Three Wushu players from Itanagar's Sangay Lhaden Sports Academy (SLSA) have reached a significant milestone by securing their places to represent India at the prestigious Asian Games in 2023. Mepung Lamgu and Onilu Tega, both accomplished athletes from SLSA, will…
Astha Choudhury representing the Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), a talented swimmer from Assam, secured a glorious victory by winning gold at the 76th National Swimming Championship held in Hyderabad in the fiercely competitive 200m butterfly event. Her outstanding performance…
20-year-old Uma Chetry of Assam’s Golaghat district has scripted history by becoming the first cricketer from this northeastern state to be named in the country’s national squad. Uma will be a part of the Indian women’s cricket team that will…
In a disappointing development, Guwahati's ACA Stadium at Barsapara missed out on hosting any matches during the highly anticipated Cricket World Cup 2023, scheduled to begin on October 5 across various cities in India. The ICC released the schedule of…
Assam bagged 36 gold medals and won the overall team championship in the 40th national taekwondo and the 26th national poomsae meet held at KD Singh Babu Indoor Stadium here. While West Bengal stood at the second spot winning 19…
The God of football, Pele, the magical Brazilian football star who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died at 82 in Sao Paulo on Thursday. He had been in and…
The Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to implement a football training programme, titled 'Football For School', in over 200 schools. Taba Tedir, the education minister for Arunachal Pradesh, made this announcement, saying the programme will aim at promoting sports culture…
Maintaining their supremacy Assam crossed the 100 mark in the medals tally in the 2nd North East Olympic Games in Shillong today. After the end of the fifth day Assam were placed at the top of the tally with 108…
The 2nd North East Olympic Games got under way in a colourful ceremony in Shillong today. Around 3000 athletes from all around the North East states are competing in 18 disciplines at 12 venues spread across Shillong. The opening ceremony…
Over 60,000 participants will run from the Asian to the European side in the 44th Istanbul Marathon, which will take place on Nov. 6. Starting in the Altunizade district on the Asian side, the 8-kilometer stage of the race will…