FOOTBALL St. Xavier’s School to lock horns with some of the best youth teams in Europe St. Xavier’s Collegiate School from Kolkata, the first Indian youth team to officially participate in the MADCUP Football Tournament 2025, will face Atlético de Madrid and SO Caillolais, an associate club of Olympique Marseille, in the group stage. The … Read more
FOOTBALL Punjab FC extends contract of head coach Panagiotis Dilmperis Punjab FC (PFC) has announced the contract extension of Head Coach Panagiotis Dilmperis until 2027 on Tuesday. The extension comes on the back of a season in which the Mohali-based team finish 10th in the Indian Super League (ISL). Alongside him, assistant coach Konstantinos Katsaras … Read more
VOLLEYBALL VFI elections on June 7, overseen by Ad-Hoc Committee led by Rohit Rajpal The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) is set to conduct its long-awaited elections on June 7, 2025, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, in accordance with a directive from the Delhi High Court. The federation was overseen during this time … Read more
SHOOTING Ganemat reclaims women’s skeet top spot after shining in third national trials Punjab’s Ganemat Sekhon reclaimed the women’s skeet top spot in Indian rankings after the national selection trials (T3) for the shotgun shooters, courtesy her top score of 116 in qualification at the M.P. State Academy Shooting ranges here. State-mate Abhay Singh Sekhon … Read more
GOLF Diksha Dagar will lead a five-Indian contingent at the Tenerife Women’s Open golf tournament in the Canary Islands this week on the the Ladies European Tour (LET), which begins after a mini break. The tournament in Tenerife returns to the schedule for the first time since 2011. Besides, Diksha, Avani Prashanth, Tvesa Malik, Hitaashee … Read more
CRICKET Nayar, Paras Mhambrey join T20 Mumbai League 2025 as mentors Season 3 is scheduled to take place at the Wankhede Stadium from May 26 to June 8 Abhishek Nayar and Paras Mhambrey joined T20 Mumbai league 2025 as mentors, the state association (MCA) announced on Saturday. While Nayar has been appointed mentor for Mumbai … Read more
SHOOTING Rashmika Sahgal clinches three gold medals in KSS Shooting Championship Rashmika Sahgal swept the women’s, juniors and youth air pistol gold medals in the 23rd Kumar Surendra Singh Shooting Chamiponship at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on Friday. Rashmika beat Sakshi by one point for the women’s gold, when the seasoned D Padma of Railways … Read more
CRICKET Ruturaj Gaikwad launches 24th Super Kings Academy centre in Pondicherry Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad inaugurated the latest Super Kings Academy centre in Puducherry on April 23. The Academy in Puducherry is a partnership with Stansford International Higher Secondary School and is the 24th centre across the world. The academy is a state-of-the-art … Read more
BILLIARDS Pankaj Advani wins silver medal at WBL World Matchplay Billiards Championship Pankaj Advani, India’s most decorated cueist, settled for a silver medal after a narrow defeat against David Causier in the final of the WBL World Matchplay Billiards Championship in New Delhi. In a best-of-15 contest, where fortunes swung from one side to another, … Read more
HOCKEY Madhya Pradesh defeated Punjab 3-2, while Karnataka overcame Puducherry by an identical margin in Division A to enter the quarterfinals of the 15th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship here on Thursday. Captain Yousuf Affan (4’) scored the first goal for Madhya Pradesh, followed by Mohit Karma (18’) and Saddam Ahmed (45’) as the … Read more