Hyderabad: Hyderabad wrestlers K Sai Teja and Purnima have been selected for the Khelo India wrestling camp at the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Hissar, Haryana. The young wresters met Sports Minister, V Srinivas Goud and Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) Allipuram Venkateshwar Reddy on Thursday. The Minister lauded the duo and hoped that […]
Hyderabad: Nizamabad boxer Nikhat Zareen and nine others have been cleared to compete in the 73rd International Boxing Tournament Strandja, scheduled to be held in Bulgaria from February 18 to 22. The 12-member Indian team left for Bulgaria on Thursday night. Nikhat Zareen, who competes in the 52kg category, has fond memories from the tournament […]
New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday said it has decided to close its 67 training centres across the country due to rising Covid-19 cases but national camps for elite athletes will continue in bio-bubbles. The decision will not impact the National Centres of Excellence (NCOE) like the ones in Patiala and […]
Hyderabad: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has begun their exercise for the next Olympic cycle on inclusion of India’s elite athletes in the Core Group of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme. SAI has been in discussion with National Sporting Federations by SAI ahead of the meeting scheduled in October to finalise the fresh list […]
New Delhi: Women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal and goalkeeper Savita Punia, along with Paralympic medal-winners Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar were on Tuesday given out-of-turn promotions by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) for their impressive performances in this year’s Tokyo Games. Besides, hockey coach Piyush Dubey, who was part of the men’s hockey […]
The pictures of the Indian sailing team comprising Varun Thakkar, Ganapathy Chengappa, Vishnu Saravanan and Nethra Kumanan and their coaches arriving at the Haneda airport were put up by Sports Authority of India.
National Handball Federation president Arishanapally Jaganmohan Rao also congratulated athletes from the Telugu States, PV Sindhu, B Sai Praneeth, and Satwiksairaj Rankiredddy and hoped that they would return with medals.
The duo was inducted to the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) following their qualification from the sport, alongside Vishnu Saravanan (Laser Standard Class) and Nethra Kumanan (Laser Radial event).
A winner of the silver medal at the 3rd Youth Olympic Games held in Argentina in 2018, Chirmako is a dynamic forward who has a knack for goals, and is looking forward to making his parents proud.