Hosts India will face Vietnam in their first league encounter of the mixed team event in Badminton Asia Youth Under-19 Team Championships 2011 at 4.00 pm on Saturday.
Hosts India went down fighting against last year's runners-up Malaysia 2-3 in their last league match of the mixed team event in the Badminton Asia Youth Under-19 Championships.
After triumphing in the recently concluded Swiss International, rising Indian shuttler PV Sindhu is now looking forward to winning a gold in the World Junior Championships beginning from October 28.
Though the death of his parents when he was just making his presence felt in cricket might have drove him into a shell, but Sadanand Vishwanath is a man full of positive energy now. He is happy with his second innings— as an umpire and aspires to reach the pinnacle in umpiring.
With a long-term view towards 2020 Olympics, the union ministry of sports is all set to nurture young talent and provide them with the best of facilities.
The 33rd Senior Men’s & 27th Women’s UP State Powerlifting Championships will be organised from August 9 to 12 by the Ghaziabad district powerlifting association at Ghaziabad.
The duration of the camp is August 1 to September 25 and it is in preparation for the Asian junior and youth judo championships to be held at Taipei from September 26 to 30.
Her hope of getting the state-level Rani Laxmi Bai Award remained unfulfilled even as she receives the Arjuna Award on August 29 for her achievements, but UP athlete Sudha Singh wishes other contenders don’t have to wait endlessly for the state award she missed.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has raised objections pertaining to the State Junior Men’s Hockey Tournament alleging that “SAI players did not get their due.”
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has raised objections pertaining to the State Junior Men’s Hockey Tournament alleging that “SAI players did not get their due.”
The success of the senior cricketers in the 2011 World Cup seems to have acted as a huge source of inspiration for the India under-19 cricket team as well.
The success of the senior cricketers in the 2011 World Cup seems to have acted as a huge source of inspiration for the India under-19 cricket team as well.
Seasoned athletics coach JS Bhatia wants to open his own academy to keep his love of coaching alive even after retirement from Sports Authority of India.
While he prefers not to say much until the appointment is made officially, Olympian Tushar Khandker has been tipped to lead Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming Hockey India Senior Men’s National Championship.
When Pullela Gopichand arrived at Lucknow on Thursday evening to assess the progress junior Indian shuttlers have made in the camp they have been undergoing here, he was happy that the youngsters look in good shape for the World Junior Championships.
The state cricket fraternity is upbeat as the UP under-19 team has succeeded in retaining the Vinoo Mankad under-19 cricket trophy defeating Maharashtra by four wickets in the final at Cuttack on Sunday.
When he took to snooker eight years ago, Malkeet Singh had little idea that he would one day have the distinction of being the first player from UP to win a national title in any form of cue sports.
Father Kiran Pal Singh, a subinspector with the UP Police, used to find it hard to take out time for Bhuvneshwar’s cricket coaching. His mother Indresh, who hails from a village in Bulandshar, had little knowledge about the game.
Uttar Pradesh Ranji team’s chief coach Venkatesh Prasad feels that team will be missing the services of leg-spinner Piyush Chawla in their match against Haryana.
