Sports

New Delhi, Jan 14 : In December 2020, the NITI Aayog released the first-of-its-kind draft guidelines, titled ‘Guiding Principles for the Uniform National-Level Regulation of Online Fantasy Sports Platforms in India’.These guidelines emphasise the nee…

Chennai, Jan 8 : The All India Chess Federation (AICF) has announced that its Chennai and Delhi offices would work on alternate days owing to the prevailing Covid pandemic situation.Though the chess body has cited the Covid-19 pandemic for its decisi…

Thane (Maharashtra), Jan 8 : A group of five amateur athletes, including two women, will attempt the gruelling Everesting Running Challenge record at the tiny Matheran hill-station in Raigad starting Friday evening and ending Sunday morning, an organ…

Eluru (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 5 : In an inspiring move, Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district police department is organising a cricket tournament to dissuade locals from cockfights and gambling during the Sankranti season.”Previously also contests …

Kolkata, Jan 2 : Former India skipper and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly, admitted to a Kolkata hospital on Saturday after he complained of chest pain, is stable and out of danger, said sources close to his …

New Delhi, Dec 30 : Year 2020 was supposed to one in which words associated with the Olympics were expected to dominate the sports headlines.Instead, it was terms like pandemic, postponement, behind closed doors, uncertainty and, more recently, vacci…

New Delhi, Dec 30 : The year started with the anticipation that is characteristic to an Olympic year.This time, however, there were also rumblings of uncertainty in the background. The coronavirus pandemic had started to make itself heard outside of …

New Delhi, Dec 27 : Year 2020 started with the Australian Open amid raging bushfires in the country and ended with the last ATP Finals, played in front of an empty O2 Arena in London.It’s women’s counterpart, the WTA Finals was cancelled, thus joinin…

Chennai, Dec 27 : Not even a single congratulatory message from any minister — state or Central — or the officials of All India Chess Federation (AICF) or the concerned state chess associations for the winners of the gold and bronze medals in the F…

New Delhi, Dec 25 : The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams had started the year with an aim to finish on the podium at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games that would end the countrys 40-year medal drought at the worlds biggest sports extravaganza, but the Ol…