India's men's hockey team won their fifth Asian Champions Trophy, defeating China 1-0 in a hard-fought final. Despite dominating possession with 84% in the first half, India struggled to break down China's strong defence. Wang Weihao, the goalkeeper, gave an excellent effort, blocking many attempts, including four drag-flicks from skipper Harmanpreet Singh. China, ranked 23rd, made India work harder than anticipated. With increasing confidence, the underdogs earned five penalty corners, even more than India. However, poor penalty corner execution helped India to stay in the game despite mi
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has declared equal prize money for men's and women's World Cups, which begin with the Women's T20 World Cup in the UAE next month. This decision, reached at the ICC Annual Conference in July 2023, marking an important moment in cricket's history as the first major team sport to attain gender parity in prize money. The champions of the Women's T20 World Cup will receive USD 2.34 million, up 134% from the USD 1 million paid to Australia in 2023. The runners-up will win USD 1.17 million, up 134%. The losing semi-finalists will receive USD 675,000, up fr
India advanced to their second consecutive men's Asian Champions Trophy hockey final with a dominant 4-1 victory against Korea in the semifinals on September 14, 2024, in Hulunbuir. Captain Harmanpreet Singh led by example, scoring a hat-trick, as India dominated the game from the start. Uttam Singh scored India's first goal in the 13th minute, giving the team a 1-0 lead. Korea struggled to stay up, generating few opportunities in the first quarter. India increased their advantage in the second quarter with a penalty corner, Harmanpreet's drag-flick bouncing off a Korean stick to make it 2
Sri Lankan cricketers Dunith Wellalage and Harshitha Samarawickrama have been selected as the ICC Players of the Month for August 2024. Sri Lanka has won a rare double, with Wellalage thriving in a home ODI series against India and Harshitha shining on a tour of Ireland. This is only the second time that players from the same country have won the award in the same month, after India's Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana in June 2024. Wellalage won the title over South Africa's Keshav Maharaj and the West Indies' Jayden Seales due to his Player of the Series performance. He contributed
Neeraj Chopra, who won silver at the Paris Olympics, came in second place in the 2024 Diamond League final, which was held at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. Chopra's best throw of 87.86 meters was only one centimetre short of the winning throw by Grenada's Anderson Peters, who won his first Diamond League title with an outstanding 87.87-meter effort. Chopra, who became the first Indian to win a Diamond League Trophy in 2022, got off to a great start with an 86.82-meter throw. Despite continuously forceful tries, he was unable to overtake Peters' early lead. Julian Weber, Germany's
The 2023 ODI World Cup in India had an economic impact of ₹11,637 crore (USD 1.39 billion), according to Nielsen's Economic Impact Assessment for the International Cricket Council. Tourism played a big role, with domestic and foreign tourists attending matches, increasing revenue in the housing, travel, and food industries. According to ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice, the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 brought in USD 861.4 million (7,200 crore) for host cities through tourism. Due to the large number of visitors, spending on lodging, transportation, and food and beverages was what
After one inning, India C led India B in the Duleep Trophy standings because of pacer Anshul Kamboj's record-breaking eight-wicket haul. India B was bowled out for 332 runs in 108 overs after starting the match at 309/7, with Kamboj taking two wickets in the same amount of time as the previous day. No one was able to defeat Captain Abhimanyu Easwaran in 157. After posting 525 in the opening inning, India C finished their second inning at 128/4, with 62 runs scored by skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad. India B scored one point and India C scored three as a result of the agreed-upon draw, giving India
India advanced to the semifinals of the Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2024 with an 8-1 victory over Malaysia. Raj Kumar Pal, a young striker, scored a hat-trick in the third, 25th, and 33rd minutes. Araijeet Singh Hundal (6th and 39th), Jugraj Singh (7th), Harmanpreet Singh (22nd), and Uttam Singh (40th) all scored goals. Malaysia's only goal came from Akhimullah Anuar (34th). With this victory, India now leads the standings, having won three straight games, including victories over China (3-0) and Japan (5-1). The competition will feature six teams in a round-robin format, with the top f
India's Navdeep Singh won a historic gold medal in the men's Paralympic Games javelin F41 category when Iran's Sadegh Beit Sayah was disqualified for bad behaviour at the Paris Paralympics. Navdeep first won silver with a personal best throw of 47.32m, however, his medal was upgraded after Sayah was disqualified for continuously raising an offensive banner. This was India's first gold medal in the F41 category. Navdeep, competing in the classification for athletes of short stature, edged off world record holder Sun Pengxiang of China, who finished second with a 44.72m throw. Iraq's Nukhail
India creates history at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, winning a record-breaking 29 medals—7 gold, 9 silver, and 13 bronze—and finishing in the top 20. This is a substantial improvement above the 19 medals earned at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021. Among the notable accomplishments, Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win multiple Paralympic medals by defending her gold in the 10m air rifle SH1, and Preethi Pal scored India's first track event medal with a bronze in the 100m T35, followed by another in the 200m. Rubina Francis became India's first woman to win a pistol medal,