Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal is one of the eight sports-persons named for the Padma Awards on the eve of India's 71st Republic Day.

Sports Authority of India and Hockey India announced the establishment of the high performance hockey centres in seven different locations across India.

Indian men's hockey team forward Gurjant Singh said that it will be a crucial game against Belgium in the FIH Pro League.

Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal confirmed that the upcoming tour of China has been cancelled due to coronavirus.

Vivek Sagar Prasad received the FIH Rising Star of the Year award.

A 25-member core probables list was named by Hockey India for a senior women national camp ahead of the Women's Asian Champions Trophy and 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Australian men's hockey team captain Aran Zalewski said that the FIH Pro League matches against India will serve as good preparation ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

FIH Junior Men's World Cup 2021 will be held in India, the International Hockey Federation announced.

Balbir Singh Khullar, a part of India's 1968 Olympics bronze-winning team, passed away at the age of 77.

A 32-member core probable group for the men's national camp was announced by Hockey India, as they prepare for the tour to Germany and England for the FIH Hockey Pro League.

Indian men’s and women’s hockey team are preparing hard for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at Bengaluru’s SIA facility despite the rise of the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Indian hockey captain Viren Rasquinha came up with the idea of an obstacle course to keep her daughter occupied as well as fit during the coronavirus-lockdown.

Hockey India pledged to donate Rs 25 lakh in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

The International Hockey Federation celebrated the United Nations International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, asserting the message of unity and support has never been more relevant with the world is facing a health crisis due to coronavirus pandemic.

Indian hockey team, the senior as well as junior men's and women's, will not play international matches till June due to the coronavirus.

Hockey India has decided to restructure its domestic competitions by doing away with the categorisation as all teams will play in sub-junior, junior and senior national championships for both men and women.

Hockey India is carrying out interactive sessions for its registered technical officials and umpires, across six WhatsApp groups.

Simranjeet Singh feels that during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, the Indian men's hockey team are preparing to become an even better side for the Tokyo Olympics.

Namita Toppo said the Games delay gives them a chance to get one more year of experience to realise their dream of an Olympic medal.

Sumit said the Indian men's hockey team was still eyeing a top 3 finish at the Olympics despite the coronavirus lockdown slowing things down.

Viren Rasquinha also stressed on the importance of sports psychologists for athletes in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics

Ashok Diwan had sought help to return from the USA, where he is stuck because of the travel restrictions in place owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The book, titled ‘Chandra Shekhar: The Last Icon of Ideological Politics’, has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and chronicles the political journey of former PM Chandra Shekhar.

Rajneeti: A Biography of Rajnath Singh written by Gautam Chintamani chronicles the fifty-year long political journey of Singh from a Swayamsevak in the RSS to the defence minister of India.

Roopkumar, who is best known for his songs "Maula mere maula" and "tujh mein rab dikhta hai", launched his book on Saturday in Mumbai.

Amitabha Bagchi won the award from a shortlist of six South-Asian novels.

JK Rowling tweeted in support of a researcher who lost her job for stating that people cannot change their biological sex. A spokeswoman for Rowling said that the author would not have any further comment.

‘I am your fate,’ he continued – and disappeared at once.

Emily Hale eventually developed feelings for TS Eliot, but the poet writes that, as time went on, he realised "more and more how little Emily Hale and I had in common".

News18.com Hindi editor Dayashankar Mishra has written about mental health issues while combining both an Indian traditional viewpoint and the modern aspect.

Stephen King's comments came shortly after the announcement of this year’s nominees for the Academy Awards, widely criticized for only choosing male directors and for an almost entirely white group of acting finalists.

Stephen King has quit Facebook, saying there is too much fake news and misinformation on the platform.

Lincoln, who was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 while attending a play at Ford's Theatre, has been immortalized in the works of Gore Vidal, George Saunders, Herbert Donald to name a few.

Alphonso Davies, who started his life in a refugee camp in Ghana, said it would be disastrous if coronavirus reaches any of the world's many refugee camps.

The case against Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Jerome Valcke relates to alleged criminal mismanagement, incitement to criminal mismanagement, falsifying documents and corruption.

Diego Maradona referenced his famous 'Hand of God' moment from 1986 World Cup and asked for the divine intervention to beat coronavirus pandemic.

Paulo Dybala has reportedly undergone four coronavirus tests in the last six weeks and latest one was positive again.

Manchester United were reportedly planning to play a match against East Bengal in Kolkata.

Italy suspended Serie A on March 9 as part of a nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus epidemic.

Shubham Sarangi extension of his contract with Odisha FC and will stay on at the Indian Super League side till 2023.

Manchester United insist work can be carried out on the project whilst respecting social distancing guidelines to ensure it is ready for when fans can return.

Trevor Cherry was a member of the Leeds United side that won the English top flight in 1973-74.

Real Kashmir FC head coach David Robertson have been told to be on standby by the British High Commission for he and his family to go bck to Scotland.

Jose Mourinho said he is missing football and if the Premier League returns, players will still be putting on a show for millions watching around the world.

Indian football mourned one of it's greatest heroes Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami, who passed away in Kolkata after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Bundesliga will still needs the go-ahead from Angela Merkel's government to resume.

La Liga is planning to carry out the tests next week, after which they would then be able to resume individual training within 48 hours

The Supreme Committee for the organisation of FIFA World Cup 2022 said in a statement that ex-Qatari midfielder Adel Khamis had tested positive for Covid-19.

Lionel Messi scored his first goal for Barcelona on this day 15 years ago.

Chuni Goswami passed away at the age of 82 after suffering a heart attck.