The Indian men's hockey team sealed their spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning the high-stake final match against Japan in the recent Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The Indian team displayed a dominating performance, scoring 5 goals, while Japanese could manage to send the ball only once into the nets. The top goal scorer for India was Harmanpreet Singh, who successfully converted two penalty corners in the 32nd and 59th minutes, respectively. The opening goal came from Manpreet Singh in the 25th minute. The other two goals came from Amit Rohidas, through a penalty corner in the 36t
Incredible India signed off Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in China with a record 107 medals (28 gold, 38 silver, 41 bronze) to finish fourth on the medal tally. This is the nation’s biggest-ever haul in a single edition of the quadrennial games. The feat of 100 medals was registered on October 7 as the Indian women’s kabaddi team won a gold medal beating Chinese Taipei at the 19th Asian Games 2023. It is only the second time that India has won over 100 medals in any of the three international games — The Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. India won 101 medals at the 2010 Co
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed three major USA cities, Dallas, Miami and New York, as the venues for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. The country is set to host the T20 World Cup for the first time, with Grand Prairie in Dallas, Broward County in Florida and Nassau County in New York chosen as the venues for the grand event. USA and West Indies were selected as co-hosts for the global tournament in November 2021. The venues were chosen following an extensive evaluation of several options. Modular stadium technology will be used to increase facilities for the su
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for an International Cricket Stadium in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi on September 23. The new stadium, to be built near the Ring Road in Rajatalab area, is likely to be ready by December 2025. The UP government has allocated ₹121 crore for land acquisition, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will invest ₹330 crores in the stadium’s construction. This stadium in Varanasi marks Uttar Pradesh’s third international cricket facility after Kanpur and Lucknow. The stadium will have a capacity of 30,000 spectators.
The Indian rowing contingent ended its campaign at the 2023 Asian Games on 25 September with five medals – three bronze and two silver. With five medals, the contingent matched India’s best-ever tally of medals in rowing in any Asian Games. The first medal, a silver, came in men’s lightweight double sculls on the Day 1 of the campaign, September 24. The pair of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh secured a silver medal with their timing of 6:21.18. The second medal, a bronze, came in men’s coxless pair, with Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram clocking a timing of 6:50.41. The third and final r
India beat Australia by 99 runs (DLS Method) in the second one-day international (ODI) at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on September 24. With the win, Team India claimed the series 2-0 with one match remaining. India will now go into the World Cup 2023 as the No.1 ranked team in ODIs. Being put in to bat first, India built a huge score of 399 for the loss of five wickets, with Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer put on 200 runs for the second wicket. KL Rahul scored 52 runs, while Ishan Kishan scored 31 runs. Suryakumar Yadav stayed not out on 72 runs off 37 balls. Australian player, Came
The 62nd edition of the Subroto Cup International Football Tournament began on September 19, 2023, with matches hosted in Bengaluru, Delhi, and Gurugram. India’s oldest national inter-school football competition will go on till October 23, 2023. For many years, the Subroto Cup has been a showcase of young football talent in India. It will feature three distinct age categories, each with their own set of teams and venues. The Under-17 junior boys and girls competitions will take place in the Delhi-NCR region. The venues include the Ambedkar Stadium, Tejas Football Ground (Delhi), Subro
Singapore Formula 1 (F1) aims to halve its energy emissions from the annual event by 2028 through reducing energy, increasing the use of renewable-energy resources, and utilising Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for unavoidable emissions. In a statement on September 8, Singapore Grand Prix (GP) said it will use hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) in half of the event’s power generators by 2025, and 100% by 2028. The feasibility trial to substitute diesel with renewable fuels such as HVO starts this year, it added. Singapore GP expects the initiative to reduce carbon dioxide emissions b
The Indian men’s team finished with a bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2023 following a semi-final defeat to Chinese Taipei in Pyeongchang, the Republic of Korea, on September 6. The team comprising Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost 0-3 in their final four match. Commonwealth Games champion Sharath Kamal opened the proceedings for the Indian men’s team and lost 0-3 to Chuang Chih-Yuan, a former doubles world champion. In the second match, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost to Lin Yun-Ju 0-3. In the third match of the tie, India’s Harmeet Desai lo
Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen made history on September 3 with a tenth consecutive win in the season with a victory in the Italian Grand Prix. Driving for Red Bull Racing, the world champion broke a record of nine wins in a row set 10 years ago by Sebastian Vettel with a win at the F1 Grand Prix in Brazil on November 24, 2013. Verstappen, 25, who matched Vettel’s record by winning his home race in the Netherlands, is on course to win his third world championship this year. After Verstappen and Vettel, three Formula 1 drivers have won seven races in a row: Alberto Ascari, Michael Schuma