Sports

Seen here in picture winners with trophies Zidan Kharadi – Gujarat, Pranshu Vora – Maharashtra, Hriday Boriawala – Mumbai Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 8: The Kudo International Federation India (KIFI ASSOCIATION), recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, held its 1st National Kudo Championship and 59th national training camp at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Military School, Pune from 1st May 2023 to 7th May 2023. KIFI ASSOCIATION President Hanshi Mehul Vora, 8th Degree Red belt, stated that over 600 students and officials from 28 states and union territories of India participated in the said championship. Overall championship winner’s 1st place trophy was awarded to Gujarat State with 83 medalists, the 2nd place trophy was awarded to Rajasthan State with 72 medals, and th...

New Delhi (India), February 13: Sports has always been an integral part of our overall development and improvement. Yet it goes unnoticed in most of the curriculums. This is why governments and higher officials are taking the initiative to bring it into the limelight through various events. One such initiative has been taken by Dr. Sarkar too. On the 3rd of June 2022, the Dy. Registrar (Admin) of the Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Assam, Dr. Shekhar Kanti Sarkar met the Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Hon’ble Anurag Thakur at his New Delhi Residence on Ashoka Road. The meeting was for an official discussion about the improvement and development of sports infrastructure and other allied upliftment issues of the university. With a focus on the betterment of the next...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 26: Lightning Feet Sports Academy LLP launched the 4th Edition of the Lightning Feet Juhu Half Marathon to be held on 9th July 2023 at Juhu along with its Sports Event Ticketing website www.golightningfeet.in Mr. Sameer Arora, Famous Model, and Bollywood Actor launched the event on 15th January 2023.  Lightning Feet believes that as parents, we are the most important influencers in our children’s lives. Right from day one, we must lead the way. We must find the time and show our children that being healthy is an important part of all of our lives. Once we forge our own fitness path, our children will start to imitate us without any further effort. Hence, Lightning Feet has special children’s races of 1k, 2k & 3K.  Every child gets to participate i...

The Sicilian Games will see more than 2,000 BNI members in action in various sports and games, says Yash Vasant, Founder and Executive Director of BNI Ahmedabad Ahmedabad, December 10: Ahmedabad’s biggest sporting event is here. BNI Ahmedabad, a part of Business Network International (BNI), the world’s leading business network, and Sicilian Ventures, will host a series of individual and team games as a part of The Sicilian Games 2022 in December and January. More than 2,100 members belonging to 40 chapters of BNI Ahmedabad will compete in as many as 18 different games for the Sicilian Trophy. Some of the games that will be a part of The Sicilian Games 2022 include cricket, badminton, table tennis, tennis, chess, squash, cycling, distance running, fitness/endurance, pool, volleyball, footb...

With World’s Largest Wheelchair Cricket Tournament On International Day Of Disabled Persons Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 5: The third edition of the National Wheelchair Cricket Championship concluded in the city of lakes Udaipur with a world record being created on Saturday. Organised under the joint aegis of Narayan Seva Sansthan, DCCI, WCI and Rajasthan Royals, Uttar Pradesh captured the championship trophy by easily defeating Haryana in this seven-day tournament. Haryana was the runner-up, and last year champions Punjab were eliminated this time in the league match itself. Narayan Seva Sansthan President Prashant Agarwal said that the world’s largest wheelchair cricket tournament was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for the first time. In this regard, Guinness Bo...

Muscat [Oman], November 19: The Oman Desert Quadrangle T20, commonly known as the Desert Cup T20I Series 2022, the 14-game competition, started on 14th November and ending on 21st November, is being hosted in Muscat, Oman, at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1). Mazaplay.net is the title sponsor of the Desert Cup T20I Series 2022. The four teams competing in the tournament are Oman, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and Bahrain. The competition, where each team will play the other teams in the group twice in a double round-robin format, began with a match between Oman and Saudi Arabia. The top two teams will compete in the championship game on 21st November 2022. Oman’s last competitive match was in June this year when they competed in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 against the U...

New Delhi (India), November 17: Mazaplay.net has been awarded as associate sponsor of the India men’s tour of New Zealand which will begin from 18th November 2022 3 Twenty20 matches and 3 One-Day Internationals will be played between November 18 and November 30, 2022, in a limited-overs series between India and New Zealand. A three-match T20I series will be the first match in the IND vs NZ Schedule 2022, followed by a three-match ODI series. The T20I series will be played on November 18, November 20, and November 22, at three different locations, including Wellington, Mount Maunganui, and Napier. The ODI series will kick off on November 25 in Auckland, according to the India vs. New Zealand ODI schedule for 2022, and then games will be played on November 27 and 30 in Hamilton and Christch...

Surat (Gujarat) [India], November 11: Top seed from Surat Siona Gala and Tanish Choksi maintained their supremacy by winning the sub-junior boys and girls (U-13) title at the state-level badminton tournament organized by the Gujarat State Badminton Association (GBA) at the Indoor Stadium in Rajkot. Both the winners will represent Gujarat at the sub-junior National Games to be held in Lucknow. About 300 badminton players from the sub-junior category participated in the state-level tournament organized by the GBA for the U-11, U-13, and U-15 tiles at the RMC Indoor Stadium in Rajkot from October 31 to November 5. Surat’s Siona Gala defeated Gandhinagar’s Anusha Pandey 21-14 and 21-14 points in the singles badminton tournament of U-13 title. In the girls’ doubles competition, Siona and Anush...

New Delhi [India], October 28: DUDigital Global and VFS Global are launching an exclusive Golf Event inviting the Embassies and High Commissions in India – The Ambassador’s Cup 2022 (1st Edition) – to be held on November 4, 2022, at Qutub Golf Course, New Delhi. DUDigital Global and VFS Global are the world’s largest outsourcing and technology services specialists for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide. The golf event is being organised as India’s first ever Ambassador’s Cup and is being personally chaired by 03 prominent dignitaries, H.E. Archil Dzuliashvili (Ambassador, Embassy of Georgia to India), H.E. Pinak Ranjan (Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs) and H.E. Amizal Fadzli Rajali (Deputy High Commissioner of Malaysia). The event is scheduled as a day event for ...

New Delhi [India], October 28: RHITI SPORTS has signed an exclusivity agreement with badminton star HS Prannoy. The agreement gives RHITI SPORTS the sole and exclusive right to manage, promote and represent the athlete across all media. During its tenure as an exclusive management agency, RHITI SPORTS will handle his marketing, endorsement, and promotion. RHITI SPORTS, founded in 2007 by the enterprising Arun Pandey, specializes in sports marketing and celebrity management. The agreement will also help the company to add badminton to its already wide portfolio. HS Prannoy, on this new association, said, “As players, we are always looking for fruitful associations and partnerships that can help us co...