President Droupadi Murmu conferred Arjuna Award to Para-archer Sheetal Devi on January 09. Para-archer Sheetal Devi received Arjuna Award for her achievement in archery. Sheetal Devi, a 16-year-old para archer created history and won three medals at the Para Asian Games in China's Hangzhou.
09 January,2024 05:08 PM IST | Mumbai
India fast bowler Mohammed Shami was bestowed with the Arjuna Award on 9 January 2024 by the President of India Droupadi Murmu. Shami's name was recommended by the Board of Control for Cricket in India after his sensational outing in the ODI World Cup 2023.
09 January,2024 05:02 PM IST
Boxer Lovlina Borgohain and Hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh, the flagbearers at the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games, speak about their roles.
24 September,2023 01:53 PM IST
Indian table tennis veteran Sharath Kamal, boxing world champion Nikhat Zareen, badminton ace Lakshya Sen, along with 38 other sportspersons, coaches and institutions, were presented with the National Sports Awards 2022 on Wednesday. Droupadi Murmu, the President of India, conferred all the awardees at an official ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. Sharath Kamal has been conferred with India’s highest sporting honour, the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award.
01 December,2022 05:13 PM IST | Mumbai
Ravi Shastri turns back the clock to the time he was ignored for an age-group tournament despite smashing the bowlers in the trials. Listen to this and much more in the latest episode of Mid-Day’s Mumbai Cricket Podcast with Clayton Murzello.
27 May,2022 03:29 PM IST | Mumbai
Last year, as Mumbai geared up for the battle against Coronavirus and lockdown loomed, the Worli area formed a very important front in its fight. Civic authorities took over the mammoth National Sports Club of India (NSCI) Dome space, inside the Vallabhbhai Patel stadium turning it into a COVID facility in April 2020. It has stayed that way throughout. Meanwhile, after rail coaches were used for COVID-19 patients in Nandurbar, Mumbai railway authorities are wondering where to place isolation railway coach hospitals in the city, as unlike in the lockdown in 2020, this time regular passenger transport is on. Watch this video to find out more.
20 April,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday paid tribute to hockey icon and legend Major Dhyan Chand on his 110th birth anniversary and all sports enthusiasts across the country on the occasion of National Sports Day.
29 August,2015 01:10 PM IST
You could bring an Olympic medal for India or be an international master in chess. But unless you are a Virat Kohli or an M.S. Dhoni hitting sixes on a cricket field, it’s highly unlikely that you will be acknowledged and remembered for your success in sports in this country. Don’t believe us? It’s time for a reality check. On the occasion of National Sports Day, we went out on the streets of Mumbai and tested if people recognized the sports athletes who very recently brought glory to our country. Watch the video to know all that happened.
29 August,2018 09:03 AM ISTADVERTISEMENT
