At a Philadelphia bar owned by the Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, patrons who order bottle service are offered customizable letter boards, which they can ask staff members to arrange with messages of their choice, such as “break up with him” or “go birds!” But at least one customer, a Temple University student who visited…
The All India Pickleball Association (AIPA), India’s oldest governing body for pickleball, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking intervention and recognition from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS). In a strongly worded letter sent on Sunday, AIPA highlighted what it called “ongoing injustice” in the ministry’s decision-making process regarding the sport’s…
Silver medallist Kishore Kumar Jena of India, gold medallist Neeraj Chopra of India and bronze medallist Roderick Genki Dean of Japan (Photo by Lintao ZhangGetty Images) NEW DELHI: The qualifying mark for the men’s javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships is the same as the Olympics: 85.50 metres. At the halfway stage of the…
Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Neeraj Chopra Classic, a new international javelin meet, will be held on May 24 at Bengaluru’s Sree Kanteerava Stadium. The one‑day competition has been given Gold‑Label status by World Athletics, making it the highest‑graded athletics event ever staged in India. Neeraj Chopra is organising the…
Suruchi Singh (@OfficialNRAI on X) NEW DELHI: In the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Mohabbatein, Amitabh Bachchan’s character, Narayan Shankar, lays down three pillars of a gurukul: “Parampara, Pratishtha, Anushasan (Tradition, Prestige, Discipline)”.For Havildar Inder Singh, these weren’t just words, but the foundation he sought when scouting for a shooting academy for his daughter Suruchi Singh in…
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a suit against the state of Maine on Tuesday. Why? Maine didn’t comply with Trump’s directive and refused to ban transgender girls from playing for school girls’ sports teams. The lawsuit was announced by Attorney General Pam Bondi at a news conference on Wednesday. “We have exhausted every…
IPL का सीज़न केवल क्रिकेट का नहीं, बल्कि भारत के बैंकिंग सिस्टम के लिए भी बड़ी परीक्षा साबित होता है। हर साल IPL के दौरान ₹8.3 लाख करोड़ से ज्यादा की अवैध सट्टेबाजी होती है, जिसमें क्रिप्टोकरेंसी और फर्जी खातों का बड़े पैमाने पर उपयोग किया जाता है। Fantasy Sports Platforms जैसे Dream11 और Probo…
Manu Bhaker and Suruchi Singh (@issf_official on X) NEW DELHI: India made a strong start at the ISSF World Cup in Lima, securing three medals on day one with Suruchi Singh and double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker clinching gold and silver respectively in Women’s 10m Air Pistol, while Saurabh Chaudhary won bronze in Men’s 10m…
With each passing decade, elite athletes seem to become faster, stronger and, dare we say it, better. Performance improves and, consequently, records tumble. But some records seem otherworldly. No matter what future technological or scientific advancements may be made, they feel out of reach and unbreakable. Although that is what many thought of Wayne Gretzky’s…
Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh at the 2023 Asian Games. Bengaluru: Asian Games silver medallist in men’s 10,000m, Kartik Kumar, has failed out-of-competition dope test conducted by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) during his recent training stint in the United States.According to sources, Kumar’s sample collected by USADA officials towards the end of February, from…