Assam swimmer Shivangi Sharma wins 5th Gold at Khelo India Youth Games 2020

Assam’s new star swimmer Shivangi Sharma added another Gold medal to her kitty on the last day of the Khelo India Youth Games. Shivangi won her fifth Gold in 50 meter freestyle, women (Under-21) swimming event at the ongoing mega sporting spectacle. In total, Shivangi has bagged 7 medals with 5 Gold and 2 Silver […]

Khelo India 2020: Assam weightlifters win Gold; Sikkim bags maiden medal

Suditya Boruah, from Assam clinched Gold medal in the 89 kg weightlifting event at the Khelo India Youth Games 2020 held in Guwahati on Monday. Another lad for Assam, Golap Gogoi has also bagged Gold medal in the 81 kg category of weightlifting event. The medal tally of hosts Assam stands at 15 Gold medals, […]

Assam eve Shivangi Sharma shines at Khelo India Youth Games 2020

Hosts Assam has been growing from strength to strength in the mega sporting spectacle thus far as medals for the hosts increases. Assam eve Shivangi Sharma once again did the hosts proud as she won her third individual Gold today in the Swimming event of Khelo India Youth Games 2020. As the mega sporting spectacle […]

KIYG Day 8: Field day for athletes from Northeast; hosts Assam 10th in standings

Northeast Athletes shone on the 8th day of the 3rd edition of the action-packed Khelo India Youth Games. The mega sporting spectacle witnessed Hosts Assam, followed by Frontier State Arunachal Pradesh and sporting powerhouse Manipur notching up medals in the respective weightlifting events. Assam Eve Gitashree Sonowal did the Hosts proud as she won Silver […]

Khelo India Day 5: Assam’s Akshay Boro wins Bronze in 200m event

It was a field day for Hosts Assam on Day 5 of the 3rd edition of the mega sporting spectacle as Akshay Boro shone in the 200 meter dash. Akshay Boro bagged Silver in the 200 meters run under-17 category in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2020 doing the hosts proud. Assam’s medal tally […]

KIYG Day 4: Haryana close on heels of Maharastra; Assam’s Gongutri Bordoloi cycles her way to Gold

On Day 4 of Khelo India Youth Games 2020, Maharashtra reclaimed the top spot in the standings by taking its tally of Gold medals to 17, 22 Silver and 37 Bronze taking their overall tally to an imposing 76 medals. Close on the heels of Maharashtra, Haryana stood at the second spot in the medals […]

Khelo India Youth Games Day 2: Maharashtra lead tally with 27 medals

So far Maharashtra is leading the medal tally with 27 medals to its kitty at the Khelo India Youth Games. Maharshtra’s medal haul included 7 gold, 8 silver and 12 Bronze. Close on the heels of Maharashtra is Uttar Pradesh which stands second in the medal tally with 12 medals to its credit. While Delhi […]

Khelo India Youth Games: Assam girl Upasa Talukdar shines in Gymnastics

As the 3rd Khelo India Youth Games entered its second day, Assam Eve Upasa Talukdar made the whole of the state proud by securing a silver and another bronze to her kitty to take her medal haul to three, amid a disappointing show from most of the Assam players competing in their respective events. Upasa […]

Khelo India will be very successful, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday expressed confidence that the third edition of ‘Khelo India’ event in Guwahati will be very successful. Speaking to the media, Sarma said: “The ‘Khelo India’ event has already seen a grand inauguration. In the presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Sports Minister Kiren Rijuju, the event started […]