Sports facilitation centre ready for opening at Meppayur

Sports facilitation centre ready for opening at Meppayur

The construction of the multi-crore sports facilitation centre has been completed at Meppayur Government Vocational higher secondary school. The project will offer multi-gym facilities, indoor game space, jumping pits, and games office space. Premium training facilities, including a six-lane synthetic track and separate courts for football, volleyball, and basketball, are the other major highlights of … Read more

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur hold talks with protesting wrestlers

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur hold talks with protesting wrestlers

Wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia during their ongoing protest against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and Satyawart Kadiyan have gone to Sports Minister Anurag Thakur’s residence in New Delhi to hold talks with him amid their ongoing protest against Wrestling Federation of India … Read more

PM virtually inaugurates Khelo India University Games in Lucknow; attacks Congress for scams in sports

PM virtually inaugurates Khelo India University Games in Lucknow; attacks Congress for scams in sports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the 3rd edition of Khelo India University Games 2023 via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI Describing the period of last nine years as the starting of a ‘new era’ for sports in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the ‘Khelo India University … Read more

Data Point | On the rise: Indian women cricketers are closing the gap with men in T20 cricket

Data Point | On the rise: Indian women cricketers are closing the gap with men in T20 cricket

The opening: Delhi Capitals’ captain Meg Lanning (L), Mumbai Indians’ captain Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Smriti Mandhana (2R), Gujarat Giants’ captain Beth Mooney (2L) and UP Warriorz captain Alyssa Healy (R) pose with the trophy during the opening ceremony of 2023 Women’s Premier League (WPL) at the DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai. | … Read more

Exercise and Your Period: Be Your Best When You Feel Bad

Exercise and Your Period: Be Your Best When You Feel Bad

July 8, 2022 – We’re heading into the Wimbledon finals this weekend, when the world’s best tennis players face off for one of the most coveted championships in sports. But while that excitement unfolds on the court, a different drama has been happening in the locker room – where women players commiserate over the stress … Read more

Govt considering COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for those travelling overseas for education, jobs, official & biz work

Govt considering COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for those travelling overseas for education, jobs, official & biz work

The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced on March 1 last year for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions. The government may soon allow a precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine for those seeking to travel abroad for education, employment, sports and for attending official or … Read more

Extra 10 Minutes of Daily Activity Could Save Lives

Extra 10 Minutes of Daily Activity Could Save Lives

TUESDAY, Jan. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Americans, get up out of that chair and get moving. If everyone between 40 and 85 years of age were active just 10 minutes more a day, it could save more than 110,000 U.S. lives a year, a large study reports. “Our projections are based … Read more