England 1966 World Cup champion George Cohen passes away at 83George Cohen, a legendary footballer, was a Kensington native and played with Fulham club, winning 37 caps in all. He lifted the World Cup ...
23 Dec, 2022, 07.54 PM IST
A great accomplishment: PM Modi on Neeraj Chopra's silver medal win at World Championships"A great accomplishment by one of our most distinguished athletes! Congratulations to @Neeraj_chopra1 on winning a historic Silver medal at...
24 Jul, 2022, 10.00 AM IST
Sports legends Anju Bobby George & Kapil Dev had a chance encounter on a flight. See picGeorge and Dev obviously took a selfie, and fans are loving it.
20 Jun, 2022, 10.07 AM IST
Sports Ministry adds seven former athletes to Mission Olympics CellMission Olympic Cell drives India's Olympics preparation through Target Olympics Podium Scheme (TOPS), an initiative of the ministry.
02 Dec, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
World Athletics honours Anju Bobby George with 'Woman of Year Award'The legendary athlete won the award for grooming talent in India and advocating gender equality.
02 Dec, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
Achieved success with single kidney: Olympian Anju Bobby George's stunning revelationIn a tweet, the ace athlete, a gold medallist in the IAAF World Athletics Finals (Monaco, 2005), said she had many limitations, including b...
07 Dec, 2020, 06.28 PM IST
Abhinav Bindra, Prakash Padukone in 9-member Government Panel for National sports codeCommittee will be headed by Sports Secretary Injeti Srinivas will study issues related to sports governance including court judgements and ...
05 Jan, 2017, 06.58 PM IST
The big results under TOPS scheme will come in 2020 and 2024: Anju Bobby George"This is the first time the government is supporting a scheme for such a long term, till 2024. Normally, for any other event, it is for six...
28 Aug, 2016, 09.07 AM IST
Anju Bobby George, Pullela Gopichand drafted as members of Khelo IndiaKhelo India is a seven-member committee for the development of sports in the country, an initiative of Modi government.
26 Jun, 2016, 05.10 PM IST
Olympian Anju Bobby George complains against Kerala Sports Minister JayarajanAnju said that besides her, Preeja Sreedharan, Indian Hockey captain P R Sreejesh and Kerala Cricket Association President, T C Mathew, are...
09 Jun, 2016, 01.04 PM IST
Sushma Swaraj appreciates improved passport servicesSushma Swaraj complimented the passport department in the ministry for significantly improving its services across the country in the past ...
26 Jun, 2015, 10.34 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi wishes athletes ahead of National Games"My best wishes to all athletes participating in the 35th National Games that commence today in Kerala," the Prime Minister said.
31 Jan, 2015, 12.34 PM IST
Kerala set for National Games; countdown beginsCricket legend and goodwill ambassador of the Games Sachin Tendulkar would participate in the marathon, a major highlight of the campaign, ...
02 Jan, 2015, 04.31 PM IST
Is Anju Bobby George India’s best track & field athleteAnju Bobby George’s long jump silver from the 2005 World Athletics final has now turned into gold.
16 Jan, 2014, 05.46 AM IST
- Mixed reactions from sporting fratrenity over Suresh Kalmadi ouster
The ouster of scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi from Asian Athletics Association today evoked mixed response from the Indian sporting fraternity.
01 Jul, 2013, 05.40 PM IST
- Rathore to be India's flag bearer in Beijing
Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was on Monday named the flag bearer of the Indian contingent for the Beijing Ga...
04 Aug, 2008, 03.07 PM IST
- It’s all about champions and trust
Guess what LN Mittal has to do with sports, apart from swimming which he so loves, and the London Olympics, ‘12 ? A $ 40 m fund, christened...
27 Jun, 2006, 02.38 AM IST