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Boxing: Aryan, Jitesh give India a winning start in ASBC Asian U-22 & Youth Championships

ASTANA — Youth boxers Aryan (51kg) and Jitesh (54kg) started India’s challenge on a winning note on the opening day of the ASBC Asian U22 & Youth Boxing Championships 2024 here on Saturday. Both Aryan and Jitesh put up dominating performances...

27 Apr 2024

Pedro Rocha named Spanish Football Federation president

MADRID — The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Friday named Pedro Rocha as its new president and the successor to Luis Rubiales. The RFEF said Rocha had “received the support of the majority of the assembly members of this institution tha...

27 Apr 2024

Uber Cup badminton: India’s young women’s squad beats Canada 4-1

CHENGDU — India’s young women’s badminton team illuminated the courts here as it triumphed over Canada with a resounding 4-1 victory in the opening Group A tie of the Uber Cup on Saturday. Led by the dynamic duo of Assam’s Ashmita...

27 Apr 2024

Archery WC: India bag three gold medals to sweep compound team events

SHANGHAI — Underlining their supremacy in non-Olympic compound archery, India grabbed a hat-trick of gold medals to make a clean sweep of team events at the ongoing World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai here on Saturday. India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam...

27 Apr 2024

Leicester City return to Premier League at first attempt after Leeds lose to QPR

LONDON — Leicester City were promoted back to the Premier League from the Championship (second division) at the first attempt on Friday, without needing to kick a ball on Friday night, after Queens Park Rangers beat Leeds United 4-0. The result mea...

27 Apr 2024

La Liga: Guler goal gives much-changed Real Madrid win over Real Sociedad

MADRID — A first half goal from Arda Guler saw Real Madrid win 1-0 away to Real Sociedad to move another step closer to the La Liga title on Friday night. Adra scored from around 10 meters from goal as a much-changed Madrid side opened up a 14-poin...

27 Apr 2024

IPL 2024: Bairstow’s unbeaten 108, Shashank’s 68 not out help PBKS complete highest successful chase in T20s

KOLKATA — Jonny Bairstow slammed an unbeaten 108 while Shashank Singh shone with 68 not out as Punjab Kings completed a record chase of 262 at Eden Gardens to secure an eight-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in an absolute run-fest on Friday. ...

27 Apr 2024

Inter-District One Day Tournament: Wins for Mon and Peren

DIMAPUR — In a match, Mon defeated Kiphire by 5 wickets in the ongoing Senior Men’s Inter-District One Day Tournament 2024. The match was played at Sovima Cricket Ground. An update from Nagaland Cricket Association (NCA) informed that Kiphire...

26 Apr 2024

KIRTI assessment tests underway in Kohima

DIMAPUR — In an attempt to identify budding talents, the Department of Youth Resources and Sports, Government of Nagaland, is hosting the Khelo India Rising Talent Identification (KIRTI) for several sporting disciplines in collaboration with Sports...

26 Apr 2024

Boys’ U-16 tournament: Niuland, Dimapur register wins

DIMAPUR — Niuland displayed dominance against Chümoukedima in the Boys’ Under-16 Inter-District Multi-Day Tournament held at St. Xavier College Ground in Jalukie Town. An update from Nagaland Cricket Association (NCA) informed that Niuland p...

26 Apr 2024

Khelo India Centre Tournament 2024 concludes

KOHIMA — The first ever state-level inter Khelo India Centre Tournament 2024, culminated with a prize distribution ceremony at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in Kohima on Friday. The four-day tournament witnessed participants from across Nagaland compet...

26 Apr 2024

Archery World Cup: Deepika storms into individual semis; Compound Mixed Team in final

SHANGHAI — Top Indian archer Deepika Kumari stormed into the semifinals of the Women’s Individual Recurve section of the World Cup Stage 1, beating Jeon Hun-Young of South Korea 6-4 in the quarterfinals here on Friday. Meanwhile, the Indian t...

