newssports11 months ago

Khelo India University Games | Priya Mohan takes gold in women's 200m, Dutee claims silver

On Monday, at the Khelo India University Games 2021 in Bengaluru, youngster Priya Mohan beat Olympian Dutee Chand in the women's 200m sprint. Priya, representing Jain University, won gold in the penultimate day's highlight event with a time of 23.90 seconds, while Dutee Chand took silver.
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newssports11 months ago

Khelo India University Games | Dutee Chand defends 100m crown, completes race in 11.68s

Dutee Chand, India's top sprinter, won gold in the women's 100m race at the Khelo India University Games 2021 in Bengaluru on Saturday. Dutee, who won silver at the Asian Games, ran 11.68 seconds, which was a long way from her personal best and national record of 11.17 seconds set last year.
SportsCafe Desk
newssports2 years ago

2021 Tokyo Olympics | Murali Sreeshankar qualifies for Tokyo Games with national record

Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after setting a national record and also breaching the Games cut-off during the ongoing Federation Cup, on Tuesday. Dhana Lakshmi claimed top-honours in the women’s 100m event edging past favourites Hima Das and Dutee Chand.
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featuresports3 years ago

Good Bad Ugly ft. Cricket Australia's bold step, Dutee Chand's Facebook post and a careless Jofra Archer

We are back once again with the thrills and chills from the world of sports in this week’s edition of Good, Bad, and Ugly. While the resumption of sports activities all over the globe has largely given us high hopes, there have been quite a few incidents that let us down in troubled times.
sounak mullick
newssports5 years ago

Sudha Singh dominates 3000m steeplechase at National Inter State Athletics Championships

Sudha Singh dominated the 3000m steeplechase at National Inter State Athletics Championships by clocking a time of 9:39.59 seconds to win the event comfortably. Along with the win, Singh also qualified for the Asian Games by easily beating the cut-off time of 9:50 set for qualification.
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featuresports7 years ago

2016 Olympics | Full list of athletes who will represent India at Rio

India will send its biggest-ever Olympic contingent to Rio de Janeiro with 120 athletes making the cut for the quadrennial event. 83 Athletes represented the country back in 2012 London Games and returned with six medals. Will they be able to better the mark this time?
Arun S Kaimal
featuresports7 years ago

Girl power - Indian women who continue to break the barriers

It has truly been the era of ‘girl power’ in Indian sports – Indian women have given the men a run for their money on the sporting field across the world. From the tennis court to the football field, the fairer sex reigned supreme through sheer grit, tenacity and resilience.
Amlan Majumdar