How Vinesh beat 'nature' & her own 'demons' to win a historic medal

Vinesh has made valiant comebacks each time an unlucky harm knocked her down, just like the nasty one at Rio 2016, the concussion she suffered in 2017 and the elbow surgical procedure instantly after the Tokyo Olympics final 12 months. The comeback gold on the 2022 Commonwealth Games and this historic World Championships bronze medal … Read more

Seeing my dad Stanley Matthews get his FA Cup winner’s medal from the Queen was so emotional – my grandma nearly fainted

JEAN GOUGH was a proud 14-year-old who watched her beloved dad Sir Stanley Matthews obtain his FA Cup winners medal from the Queen at Wembley in 1953. The legendary winger impressed Blackpool to return again from 3-1 right down to beat Bolton 4-3 in a match famously often known as “The Matthews Final”. 7 Stanley … Read more

Wrestling Worlds: Olympic medallist Ravi Dahiya out of medal contention

India’s Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya was out of medal contention within the Wrestling World Championships after shedding to Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon Abdullaev within the 57kg qualification spherical right here on Friday. However, World under-20 bronze medallist Sagar Jaglan remained within the hunt for a bronze medal within the males’s 74kg after coming into the repechage. … Read more

Indian CWG medal winner para sportsperson under dope scanner

An Indian medallist in a para sport occasion within the current Birmingham Commonwealth Games is at present under the dope scanner after Morphine, a prohibited substance under the WADA Code, was present in his urine pattern, based on sources.

Satwik-Chirag claim India's first men's doubles medal at Worlds

Star Indian males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty assured themselves of a maiden medal at the World Championships after gorgeous world quantity 2 Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan within the quarterfinals right here on Friday.

World Championships: Two Indian doubles pairs raise medal hopes

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty like conserving one of the best for the final. They introduced up the rear of Indian success on the India Open to start out the yr. Last month at Commonwealth Games, their final gold helped India nostril forward of New Zealand in medals tally. Working quietly by way of the … Read more

Long Learn: We are not far from winning an Olympic medal, says Sharath Kamal

Three gold medals and a silver in his kitty made this essentially the most profitable Commonwealth Games for the evergreen desk tennis star Sharath Kamal, who at 40 is keen to step out of his consolation zone and adapt. The senior pro talks about how he made tweaks to his sport, like a stronger backhand … Read more