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Punjab Style World Cup Kabaddi from March 31
24
February 2010
CHANDIGARH: The
much-awaited World Cup Kabaddi (circle style) will be held in Punjab
between March 31 and April 10 this year and will carry a total prize
money... |
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Kila Raipur
24
February 2010
Where in the
world will you find such scenes of rustic Punjabi folk, the
legendary bullock cart races, and farmers spending lakhs of rupees
on cattle that will never... |
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They
all want to control hockey
27January 2010
NEW DELHI: As hockey lies injured, the race for who will rule the
hockey bodies is getting more and more bitter. As elections to the
ad hoc body Hockey India were... |
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They
all want to control hockey
27January 2010
NEW DELHI: As hockey lies injured, the race for who will rule the
hockey bodies is getting more and more bitter. As elections to the
ad hoc body Hockey India were... |
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UK Sikhs fight ban on bearded boxers
20
January 2010
LONDON: Sikh
groups in Britain have threatened "costly" legal action over an
order banning bearded amateur boxers from the ring. Muslims
expressed outrage after the Amateur Boxing Association of England
(ABAE) barred 25-year-old... |
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Sansarpur: With Astro-turf,
will this village race again in medal tallies?
11
November 2009
There was a time
when Sansarpur was famous for turning out men who were simply born
with the magical dribble skills. Then came the astro-turf, and the... |
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Punjab to host World Kabaddi League
4
November 2009
GURDASPUR:
The Punjab government will organise World Kabaddi League matches in
February 2010, offering Rs 1-crore first prize and Rs 50 lakh and Rs
25 lakh for... |
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77-years-young Sikh is Racing Wizard of
Oz
21
October 2009
MELBOURNE: At
77, Harbhajan Singh Aulakh not only defied age but also braved an
injury to win four gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the
Sydney World... |
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Budding Sikh
cricketer shot dead in Meerut
14
October 2009
MEERUT/LUCKNOW:
Gagandeep Singh, who represented India in an under-19 series in
Australia, was shot dead after being caught in a row between a
shopkeeper... |
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GENCO Open
Golf Tournament takes off on Oct 24
7
October 2009
Fremont,
CA: The Second Annual GENCO Open Golf Tournament has been set for
Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Summit Pointe Golf Course in Milpitas,
CA... |
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Sikh youth dies in Gatka related accident
30
September 2009
HYDERABAD: A
gatka display turned tragic in Hyderabad during a procession when a
sword accidentally pierced his ribcage at Kishanbagh on Monday
night... |
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BRAVEHEARTS
23
September 2009
They
are free from fear. They are The Valiant Ones. Soldiers of God, the
Guru’s knights. Also originally known as the Akalis, the Nihangs are
the warriors, keepers of... |
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Gurdwara Glen Rock rocks at Sikh Games
29
July 2009
West
Orange: In an atmosphere of incomparable conviviality, the 21st
annual Sikh Games organised by Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Glen Rock
turned out to be a huge... |
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Hockey Player Faces Grim Scenario
22
July 2009
Top
hockey player Baljit Singh Dhadhwal underwent surgery on his right
eye at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here and
the doctors remain non-co... |
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The Joysticks
8
July 2009
SHAHABAD MARKANDA: Anyone who has watched Shahrukh Khan’s character
visiting his mohalla, his house after winning the championship in
Chak De India will... |
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Shahabad’s Sikh girl leads Indian sticks to glory
1
July 2009
SHAHBAD: The Sikh captain of the Indian Hockey team, ace striker
Surinder Kaur, is blazing a path of glory. After the dismal
performance of the Indian men’s hockey... |
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Khalsa School, Fremont kids
camp
17
June 2009
UNION CITY: Students from the Khalsa School, Fremont held a camp at
Elizabeth lake under the supervision of school prinicpal Kulwant
Singh, teachers and many... |
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Target: 17 Meters
15
April 2009
Born and brought up in the backwaters of the border district
of Gurdaspur in Punab, Triple Jump athlete, standing at 6.4 feet
with a muscular athletic body... |
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Turbaned Harman makes a statement for the
community: "He's special"
25 March 2009
TOMS
RIVER: Harmandip Ghuman is instantly recognizable yet somehow even
his closest friends have trouble pronouncing his name. The Lenape
Indians junior is the... |
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South Africa edges out Britain in race to host IPL
25 March 2009
MUMBAI/JOHANNESBURG:
After weeks of intense speculation, Indian cricket’s big ticket,
mega bucks event, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to move to
South... |
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Netherlands beats India to win
Punjab Gold Cup
11
February 2009
CHANDIGARH:
European champion Netherlands came from behind to beat host nation
India
2-1 in the final of the Punjab Gold Cup field hockey... |
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Sikh Channel pledges for finance support
11 February
2009
LONDON:
