Multi-Discipline Events

CHENNAI: Vritti Agarwal of Telangana signed off with more gold medals at the SDAT Aquatic complex to finish with a grand total of five even as Maharashtra retained the overall championship trophy with yet another dominant showing in the 6th Khelo India Youth Games on Wednesday.

With the top-spot in the medals standing already assured, swimmers Rishabh Das first clinched the boys 50m freestyle gold and then led the Maharashtra quartet in the 4x100m freestyle final to round-off the state’s gold medal tally.

Sep 01, 2018 14:09
CHENNAI: Asian Games 2018 gold medallist heptathlete Swapna Barman is likely to receive customised shoes from global sports brand Nike, Press Trust of India reported on Friday. It was the General Manager of the city-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF), S Mani who instructed the Sports Branch to get in touch with Nike for designing the shoes and sending them to Barman at the earliest in Jakarta according to sources. 
Aug 31, 2018 13:08
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced on Thursday that his government will sponsor Asian Games 2018 Silver medallist Dutee Chand for her training keeping the Tokyo Olympics 2020 in mind, Press Trust of India reports.
Aug 30, 2018 13:08
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami has confirmed that the state government will be handing out cash prizes to four athletes hailing from the state who have won medals at the Asian Games 2018. Arokia Rajiv is a part of the 4x400 Indian mixed relay team that won the silver medal and as a result, he will receiving Rs. 3 million for his efforts. 
Aug 30, 2018 13:08
MUMBAI: India’s Gold medallists in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games 2018, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, are amongst a list of champion athletes in the country who are in the race to win the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's highest sporting honour this year, Press Trust of India reports.
Aug 28, 2018 15:08
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a cash award of Rs 15 million to Indian sprint queen Dutee Chand on winning the Silver medal in the 100m event at 18th Asian Games in Indonesia.
Aug 27, 2018 17:08
MUMBAI: IAAF President Sebastian Coe has confirmed that the governing body of world athletics plans to expand the prestigious Diamond League to Asian countries such as India during the next four to five years, Press Trust of India reports. 
Aug 27, 2018 11:08
JAKARTA: Star Indian sprinter Dutee Chand capped a great day for India in the track events at the ongoing 18th Asian Games here Sunday, marred though by Govindan Lakshmanan missing Bronze in the men's 10,000 metres category as he was disqualified following an official review.
Aug 25, 2018 16:08
JAKARTA, Indonesia: The Olympic Council of Asia is continuing its fight against doping in sport at the heart of the 18th Asian Games: the Athletes’ Village at Kemayoran, Jakarta. With the support of the OCA, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has set up an information centre next to the dining hall as part of WADA’s Athlete Outreach programme.
Aug 21, 2018 15:08
JAKARTA: Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Shaikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah has said that India will get to host a third Asian Games if the country "shows interest". India hosted the first ever Asian Games in New Delhi in 1951 and then again in 1982. Since then, Commonwealth Games in 2010, remains the only international multi-sport event that India has hosted.
Aug 21, 2018 13:08
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), the official broadcaster of the 18th Asian Games in India, has got 10 sponsors on board for on-air advertising.