Asian Champions  

Ashwini Vishnoi’s father coached her at home for wrestling matches at state and national levels. After practicing for four years, she won a gold medal at under-15 Asian Wrestling Championship in Oman.

India began the second round of the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers with a narrow 1-2 defeat to higher-ranked Oman before a memorable goal-less draw against Asian champions Qatar in Doha in September

Shooter Deepak Kumar won a bronze medal in the men's 10m air rifle at the 14th Asian Championships and has secured a berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

At the World Wrestling Championships, competing in non-Olympic categories, Asian Championship silver medallist Harpeet Singh (82kg), Sagar (63kg), and Manjeet (55kg) could not even score a single point in their respective bouts

Asians Champions Qatar could not score a goal despite having more than a dozen shots on target in their FIFA Word Cup qualifiers match against India who managed to hold the home side to a goalless draw with exceptional defence

Gomathi Marimuthu, who brought India name and fame in the Asian Championships last month could face a four-year ban. The athlete’s ‘A’ sample has tested positive for a banned substance.
 

India have progressed to the knockout stage of the tournament along with Malaysia, Pakistan and Japan. So far, India are unbeaten, having won four matches and drawn the other game

The win marks the highest point of Amit's meteoric rise to the top, starting with an Asian Championships bronze last year. A world quarter-finalist, Amit Panghal claimed a silver in the Commonwealth Games

This seven-year-old boy from Karnataka is India's pride. He will represent the country in world chess championship. Here is why Amogh Bisht  is nothing less than a chess-wonder (VIDEO)