The Sikh Channel, which wants to become the UK's first all
religious Sikh TV service has opened up a Facebook message group... |
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Basketball Coach Prof. Darshan Singh
Sandhu honoured at Gurdwara Fremont
28 January 2009
FREMONT: Basketball
Coach Prof. Darshan Singh Sanhu who is currently visiting the United
States was honoured with a Siropa at Gurdwara Fremont for... |
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Gurek Singh Dhillon baskets for Piedmont
Hills
28 January 2009
SAN
JOSE: Scouted by coach Pete Simos, Gurek Singh Dhillon, also known
as Nake Dhillon is fast emerging... |
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Proud little town gives Indian
Hockey two captains at same time, both Sikhs
14 January 2009
This sleepy little hamlet along the Delhi-Amritsar highway in
Haryana has made the Sikh community proud, and doubly so. When
India
announced the Captain of its men’s hockey team... |
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SGPC hold Khalsa Sports Festival at Nanded
5 November
2008
NANDED:
Adding to the religious fervor of the occasion, the Shiromani
Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee organized a Khalsa Sports Festival as
part... |
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Online Sports Magazine in Punjabi launched
22 October 2008
CHANDIGARH:
Sports writer, photo artiste and teacher, Prof. Kanwaljit Singh,
sports journalist Jagrup Singh Jarkhar, Wrestler Pehalwan Harmail
Singh Kala... |
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Hockey Philately
17 September 2008
Hockey
is my first love. My love for the game goes back to the fifties
when I played hockey for my school team, the Menegai High School,
Nakuru in Kenya... |
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Young Sportsmen dominate Meet
20 August, 2008
Sikh Sports
Association brings together budding sportspeople which receives
a positive response from residents from all walks of life. |
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Sikhs and Olympics
13 August, 2008
As the world's
biggest sporting extravaganza unfolds across the planet and billions of
eyeballs get fixated on the best and the brightest, the Sikh community... |
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Sikhs,
Hockey and Olympics
13 August, 2008
136 Sikh players have played hockey at Olympic Games since 1928... |
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India takes Junior Asia Cup hockey crown
23
July, 2008
HYDERABAD: Riding on
two stupendous penalty corner conversions including a golden goal by
Diwakar Ram, India
snatched victory from the jaws of defeat... |
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Young golfer set for a big birdie
16 July 2008
Chandigarh: Two
weeks ago, success was not even a stroke on a canvas for
nine-year-old Karandeep Singh. Who in the lastweek of June could
have envisaged a... |
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Tanraj Singh Sohal is Canadian Chess
Champion
WSN Bureau
11 year old kid does Sikh Canadians proud
by winning the Canadian Chess Championship for the fourth time. |
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India plays cricket, and other
dirty games too
2
July, 2008
Legendary
broadcaster John Arlott had once said sport reflected its society.
It truly does. So as he 1983 Indian cricket team celebrates the
silver jubilee of its... |
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Sikh sports festival begins in
Malaysia
11
June, 2008
SIKH
sportsmen from all around the country and Singapore gathered at
Georgian Green, the sports field of SMK King George V in Seremban... |
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The IPL V/s
BPL India
21
May,
2008
For Diaspora in the
Americas, perhaps cricket is not a very hot game. India however is
awashed in cricket these days. The IPL cricket. Major film stars,
liquor barons... |
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India shows flash of brilliance in
hockey
21
May,
2008
Mario Almada
struck a golden goal as a spirited India suffered a narrow 1-2
defeat to Argentina in the final of the Azlan Shah hockey tournament
here on Sunday... |
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‘Gill’s
meeting illegal’
14
May,
2008
New Delhi:
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Suresh Kalmadi on Tuesday
denounced former Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) chief KPS Gill's... |
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Gill sacked, Bhajji banned: Shed no tears
30
April 2008
NEW DELHI:
Strange how India calls a habitual loser its Supercop. KPS Gill even
shamed those who propped him up with unearned... |
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Karate kid Davinderpal Singh seeks
sponsorship for World championship
9
April
2008
10
year old Davinderpal Singh, a student of Guru Harkrishan Public
School India Gate, New Delhi may become the youngest boy to contest
in the upcoming World Kanazawa Karate Championship... |
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USA Khalsa retains Sikh IDC
title
26
March 2008
FIJI: USA Khalsa is looking to make it three years in a row next
year after the side retained Sikh IDC title for the second year
running at Bukhurst Park... |
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Your Time is up KPS Gill, give up and give
way
26
March 2008
You may have noticed that hockey has disappeared from the sports
pages of Indian newspapers altogether. Concerned, I am writing
another open letter on the status... |
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Hayden regrets ‘weed’ remark against Harbhajan Singh
19
March 2008
MELBOURNE:
Expressing deep regret over his "obnoxious weed" remark against
Punjab off- spinner Harbhajan Singh, Australian Test cricket
opener... |
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Aadmi Hai ke Self Goal!
