thank you to everyone who believed in me." Sixth-seeded Kasatkina ended a run of three losses in finals, including last year's Kremlin Cup, and has a career 2-3 record. Her previous win was in Charleston in April 2017. Jabeur played high-risk tennis, with 45 winners and 65 unforced errors, against 12 winners and 26 unforced errors for the defense-first ...
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| ISL: Delhi hold Kerala Blasters 1-1
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| Kerala Blasters were thwarted at the fag end for the second consecutive Indian Super League (ISL) match as Delhi Dynamos held them to a 1-1 draw at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Saturday.
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