One of Andhra’s senior most cricketers and consistent performers in Ranji Trophy, 32-year-old D.B. Prasanth Kumar feels that Andhra Premier League (APL) T-20 championship, is a great opportunity for the young talent for the kind of exposure and opportunity it provides to play with senior cricketers. In an exclusive chat with Sportstar, Prasanth, who played 74…
Imagine you’re an athlete. It is the night before the Olympic final of your event. All the hard work of the four-year Olympic cycle – right from the qualification process – has led to this. A good night’s sleep is all you need before you produce the performance of your life on D-Day. However, you…
Canadian prodigy Summer McIntosh, expected to be one of the stars of the Paris Olympics, has already made her mark in swimming, and nobody in her family or entourage is surprised. “We knew even at seven or eight years old that she was going to be an exceptional swimmer… beating 10 and 12-year-old swimmers by…
CONMEBOL has opened an investigation after Uruguay players clashed with Colombian fans at the end of their Copa America semifinal match on Wednesday, the South American football governing body said. After Colombia sealed a 1-0 victory in Charlotte, North Carolina, videos on social media showed what appeared to be Uruguay players climbing into the stands…
Reigning Paralympic champion and the only Frenchman to have won an athletics title in Japan after his Tokyo 2021 win, Charles-Antoine Kouakou has his eyes set on a second gold medal.
Paris 2024 Olympics Quiz – Set 1 FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Which of these sports will make its Olympic debut in Paris this year? Pickleball Breaking Skateboarding Breaking made its Youth Olympic Games debut in 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina….
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has approved multiple proposals for assistance towards equipment by athletes and Para Athletes as they prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. At its meeting, MOC today approved a proposal of Paralympic Table Tennis medallist Bhavina Patel for assistance to compete in…
Paris 2024 Olympics Quiz – Set 2 The logo of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | In which sport has India won most of its Olympic medals after field hockey? India has won most of its Olympic medals in field hockey (12) followed by Wrestling (7) and…
The Paris Olympics is scheduled to be held from July 26 to August 11 with over 10,500 athletes taking part. In this edition of the Games, around 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are set to compete besides the ‘Individual Neutral Athletes’ and the Refugee Olympic Team. Owing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the IOC banned Russian…
The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics is set to be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11 this year. At the previous Olympics – the 32nd edition held in Tokyo in 2021 – India had won a total of two silver and two bronze medals in wrestling, boxing and weightlifting. Here are…
