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91 years ago on 11 August 1932 Hockey India beat USA Field Hockey 24 -1 in the finals of the 1932 Los Angeles. The top scorer was legend Major Dhyan Chand and the team also featured his brother Captain Roop Singh.

Asian Games also known as the Asiad is one of the most important sporting events of the year. Held once every 4 years, Asian Games has seen an enormous viewership rise in a sports loving country of ours, India.

This is truly remarkable for the growth of the overall sports ecosystem in the country and people's acceptance to different kinds of sports. Are we heading towards becoming a sporting powerhouse? Not to forget our athletes' performances across different international tournaments across disciplines this year all over the globe.

Here, we present to you the substantial increase in viewership of the Asian Games in the last decade.

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Prof. Vijay Barse's initiative Slum Soccer has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus Sport for Good Award.

Over the last two decades, the organisation is working relentlessly to uplift the marginalised community of the slums through the medium of football.

A welcome move by the Tripura government😇

India's table tennis star Manika Batra made a stunning comeback against world number 32 Margaryta Pesotska to reach the women's singles third round.

Manika, ranked 62, made a remarkable comeback after losing the first two games to prevail 4-11, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7 in a second round match that lasted 57 minutes.

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu gave India its first medal at Tokyo 2020 as she won the silver medal in the women's 49kg weightlifting category. A new Olympic record was registered by Mirabai Chanu with a successful lift of 115kg in clean and jerk.

The Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8 this year after getting postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19. Mr kiren Rijiju said, the government is doing everything to provide support to the elite and junior athletes. “Our athletes are happy and getting ready for Tokyo Olympics. Despite pandemic Govt is doing everything possible to support our athletes to make India proud. Hon’ble PM ji has given clear direction to provide full support to our elite as well as junior athletes,” Mr Rijiju tweeted along with a video.

Indian Olympic Team Kiren Rijiju Narendra Modi

Professional training and education company Ironwood Education has roped in Indian cricket teams head coach Ravi Shastri, bowling coach B Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar as advisory board members to mentor and guide in program development for certified cricket coaching at various levels.

The company announced the launch of a certification program for Cricket Coach Education and Development. The certification program will be a mix of digital and on-ground methodologies, techniques, and tools.

Ironwood Sports Management Global Academy Ravi Shastri

Deloitte and the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games today announced they are entering into a seven-year sponsorship, making Deloitte the Official Professional Services Provider of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As part of this agreement, Deloitte will also continue as an official sponsor of Team USA through 2028.

With a shared vision to use the collective power of sport, community and our differences to create progress, Deloitte will help develop strategic solutions that elevate the participant experience for the Games in Los Angeles. Deloitte’s deep and wide-ranging consultative capabilities are expected to support the aspiration of delivering an innovative and technologically advanced experience for athletes, fans, partners and the community. Deloitte will also support LA28 and Team USA with services that help the Games come to life behind the scenes.

Press Release - Deloitte

Sad news for Cricket fans as Asia Cup 2021 which was scheduled to happen in Sri Lanka is called of because of Covid 19.

Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour will cover the costs of official fans' trip to Champions League final in Porto. As per the news 6,000 City and Chelsea fans can attend game. The Final was originally scheduled for Istanbul but has been moved to Portugal after Turkey was put on Government's 'red list'

Manchester City