Mumbai Indians crushed Gujarat Giants by 143 runs to stamp their authority with an all-round show as the Women's Premier League got underway.
After posting a mammoth 207/5, powered by captain Harmanpreet Kaur's sensational 30-ball 65 laced with 14 boundaries, Mumbai Indians' bowlers led by Saika Ishaque (4/11) produced a superb show to restrict Gujarat Giants to just 64/9 in 15.1 overs and made a dream start to the competition.
Craig Fulton New Chief Coach of India Men's Hockey Team
Craig Fulton was appointed as the new chief coach of the Indian men's hockey team. Hockey India made the announcement ahead of the team's home matches in the FIH Hockey Pro League starting from March 10th.
The South African, with nearly 25 years of coaching experience succeeded former coach Graham Reid.
Mirabai Chanu Wins BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award
Tokyo Olympic Games silver-medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu bagged the 2022 'BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year' award after a public vote.
The weightlifter from Manipur became the first athlete to win the award twice in a row after bagging it in 2021 as well.
The other short-listed contenders for the award were wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, boxer Nikhat Zareen and badminton player P. V. Sindhu.
Table tennis player Bhavina Patel won the 'BBC Para Sportswoman of the Year' award, a category introduced this year (in 2023).
Karnataka Beats Meghalaya to Clinch Santosh Trophy National Football Championship
Karnataka ended their 54-year wait to win the Santosh Trophy National Football Championship, beating Meghalaya 3-2 in the final at the King Fahd International Stadium in the Saudi Arabia capital, Riyadh.
Robin Yadav's stunning first-half free-kick was the highlight of the win for Karnataka, who won their first title after 1968-69 and fifth overall, counting their four earlier triumphs as Mysore, their previous name before 1973. They had last finished runners-up in 1975-76. For Meghalaya, it was their maiden entry in the final.
Mar 05, 2023
ACF Confers Grandmaster D. Gukesh with Player-of-the-Year Award
Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh was honoured with Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking score of 9/11 in the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram last year (2022).
In March 2022, Gukesh became only the sixth Indian to break the 2700 Elo-rating mark, and the youngest Grandmaster from the country to be rated above 2700.
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) bagged the 'Most Active Federation' award conferred during the ACF annual summit.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin was conferred with Man-of-the-Year award for his effort in the successful hosting of the FIDE Chess Olympiad in August 2022 within a short notice of four months.
Govind Kumar Sahani Bags Silver Medal at the Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament
Indian boxers returned with eight medals from Strandja — three silvers and five bronze medals. Despite losing gold to Uzbekistan's Shodiyorjon Melikuziev, an Asian U-22 Championships silver medallist, the silver was a validation for Sahani that his career is on the right track.
Mar 04, 2023
Aldrin Breaks National Long Jump Record
Tamil Nadu's Jeswin Aldrin hogged the limelight with a national record in the men's long jump in the second AFI National Jumps competition.
He leapt 8.42 m to erase the previous mark of 8.36 m set by compatriot M. Sreeshankar at the Federation Cup in April 2022.
Mar 03, 2023
Asia's Longest ever Cycle Race Flagged off from Srinagar, J&K
Asia's longest cycle race from Kashmir to Kanyakumari was flagged off from Kashmir.
Organised by J&K sports council, the ultra cycle race was flagged off from Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar by divisional commissioner (Kashmir), Vijay Kumar in presence of officials and participants.
This cycle race is recognised by World Ultra Cycling Association, USA and declared as the Asian Ultra Cycling Championship & World Ultra Cycling Championship.
The participants shall peddle in Solo, Team of 2, Team of 4 with cut-off time of 12 days, 10 days and 8 days respectively.
The 3,651 km-long race with total elevation gain of 1895p mts started from Srinagar and will end in the Southern tip of the Indian Peninsula, Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.
The route of the cycle race passes through 12 major states, three major metropolises and over 20 major cities.
Mar 02, 2023
India's Ashwin Replaces Jimmy Anderson as No.1 Ranked Test Bowler
Veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin jumped to the top of the latest ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings, replacing England pacer James Anderson.
Ashwin claimed the top spot after taking six wickets in India's emphatic victory over Australia in the second Test in New Delhi.
Anderson dropped to second place after England's stunning loss to New Zealand in the Wellington Test.
Ashwin first claimed the top honour among Test bowlers in 2015, and has returned to the top spot on several occasions since then.
Anupama, Mithun Crowned Women's and Men's Singles Champions in Badminton Nationals
Former world junior no. 1 Anupama Upadhyaya and Mithun Manjunath registered contrasting victories to clinch the women's and men's singles titles in the Senior National Badminton Championship in the Balewadi stadium, Pune.
Anupama got the better of Aakarshi Kashyap 20-22, 21-17, 24-22 and Mithun dominated the men's singles summit clash against Priyanshu Rajawat 21-16, 21-11.
Top seed Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly were crowned the new women's doubles champions while T. Hemanagendra Babu and Kanika Kanwal clinched the mixed doubles crown.
Men's doubles combination of S. Kushal Raj and S. Prakash Raj clinched the men's doubles title.
Jumper Aishwarya Banned for 4 Years
India's top triple-jumper Aishwarya Babu was banned by the National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA) disciplinary panel for four years for using a prohibited anabolic steroid.
Babu was dropped from the Birmingham CWG last year (2022) along with sprinter S. Dhanalakshmi after testing positive for the steroid, which is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) prohibited list.
The athlete tested positive for ostarine — a drug that falls in the category of selective androgen receptor modulator (SRAM) — during the National Inter-State Championships, held in June 2022 in Chennai. Babu had won the triple jump gold at the championships with a national record-breaking lunge of 14.14 metres. Having been provisionally suspended in July 2022, Babu has already served six months of her four-year ban.
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