Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the South Asian Games here in a glittering ceremony in the presence of a galaxy of national and international dignitaries including Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi and Union Minister of State Sarbananda Sonowal. A colorful March- Past by players of participating countries enthralled the audience. 

Pune: For the first time in the history of weightlifting, an individual international tournament was organized in India when it hosted the Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships here from October, 11-15. (Read in Hindi: राष्ट्रकुल भारोत्तोलन प्रतियोगिता : भारतीय रेल ने जीते छह पदक)

New Delhi: The National Cadet Corps - National Games 2015 came to a spectacular finale where the Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh reviewed an impressive march past presented by the Young NCC Cadets at the Garrison Parade Ground, Delhi Cantonment. (Read in Hindi: एनसीसी राष्ट्रीय खेलों का भव्य समापन, रंगारंग कार्यक्रमों की मची धूम)

New Delhi: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal here kicked off the first ever board meeting of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the FIFA U 17 World Cup 2017. (Read in Hindi: फीफा अंडर-17 विश्व कप-2017 के लिए स्थानीय आयोजन समिति की हुई बैठक) 

New Delhi: National Cadet Corps (NCC) was presented the certificate by Limca Book of Records for the ‘Largest Yoga performance simultaneously by a single uniformed youth organisation at multiple venues on International Day of Yoga on 21 June. (Read in Hindi: एनसीसी ने लिमका बुक ऑफ रिकॉर्ड में बनाई जगह)

New Delhi: It has been decided to recognize ‘Yoga’ as a sports discipline and to place it in the ‘Priority’ category. (Read in Hindi: योग को ‘खेल’ के रूप में मिली मान्यता)

New Delhi: Government has approved to confer Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award to Tennis player Sania Mirza. 

Anseong: The Under 12 team of Green wood School, Dimapur, Nagaland representing India at the Asian Youth Football Festa 2015 held at Anseong in Gyeonggi – do Province of South Korea from 7th to 9th August, 2015 has got second position in their group in the Festa by winning three out four matches in their group. (Read in Hindi: एशियन यूथ फुटबॉल फीस्टा के अंडर-12 वर्ग में भारतीय टीम दूसरे नंबर पर)

Columbus: A new study performed by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center shows that when it comes to overuse injuries in high school sports, girls are at a much higher risk than boys. Overuse injuries include stress fractures, tendonitis and joint pain, and occur when athletes are required to perform the same motion repeatedly.

Mathura: Five bookies were arrested for allegedly betting on Indian Premiere League (IPL) matches during a raid at a shop here. However, one of them managed to run away. (Read in Hindi: खबर का असर : आईपीएल की आड़ में सट्टेबाजी, पांच सटोरिए गिरफ्तार)