12
March 2008
Five of the
players who were part of the 1968 Hockey Olympics hailed from
Sansarpur, the karambhoomi of a large number of joysticks men... |
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Who 'Gilled'
Indian Hockey?
12
March 2008
After thirteen hours of cogitation and uneasiness, my heart was able
to connect to your soul. On 10th March, at 10 am in the
morning, I learnt about India’s defeat... |
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Fiddlesticks
12
March 2008
The
magical dribble is a thing of the past. The short passes of the
forwards is history. Unable to practice and play on astro-turfs
introduced some thirty years... |
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Harbhajan
Singh’s Dilemma: to be or not to be
8
March 2008
What
kind of accolades has cricketer Harbhajan Singh brought to his
community? There is absolutely no need for... |
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Adarsh
player Darsh Singh
8
March 2008
Trinity basketball player makes a mark with turban, beard
and a good game... |
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Rajpal retains place after patch-up with
Carvalho
27
February 2008
NEW DELHI:
Sikh winger Rajpal Singh retained his place after his patch-up
with coach Joaquim Carvalho while young drag-flicker Diwakar Ram... |
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India’s Sikh hockey star says ‘enough is
enough’
13 February 2008
PERTH/CHANDIGARH:
Top Indian Hockey star and pride of the Sikh community, Rajpal
Singh, has finally cocked a snook at the administrators... |
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One Monkey and a
pack of wild dogs
9 January 2008
In
India, it is very difficult to escape cricket. If India wins, it is
the saviour of the country and if it loses, the national honour of
the country gets sullied... |
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Indian football body seeks LN Mittal’s aid
26 December 2007
NEW DELHI: If the All India Football Federation (AIFF)
has its way, it would approach global steel magnate L N Mittal to put some
of his wealth... |
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2007 Guru Nanak Walk and Marathon
21 November, 2007
FREMONT: Sikh Sports
Association of USA held its first annual Guru Nanak Walk and Marathon for
world peace on Nov 18th in Fremont, Northern California... |
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Cricket, and a community goes for a
six!
10 October, 2007
The Sikhs know
what it means. In the post 9/11 phase, they went through a series of
attacks and suddenly found that people in America, Europe and many
other... |
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Being Monty
4 July 2007
The new king of spin talks to Devadyuti Das about his popularity,
success and the tough Indian challenge ahead Madhusuden Singh
Panesar, better known as Monty, is the biggest... |
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Sikh Sports Tournament Kicks Off With Cricket
25
April, 2007
As you drove
closer to Sea Breeze Park, Union City, you could feel the excitement and
even smell the celebration in the air as the Cricket Tournament was about... |
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Old Man Of Marathons Arriving For Sikh Games
18 April 2007
Fremont: Fauja Singh, the world famous 96-years-old
marathon runner, will be coming to the annual Sikh games... |
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The Faith Run at Atlanta
28 March 2007
Alpharetta, Georgia: Affiliated to the United
Sikhs, the team of Sikhs including both Kaurs and Singhs participated in a
5K Fun Run held... |
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Monty, a great Asian Sikh hero
7 March 2007
The Monty Effect is in full swing. We’re
talking about cricket’s latest poster boy, Monty Panesar. The Indian origin,
British-born Monty has become a... |
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Panesar teaches kids spin tricks in Mumbai
21 February 2007
Mumbai:
He could well have been celebrating with his
colleagues in England after their momentous win in the tri-series over
Australia .... |
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Akaash Bhatia is Sports Personality of the year
14 February 2007
LONDON: Akaash Bhatia, the UK's first
professional Sikh Boxer, won the award for the 'Most Up and Coming Sports
Personality of the... |
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NRI Dhanoa, the Roman Abramovich of kabaddi!
27 September, 2006
For 36-year-old
Harjinder Singh Dhanoa, an England-based NRI, frequent trips to India in
general.... |
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Sikh batsman makes it to New South Wales team
Sydney: For the very first time in Australian
cricket, two promising Indian-origin boys, one of them a Sikh, have cemented
their place in the... |
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