The central government has granted Rs 2.5 lakh to former international cyclist Swaran Singh, who is currently working as a security guard at Vijaya Homes, a residential complex in Baridih township of ...

Two ex-Loyolians have extended financial assistance to Swaran Singh, a former cyclist who represented India at the 1970 Asian Games. Siblings Jaswinder Singh and Baldev, who live in Canada, were kind...

As a 10-year-old, he was literally in deep waters when he swam for his life, trying to escape being trapped in a police lathicharge on civil disobedience volunteers by jumping into the Ganges in Varan...

The Indian medals tally at the 2018 Asian Games was augmented on Thursday, with the 4x400m mixed relay team's silver medal being upgraded to gold and Anu Raghavan's fourth-place finish in the ...

Swaran Singh is a former cyclist who represented India in the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok. Now, he works as a security guard at Vijaya Homes in Baridih. Three siblings from the US have come forward t...

In September 2018, Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Dey Sarkar won the gold in the men’s pair event of the bridge competition at the Asian Games.And suddenly a veil seemed to lift from the sport which, ...

Former India footballer Ashoke Chatterjee passed away at a city hospital in the wee hours of Saturday. He was 78. Chatterjee, a striker, made his national team debut against Japan in the Merdeka Cup i...

The sports ministry is contemplating an inquiry into an “unauthorised” Indian team’s participation in a ‘circle style’ kabaddi World Cup in Pakistan, which has kicked up a storm. The players...

One blazed the tracks in her heydays, while the other is yearning to shoot to glory. That is the story of Jyotirmoyee Sikdar and her son Avrojyoti.It is not easy to take up a sport in India, and when ...

Six-time world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) qualified for Tokyo Olympics by advancing to the Asian Qualifiers' semi-final with a comfortable win over the Philippines's Irish Magno, here on Monday.Seco...