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Six months on, National Sports Awards still await nodIndia's sporting community faces an unusual delay in the National Sports Awards. The Sports Ministry cites a re-evaluation of Arjuna awarde...
FIFA 2026: Brokerages bet on sector winners as soccer World Cup set to kick offThe 2026 FIFA World Cup will bring billions to host nations. Analysts expect a surge in spending on hotels, airlines, and retail. Beer sale...
Love Island USA season 8: Premiere date, cast, release schedule and everything to know about the reality showLove Island USA returns for its eighth season on June 2, 2026, with Ariana Madix hosting from Fiji. The dating competition features a new c...
An SNL 'All Drug Olympics?' Not quite. But these Enhanced Games are no jokeThe "Enhanced Games" in Las Vegas allows athletes to use performance enhancers, aiming to challenge mainstream sports' anti-doping efforts ...
Saudi Arabia-backed sports fund weighs investing in World Athletics, sources sayA Saudi Arabia-backed sports fund is exploring a potential investment in a new entity that World Athletics may create to manage its commerc...
E-sports, break-dancing made eligible but sports ministry ends cash prizes for junior athletesThe sports ministry has expanded cash rewards to medal winners in several non-Olympic sports including mallakhamb, e-sports, and break-danc...
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy felicitates Paralympic bronze medalist Deepthi JeevanjiTelangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy honored Deepthi Jeevanji, who won a bronze medal in the Women's 400m T20 event at the Paralympics in...
Paris Paralympics 2024: Here's how much the athletes earn for winning medals.Many nations are providing sizeable financial bonuses and incentives to their medal-winning athletes as the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris ...
Olympics 2024 Prize Money: Here's how much athletes in the Paris Olympics get for winning medalsOlympics 2024 Winners Prize Money: Olympic medalists are often rewarded by their home countries with cash incentives and unique gifts. Hong...
Psychology behind bronze medalists being happier than those in second place, all you need to knowBronze medalists are considered to be significantly happier than those who win the sliver medal in the Olympics, according to the human psy...
In a first, athletes to get around Rs 42 lakh for winning gold medal in Paris OlympicsWorld Athletics has announced a groundbreaking decision to award prize money to Olympic track and field athletes for the first time. Gold m...
Karnataka CM promises quota benefit for sportspersons in government jobsKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced plans to expand the sports reservation quota for government jobs in the state. Currentl...
Powerball jackpot reaches $900 million, becomes third-largest in game's historyThe Powerball jackpot has reached its third-largest amount ever, soaring past $900 million after Saturday's drawing failed to produce a win...
Government announces Rs 90 lakh cash reward for Rio Paralympics medallistsThe cash reward will be given by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot under the Awareness Generation and Publicity (...
Government announces Rs 90 lakh cash reward for Rio Paralympics medallistsThe cash reward will be given by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot under the Awareness Generation and Publicity (...
India stingy during training, splurges after medalsThe sports ministry runs a special programme for improving India's medal prospects in the Olympic games called the Target Olympic Podium (T...
In a first, Govt to confer Khel Ratna to four athletesDronacharya Award has been conferred upon six coaches, the most notable being Dipa's coach Bishweshwar Nandi and India Test team captain Vi...
Punjab government to award Rs 4.29 crore among 28 athletesDisclosing this here today, an official spokesman said that Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is also holding portfolio of spo...
CWG 2014: JSW announces Rs 5 lakh for gold medallistsIn all 12 athletes, who are supported by JSW, had made it to the Commonwealth Games contingent, and eight of them returned with medals.
- Is cash prize for an Olympic gold medal justified?
For a country that is as obsessed with purity of metals, the fact that Olympic medals contain only 1.34% gold makes spending millions to wi...