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 At the time of COVID-19, former swimmer Khajan Singh remembers the ‘sporting lockdown’ at the Eric Arnold Swim Centre that drove him to the podium in Seoul. It was a self-imposed lockdown by Khajan Singh that propelled him to a podium finish at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul when he won the silver in 200m butterfly. “It was a lockdown indeed. This is for a national cause to fight COVID-19. What I experienced was my hard work in search of an Asian Games medal, a recognition for swimming which was so close to my heart,” Khajan Singh told Sportstar as he relived one of the glorious moments in Indian sports. Having begun his illustrious career with a 100m butterfly bronze at the 1979 Trivandrum junior nationals, Khajan took seven more years to reach the zenith of his swimming story which began in humble surroundings of Munirka Village in south Delhi. “It was a small pond near the Baba Ganganath Mandir where I developed my love for swimming,” said Khajan Singh . The lockdown phase...

 Sundar, who injured his shoulder while playing a County game in England, has been ruled out of the Zimbabwe tour.India will play the first ODI against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday. Shahbaz Ahmed has replaced all-rounder Washington Sunder in India’s squad for the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe starting from August 18. Sundar, who injured his shoulder while playing a County game in England, has been ruled out of the Zimbabwe tour.India will play the first ODI against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday.The same venue would also host the next two ODIs on Saturday and Monday. The 27-year-old Shahbaz has been rewarded for his stellar performance in the 2022 IPL season, where he turned out for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Bengal left-arm spinner collected 219 runs and four wickets in 16 matches, leaving a mark. The Southpaw has a batting average of 41.64 and a bowling average of 19.47 from 18 first class games. India will be led by a stand-in ca...

All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been suspended with immediate effect by FIFA due to third party influence. Now, Indian football is staring at an uncertain future All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been suspended with immediate effect by FIFA due to third party influence. Now, Indian football is staring at an uncertain future. The first drastic consequence is that India will be no longer be able to host the U-17 Women’s World Cup which it was slated to host later this year. FIFA will need to lift the suspension if the country is to host the tournament. While announcing its decision to suspend AIFF, FIFA had said: “The suspension means that the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022, scheduled to take place in India on 11–30 October 2022, cannot currently be held in India as planned.” It is important to note that if the suspension is not lifted and the tournament is hosted somewhere else, then it is not known whether India would be able to play in the tournament because original...

  Khajan Singh Tokas , born on 6 May 1962, is an Indian swimmer, who remained national swimming champion of India, and won a silver medal at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul. He was awarded an Arjuna Award by Government of India in 1984. Khajan Singh was chief sports officer with the CRPF and had won a silver medal in swimming at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul. Currently he serves as the Deputy Inspector General in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in India. Khajan Singh Tokas “India is now well placed now to stand again on the podium at the Asian Games after eight years next year”, Tokas said. When asked why there was a huge gap between his Asian medal in 1986 and India winning another 24 years later, Khajan Singh replied that, “though I managed to qualify for the 1988 Olympics with a timing of 1:59s, I could not manage a medal”. He admitted it was tough to win a medal as a 26-year-old then. Tokas clocked 2:03.95s in the heats to finish 28th in 200m butterfly at the Seoul Games....

Boxer Sagar Ahlawat won a silver at the recent Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. He talks about the medal being a perfect Raksha Bandhan present for his sister, Tamanna Ahlawat, and also shares the bittersweet emotions of having missed out on a gold finish. The pressure of performing well at the international level in the debut performance is hard to imagine. Yet, in his very first international appearance, boxer Sagar Ahlawat won silver at the recent Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Still trying to overcome a barrage of bittersweet emotions, he says,“Yeh mera pehla international competition hai aur maine apna poora effort diya. Main bahut khush hoon silver medal laakar. Lekin abhi thodi nirasha bhi mehsoos kar raha hoon kyunki gold nahi laa saka. But the hard work goes on, and I will keep giving my all in training.” ‘Next time gold lekar hi aana hai!’ In the men’s 92kg boxing category he came so close to gold and yet missed it. The 23-year-old continues to brim with immense self ...

 When she left a bad marriage, Sania Khan said some members of her South Asian Muslim community made her feel like she had “failed at life”. Through TikTok, she found support and comfort in strangers — until her ex returned and murdered her. Sania Khan This story contains details that may be upsetting to some readers. Her bags were packed. She was ready to be free. The 21st of July was to be the day Sania Khan, 29, left Chicago, Illinois — and the trauma of a relationship gone wrong — to begin a new solo chapter in her native Chattanooga. Instead, that day, she returned home to Tennessee in a casket. Three days earlier, officers had found Khan unresponsive near the front door of the Chicago condominium she had once shared with her estranged husband, Raheel Ahmad, 36. She had a gunshot wound to the back of her head and was pronounced dead at the scene. Upon arrival of the police, Ahmad had turned the gun on himself, taking his own life. According to police reports shared with the Ch...

 Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) says that the FBI confiscated his cell phone after three agents approached him while he was traveling with his family on Tuesday. Perry, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, told Fox News in a statement that he was handed a warrant as agents requested the device, just one day after the FBI executed a search warrant at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. It is not clear what the FBI is allegedly looking for in Perry’s cell phone. The agency declined to comment on the matter, as did the Department of Justice (DOJ). Perry’s office did not immediately return a request for comment. “This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone. They made no attempt to contact my lawyer, who would have made arrangements for them to have my phone if that was their wish. I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting Member of Congr...