Category: Sports
** Ishan Kishan Becomes First Ever Indian Batsman To Hit Fifty On Both T20I And ODI Debut
The day keeps getting better and better for the 21-year-old Ishan Kishan.
On a day that saw the Jharkhand wicketkeeper-batsman become the second Indian cricketer to make his ODI debut on his birthday, Kishan has now added two more feathers on his cap
** FEATURED Who is Astra Sharma, the Indian-origin tennis player making waves in Australia?
Laxmi Poruri was making waves in the US tennis circuit by the time she was 15.
America had an Indian-American lead the way in female tennis ranking and it was truly a historic moment for her.
Similarly, there have been many Indian NRIs or citizens of Indian descent living abroad who have represented and played sport for their country of residence.
One woman making headlines in Australia is 22 year old Astra Sharma.
** Who is Astra Sharma, the Indian-origin tennis player making waves in Australia?
** How India first went to the Olympics in 1920 & other stories: Harish Bhat, Brand Custodian of Tata Sons tells BrandSutra
With the Tokyo Olympics set to begin later this month, one story that becomes most pertinent is how Sir Dorabji Tata, the second Chairman of the Tata Group, personally pushed for and financed the first Indian Olympic team to the Antwerp Olympics in 1920, when India did not even have an official Olympics body, thus setting the course for India’s sports culture and future Olympians.
** India to host 2026 World Badminton Championships
This will be the second time that India will host the premium tournament
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has allotted the prestigious BWF World Championship to India for 2026, it was officially announced on Tuesday.
This will be the second time that India will host the premium tournament, which is held every year except for the Olympic year, after the 2009 edition in Hyderabad.
** Stunned Cricket fraternity mourns 1983 WC hero Yashpal Sharma’s death; former teammates break down
** Deepak Kabra becomes first Indian gymnastics judge at Olympics
Kabra will be seen officiating the men’s artistic gymnasts at the Tokyo Games
Deepak Kabra has become the first Indian to be selected for judging the gymnastics competition of the Olympic Games, a life goal achieved for the man who knew he wouldn’t have made it there as an active gymnast because of his not-so-strong fundamentals.
** Wimbledon: Indian-American Banerjee wins boys’ singles title
Samir Banerjee became the first India-American player to win a Grand Slam boys’ singles title, beating compatriot Viktor Lilov 7-5, 6-3 in one hour and 21 minutes in the final at the Wimbledon championships on Sunday.
Though Indian-American players like Prakash Amritraj and his cousin Stephen Amritraj have played on the circuit and won some titles too, Samir is the first to win the boys singles title at a Grand Slam.
Four Indians — Ramanathan Krishnan, Ramesh Krishnan, Leander Paes and Yuki Bhambri — have won the boys’ singles title at Grand Slam events.
** Olympic gold-winning hockey legend Keshav Datt dies
He was part India’s historic feat at the 1948 Olympics where they beat home team Britain 4-0 at the Wembley Stadium in London to win the first gold post Independence.
Two-time Olympics gold medallist Keshav Chandra Datt, the last surviving member of the Indian hockey team in the historic 1948 London Games, passed away here early on Wednesday, according to a Hockey Bengal (HB) statement. He was 95.