Indian pair of Payas Jain and Ankur Bhattacharjee lost the men’s doubles final at the WTT Contender Buenos Aires 1-3 on Sunday to Japan’s Kazuki Hamada and Hiromu Kobayashi. The summit clash lasted almost 30 minutes which saw the Indians attempt a fightback in the third and fourth games, but to no avail. The Japanese … Read more
Indian paddler Sreeja Akula ended her women’s singles campaign at the WTT Contender Lagos as runner-up after losing 1-4 to Japan’s Honoka Hashimoto in the summit clash on Saturday. In the 48-minute final, Hashimoto put considerable distance between herself and Sreeja, the defending champion, after winning the first three games 11-7, 11-3, 11-4. However, the … Read more
Indian paddler Ayhika Mukherjee bowed out of the WTT Contender Buenos Aires on Saturday after losing her women’s singles quarterfinal match against Su Tsz Tung of Hong Kong, China. The Asian Games medallist lost 1-3 in a match which lasted around 32 minutes. Ayhika took the lead in the fixture after taking the first game … Read more
The second Women’s Kabaddi World Cup, which was scheduled to take place in Hyderabad from August 3 to 10 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, has been indefinitely postponed. This is the second time the event has been rescheduled, after it was originally slated to be held in Bihar in June. The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of … Read more
Sreeja Akula followed up her stunning victory over top seed Hina Hayata with back-to-back victories to seal a place in the semifinals of the WTT Contender Lagos on Friday. The 26-year-old started the day by defeating Italian Debora Vivarelli 9-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-1 to seal a place in the quarterfinals. She backed the performance up … Read more
India’s Sreeja Akula caused a major upset at the WTT Contender Lagos, defeating World No. 11, Hina Hayata, in straight games to seal a spot in the round of 16 on Thursday. The 26-year-old Indian dominated from the outset, showcasing exceptional form against the top-seeded Japanese player, to finish with a commanding scoreline of 11-7, … Read more
Arjuna awardee and former Indian kabaddi team captain Deepak Hooda was dramatically rescued on Wednesday after being swept away by the powerful currents of the River Ganga in Haridwar. Members of the 40th Battalion of the Uttarakhand Police were in the vicinity and quickly launched a courageous rescue operation. Speaking with Sportstar, Hooda recounted a … Read more
In a little over a month, it’ll be four years since Gujarat’s Bhavina Patel clinched silver in Tokyo and gave India its first medal in table tennis at the Paralympics. Most recently, she bagged two singles gold medals in back-to-back international tournaments in Chinese Taipei. In the second tournament, she took down five-time Paralympic medallist … Read more
The Pro Kabaddi League is set to skip Hyderabad this year, with the event moving to Visakhapatnam, which will incidentally host the opening leg of the league’s 12th season. “Both Vizag and Hyderabad are treated as our home grounds. After 2018, there has been no PKL in Vizag. Keeping that in mind, we wanted to … Read more
The second Women’s Kabaddi World Cup will take place in Hyderabad from August 3 to 10 at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Bihar in June. “When Bihar pulled out, we requested the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India to have the event take place in Telangana, and they … Read more