WFI recommends Raj Singh for Dronacharya award

In connection with the conferment of Dhyanchand award for Lifetime Achievement in sports Games, Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Rahstriya Khel Protsahan Purushkar 2013 eligible sportspersons and coaches are informed to submit ...

National women's kabbadi team coach and Dronacharya awardee Sunil Dabas Friday fainted on stage after a legislator allegedly made a remark on her clothes during a college function here, police said. The incident caused students of Dronacharya Government ...

The Indian cricket board nominates middle-order batsman Virat Kohli for the Arjuna Award and legendary opener Sunil Gavaskar for the Dhyanchand Award for his lifetime achievement in cricket. The Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) has ...

Somdev Devvarman, who won two gold medals in the Asian Games in Guangzhou and the singles gold medal in the Commonwealth Games at home, has been recommended for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the All India Tennis Association (AITA). Devvarman ...

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The Sports Ministry has received about 50-60 nominations from across all Nationals Sports Federations (NSFs) for the prestigious Arjuna award and another 30-40 recommendations for the Dronacharya award within the deadline that ended today.

After all, they prefix Sir in England to names of people who are knighted. They suffix Sir in India to names of all elders out of sheer respect. So if it is Sir Alex Ferguson, it indeed is Armando Colaco Sir. Armando, who resigned as Dempo's coach ...

Heena Sidhu finishes eighth Munich: Olympian Heena Sidhu produced a creditable performance but that was not good enough to help the Indian win a medal in the Women's 10-meter Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Munich. Heena dropped out of the ...

Sports News: Indian boxers won an unprecedented 10 medals to win the 2013 Invitational FXTM International Limassol Boxing Cup in Limassol, Cyprus. Despite this fine performance of his wards at a recent event in Cyprus, India's chief boxing coach GS ...