Thirteen-year-old Aaryan Balaji -- one of the youngest mountaineers to hold many records including  crossing three passes and scaling three peaks in Nepal last year -- is all set to scale Antarctica's tallest Mt. Vinson and Mt Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America, in December this year.


Teenager eyes climbing tallest mountain in Antarctica


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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced a universal health scheme in the state that will benefit 70 lakh families.


Odisha launches government health scheme on I-Day


Pramod Kumar Katara began his 'cycle yatra' early on Wednesday from the iconic Taj Mahal to India Gate in New Delhi to focus attention on the polluted Yamuna river.


Cycle expedition to focus attention on polluted Yamuna


Brass statues of football legends Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronalado will be erected in the popular beach village of Candolim in North Goa to inspire youngsters to take up the game, Goa Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo said on Tuesday.


Goa to raise statues of Maradona, Ronaldo


Bollywood superstar  Shah Rukh Khan says Trinidadian cricketer Ian Bishop is one of his all-time favourite players.


Ian Bishop one of my all time favourite players: SRK


India are in danger of going 0-2 down in the five-Test series against England unless the elements, which made their life miserable after being asked to bat first, conspire to save them or even help them to turn the tables on the hosts.


Lord's is notorious for low Test scores (Column: Just Sport)


Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan will take over as  Prime Minister on August 18 and Indian cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Navjot Sidhu have been invited for the swearing-in ceremony, a party spokesperson said on Friday.


Imran to take oath on August 18, ex-Indian cricketers invited


India's envoy to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria gifted a cricket bat to Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan after the two met on Friday to discuss the prospects of relationship between the two neighbouring countries.


Indian envoy meets Imran Khan, gifts bat signed by Indian team


Several players from the National Football League (NFL) defied US President Donald Trump by staging silent protests during the national anthem on the first day of pre-season gmaes.


NFL players defy Trump with fresh protests


The National Sports University Bill, 2018, was on Thursday passed by Parliament, after a nod from the Rajya Sabha.


National Sports University Bill gets Parliament's nod


Discarding its own order of 'one state, one vote' policy, the Supreme Court on Thursday restored the voting rights of the cricket associations of Gujarat and Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Baroda, Saurashtra, Vidarbha and others by approving the draft Constitution of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).


SC approves draft constitution of BCCI


Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has been banned for six months and was fined $10,000 for breaking tennis anti-corruption rules before Wimbledon 2017.


Chinese tennis player temporarily banned over Wimbledon 'coercion'


Anchor Sahil Khattar will host the upcoming season of the wrestling show "WWE Sunday Dhamaal".


Sahil Khattar to host wrestling show


The Uttarakhand government is preparing a draft policy for promoting adventure sports in the state, an official said on Tuesday.


Uttarakhand readying adventure sports policy


His life thrown out of gear by a rape allegation, one of Indian table tennis' shining lights Soumyajit Ghosh on Monday said he is eager to return to the fold as soon as possible, though admitting that the road to redemption won't be easy.


Newly married paddler Ghosh eyes comeback after off-court controversy


Jharkhand Sports Minister Amar Kumar Bauri has recommended to hand over the case related to financial irregularities in 34th National Games to the CBI, an official said on Monday, adding that the file has been sent for approval of Chief Minister Raghubar Das.


Jharkhand Minister recommends CBI probe into National Games scam


Former Brazilian footballer Edilson da Silva, who was a member of the national team during the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, has been arrested on charges of failing to pay court-ordered child support for one of his children,


Ex-Brazil footballer arrested for failure to pay child support


Still basking in the afterglow of Commonwealth Games glory, India's top paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal feels the country's upswing in table tennis will keep its more fancied rivals on their toes at the Asian Games although the team will set foot in Indonesia as underdogs.


We are underdogs but pressure will be on opponents: TT star Sharath Kamal


Thirty six 'divyang' (disabled) cyclists, comprising Border Security Force (BSF) personnel who suffered disability in various operations, set out from here on Sunday for a 10-day expedition to conquer the Himalayan ranges, event organisers said.


36 'divyang' cyclists set out to conquer Himalayas


Fort Kochi has a lot of things to look out for. It has a beckoning feel about it, of things old and fascinating, others new and delightful. There are also too many things that are lost in Fort Kochi and waiting to be rediscovered. That's where I found myself after many years of trying to figure out if ball badminton is played anywhere any longer.


In search of a dying game called ball badminton (Sports Feature)


US First Lady Melania Trump praised NBA superstar LeBron James for his charity work, a day after her husband, President Donald Trump, attacked the Los Angeles Lakers players intelligence.

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