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Ahmedabad, March 15 Around 200 chess enthusiasts and experienced players of all ages participated in the first-of-its-kind "open street chess series" on the famous Sabarmati Riverfront, aimed at encouraging wider participation and inspiring new and young players to take up the game.Organized...

New Delhi, March 16 The Indian Pickleball Association has sanctioned the fourth edition of the Indian Open, to be held in Hyderabad in April as a PWR 1000 event.The tournament, organized by Global Sports, has seen over 4,000 participants from 19 countries across all categories in the last...

Bengaluru, March 16 The Karnataka government gave formal approval to the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to host the 2026 Indian Premier League matches at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday, bringing an end to months of uncertainty following the...

March 12, Kohima: The Nagaland Olympic Association has postponed the 2026 Nagaland Olympic & Paralympic Games, originally scheduled from April 7th to 18th, until further notice.The decision was made to encourage greater participation, as many athletes are students whose exam and academic...

New Delhi, March 11 The Asian Weightlifting Championships, originally scheduled to be held in Ahmedabad in April, have been postponed to May due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia.The continental event, originally slated for April 1 to 10, has been pushed back by over a month and will now be...

New Delhi, March 11 – Former Sports Minister and BJP MP Anurag Thakur stated that India is not only set to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games (CWG) on a magnificent scale, but is also pursuing the hosting rights for the 2036 Summer Olympics.India was formally ratified as the host of the...

Gandhinagar, March 10 – The Gujarat government has allocated ₹2,006 crore for the Department of Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities in the state budget, with plans to develop Olympic-level infrastructure and position Gujarat as a "global sports hub," Minister Jitu Vaghani told the Legislative...

New Delhi, March 10 – The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will host its annual awards ceremony on March 15 in New Delhi, where five Indian teams that won ICC trophies over the past year will be honored, said secretary Devajit Saikia.The BCCI awards ceremony, titled 'NAMAN', will...

ASMITA League held in Goalpara to commemorate International Women's DayIn Assam, an ASMITA League sports event was organized at the Dudhnoi High School playground in the Goalpara district today to mark International Women's Day.The event was organized under the initiative of the Ministry of...

New Delhi, March 8 The International Cricket Council's (ICC) three-day meeting from March 25 to 27 in Doha, Qatar, has been postponed due to the ongoing conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran.According to an ICC source, the meeting has been rescheduled for next month in the same...

Nashik, March 7 On the eve of International Women's Day, the Nashik District Cricket Association announced a cricket league for women in the district.The Nashik Women's Premier League will be held in the last week of April, and five teams will participate in the tournament, said association...

Ahmedabad, March 6 The second semi-final of the T20 World Cup between India and England set a new global benchmark in digital sports viewership, registering a peak concurrency of 65.2 million viewers on JioHotstar, according to the ICC.The blockbuster match, which saw India defeat England to...

New Delhi, March 6: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia praised the thrilling ICC Men's T20 World Cup semi-final between the Indian national cricket team and the England national cricket team at the Wankhede Stadium, saying the match had "tension, thunderous...

Washington, March 6 – US President Donald Trump hosted the 2025 Major League Soccer champions, Inter Miami, at the White House, praising the team's historic season and welcoming football legend Lionel Messi, whom he called a moment no American president had experienced before."Today, we are...

Mumbai, March 5 As Indian and English players prepared for their T20 World Cup semi-final match at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Thursday night, cricket became a topic of discussion in the Maharashtra legislature, with members expressing a desire to watch the match in the stadium.While...

New Delhi, March 5 Dame Therese Walsh has been appointed as Chair of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2028 Tournament, which will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.Dame Therese is currently the chair of Air New Zealand, and a former Chair of TVNZ and Director of New Zealand Cricket.She...

Dubai, March 4 – The countdown to the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 officially began on Wednesday, with iconic scoreboards around the world marking 100 days until the opening match in England and Wales.The celebrations were led by Edgbaston, the tournament's opening venue, where the famous...

New Delhi, March 4 ICC Chairman Jay Shah said on Wednesday that the ongoing T20 World Cup has broken all broadcasting records, with viewership surpassing 500 million, the highest ever in the tournament's history.The tournament has been hailed as the most global and accessible, with significant...

Mumbai, March 3 The Indian cricket team delayed its evening training session on Tuesday by over an hour due to the lunar eclipse, ahead of their T20 World Cup semifinal against England.The T20 World Cup co-hosts were originally scheduled to train in the evening slot of 6-9pm at the Wankhede...

Kolkata, March 3 Despite current airspace restrictions, some family members of the South African squad have reached Kolkata just in time for the T20 World Cup semifinal clash with New Zealand, rerouting via Ethiopia and Tanzania.South Africa will play New Zealand in the first semifinal on...