India's Sports at Olympics

Gagan Narang shoots another Perfect score (400/400)

2008-12-16T09:37:00.000-08:00

Gagan Narang has finally been able to leave behind the disappointment of the Beijing Olympics after shooting the perfect score for the third time in less than six months as he again hit 400 at the German shooting league, Bundesliga.Gagan, who had missed a final berth by a whisker in the Olympics this August, scored 400/400 against Jamie Beyerele of the USA who shot 397 in the air rifle event.He

India finishes the Boxing World Cup with 4 Bronze medals

2008-12-13T18:56:00.000-08:00

In a never before feat, India had 4 of its boxers reaching the semifinals at AIBA World Boxing Cup being held in Moscow.But the sad news is that all the four lost their semifinal bouts and thus had to satisfy themselves with just the Bronze medals and $2500 each as prize money.Akhil Kumar (54 Kg), Jitender Kumar (51 Kg), AL Lakra (57 Kg) and Dinesh Kumar (81 Kg) all lost to their opponents in

Saina Nehwal breaks into Top 10

2008-12-05T09:31:00.000-08:00

Saina Nehwal's dream run in 2008 finally saw her break into the top 10 in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings.She is the second Indian woman to achieve this feat in the history of world badminton. Earlier, Ami M. Ghia broke into the top-10 of the Grand Prix world rankings in 1983.It was the icing on the cake in a year in which she reached the quarterfinals of the Beijing Olympics and

Gagan Narang proves that Olympic was bad luck

2008-11-24T22:20:00.000-08:00

Gagan Narang, the ace shooter from Hyderabad is on a perfect score spree it seems. After a perfect 600 in Bangkok earlier this month he has now shot perfect 400 in Germany.His team manager Knut Boettig said it was the first time that an international scooter had fired a perfect score in the League. "This is not only the first perfect score of this season of Bundesliga but also is the first shot

Woman weightlifer? Never mind... just prove your GENDER!

2008-11-19T03:45:00.000-08:00

Yes!! This is another proof of the narrow mindedness of Indian Sports Authorities. As per the new diktat by Weightlifting Federation of India, all the women weightlifters have to go through a gender determination test.In effect, female weightlifters undergo a lot more than a medical examination at national camps. After the basic evaluation by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) doctors, they are

India finishes as Leader in the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games

2008-10-19T04:50:00.000-07:00

The III Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Pune from the 12th to 18th October 2008. Over 1,300 athletes and 350 officials from 71 countries participated in these games, in 9 disciplines -Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling were included in the Commonwealth Youth Games 2008.These games were extremely important for India in the

Saina Nehwal: The Indian Shuttler

2008-10-04T11:34:00.000-07:00

Saina Nehwal has been causing ripples in the world of Badminton since the day she reached quarterfinals at Beijing Olympics 2008.So, we decided to put a page on her players profile here.Saina is the best Indian woman player by quite a margin. She is the first Indian woman to reach the quarterfinals at the Olympics. Currently ranked 11th in the world, she is definitely a force to reckon with.Here

U.S.H.A.: Nurturing the budding Athletes

2008-09-14T00:55:00.000-07:00

We all know about P.T. Usha. Don't we? The Athlete who missed an Olympic medal by 1/100th of a second! unghhh.... Bad Luck...But the lady is now geared up to serve the Nation again. The girl nicknamed as Payyoli Express, udanpari, and Golden Girl because of her speed on the race-track, is running an academy named U.S.H.A. - The Usha School of Athletics. U.S.H.A aims at eliminating any

Haryana strives to be a Sporting Superpower

2008-09-01T03:47:00.000-07:00