26 Apr 2024

Premier League: Foden’s brace takes Man City close to leaders Arsenal

BRIGHTON — Phil Foden scored twice as Manchester City leapfrogged Liverpool and kept pressure on leaders Arsenal with a superb 4-0 win away to Brighton & Hove Albion. By City out of Premier League action for 12 days, both the Gunners and Liverp...

26 Apr 2024

SC issues show cause notice to AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey

NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday issued a show-cause notice to Kalyan Chaubey asking why he should not be relieved from the post of president of the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) and the joint secretary of the Indian Olympic Associati...

26 Apr 2024

IPL 2024: KKR v PBKS overall head-to-head; When and where to watch

KOLKATA — Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host Punjab Kings (PBKS) in match 42 of the IPL 2024 on Friday. KKR are second in the points table with five wins. However, PBKS have won just two games and are sitting ninth. In the overall matchups, KKR ...

26 Apr 2024

IPL 2024: Karn, Cameron, Swapnil clean up SRH as RCB win after six defeats

HYDERABAD — Karn Sharma, Cameron Green and Swapnil Singh claimed a couple of wickets each on top of a superb bowling effort to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs for their first win after six successive defeats i...

25 Apr 2024

Inter-District One Day Tournament (day 3): Longleng, Zunheboto register easy wins

DIMAPUR — The Sovima Cricket Ground has been a witness to enthralling cricketing action on the third day of the ongoing Senior Men’s Inter-District One Day Tournament 2024. In the first match, Longleng displayed a dominant performance, securi...

25 Apr 2024

Asian U20 athletics: Indians dominate 3,000m steeplechase as Ekta, Ranvir claim gold medals

NEW DELHI — Indian athletes dominate the men’s and women’s 3,000m steeplechase events at the 21st Asian U20 Athletics Championships to swell the gold medal tally to three on the second day of competitions in Dubai on Thursday. Ekta Dey ...

25 Apr 2024

Sainik School Punglwa organises basketball championship

DIMAPUR — The inter-house basketball championship for the academic year 2024–25 took place at Sainik School, Punglwa, on Thursday. According to an update, the championship was held in two categories: junior and sub-junior. Melak House won the jun...

25 Apr 2024

Tennis Ball Cricket Championship’ rescheduled

DIMAPUR — The ‘Tennis Ball Cricket Championship 2024,’ organised by the Tennis Ball Cricket Association of Nagaland (TBCAN), has been postponed and rescheduled to be held from May 9 to the 12th at DDSC Stadium, Dimapur. In an update, the TBCAN ...

25 Apr 2024

SJC (A) to host badminton tournament

DIMAPUR — The Alumni Association of St. Joseph College (SJC) (Autonomous), in collaboration with the Badminton Club of SJC (A), will be organising a badminton tournament on May 4 at the college indoor stadium from 9:30 am. According to an update, t...

25 Apr 2024

DSOs of Peren, Dimapur inform on sepaktakraw tournament

DIMAPUR — The District Sports Officer (DSO) of Peren has informed all schools in the Peren and Chümoukedima districts that the Department of Youth Resources and Sports will hold a district-level tournament-cum-selection for boys and girls under 14...

25 Apr 2024

PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball India to make debut in 2025

MUMBAI — The United Pickleball Association (UPA) inked a deal with Global Sports to bring the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball to India, the world’s most populous country. As a part of the partnership, the organization aims to launch key init...

25 Apr 2024

La Liga: Xavi to remain as Barcelona coach, to continue till June 2025

MADRID — FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez has reversed his decision to step down as first-team coach at the end of the current season and will now see out his contract until the end of June 2025. Barcelona vice-president Rafa Yuste confirmed the n...

25 Apr 2024

With IWL-2, home-and-away league in place, AIFF records historic rise in women’s footballers

NEW DELHI — With a full domestic calendar in place, Indian football has recorded a historic 138 percent surge in registration of women players for the last two years, indicating a healthy growth in the popularity of the sport as well as an increase...

25 Apr 2024
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