National Sports Day

National sports awards set to be delayed to include winners of Tokyo Olympics 2020

The awards are given away each year by the country's president on 29 August, the National Sports Day which is also the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. The Olympics will run from 23 July to 8 August.

Documentary announced on Indian hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand

The producers said they had discussed about the project with Dhyan Chand's son, hockey player Ashok Dhyanchand and had planned to begin shooting in Jhansi and Allahabad in 2020 but the shoot was delayed due to COVID-19.

Dhyan Chand 115th birth anniversary: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cricketer Virender Sehwag and others pay tribute to hockey legend

The hockey legend Dhyan Chand was born on 29 August 1905 and in his honour India commemorates the National Sports Day. Wishes poured in on the 115th birth anniversary of 'The Wizard'.

'There were days when we didn't know where the next meal will come from,' Khel Ratna Rani Rampal on her journey

"I won't rest till I win an Olympic medal. Even after all these years, what keeps me going is the honour of wearing the India jersey. That joy is incomparable," Rani said on being conferred with the Khel Ratna award.

National Sports Day: Of miffed athletes, muffled grudges and stony silence

What does an archetypical Indian athlete represent in modern India? What explains the sense of entitlement of some of our elite sportspersons and their deafening silence on issues of society and misgovernance? As another National Sports Day passes by, it is worth remembering that at its core, sport stands for courage, conviction, and fairness.

Daily Bulletin: Sitaram Yechury to visit Jammu and Kashmir today; Rajnath to visit Ladakh; INX media case hearing to continue in SC; day's top stories

Daily Bulletin: After nod from SC, Sitaram Yechury to visit J&K to meet ailing CPM leader Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami today; Apex court extends protection from arrest to P Chidambaram till 29 August; day's top stories

BCCI congratulates Ravindra Jadeja, Poonam Yadav on Arjuna honour

Vinod Rai, who heads the three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) running BCCI right now, said both the cricketers "have raised the bar with their on-field performances."

ISSF World Cup 2019: India's Sanjeev Rajput says change in technique helped him win silver in 50m rifle 3 positions event

Rajput overcame a nervy start where one of his shots was wrongly recorded as zero due to scoring equipment malfunction, to win the silver medal for India

India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja says Arjuna award will inspire him to do better on cricket field

Jadeja missed the National Awards ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday on the occasion of National Sports Day as he is currently at the Caribbean with the national team.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the Fit India Movement: Here's why India desperately needs such schemes

The Fit India Movement is important especially now when more people suffer, and die from, lifestyle diseases than ever before in the history of the nation.