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• Born in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi on July 7, 1981. Paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora district of Uttarakhand
• Father Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON.
• Has a sister Jayanti and a brother Narendra
• Sported long hair which he has now shortened, despite the then Pak President Pervez Musharraf wanting him not to do so!. He cut it because he wanted to look like his favourite film star John Abraham. Now, it emerges that this was Sakshi's 'decision'!

Jamshedpur: Hockey Jharkhand today directed its affiliated district committees not to take part in a meeting convened by the Jharkhand Olympic Association (JOA) in connection with formation of Hockey Jharkhand.

Describing the meeting convened by JOA on March 16 at Ranchi as "unconstitutional", Pir Mohammad, general secretary of Hockey Jharkhand, in a press statement here today stated that a letter in this regard sent to Hockey Jharkhand by JOA on February 23 was received by it today, which was in itself a mockery as the letter has taken over a fortnight's time to reach its destination.

GUWAHATI, March 7 – Fancied West Bengal will take on Jharkhand in the title clash of the second East Zone Cricket Tournament for Deaf at the Latasil playground here tomorrow.

In the last league matches played today, both Bengal and Jharkhand posted victories against Orissa and Assam respectively by an identical margin of seven wickets. Assam were all out for 75 in 19.3 overs and in reply Jharkhand reached the target losing three wickets.

In the other match, Orissa were restricted to 62 by Bengal and scored 67 in just 9.3 overs for three.

JAMSHEDPUR: Expressing concern over the prevailing situation in Indian hockey, former Olympian Harbhajan Singh on Sunday blamed few incompetent officials for the present crisis that the national game is finding itself in.

"These officials hardly had anything to do with sports activities but grabbed the top posts to fulfil their own interests," Singh said.

Asian Games gold medallist runner Pinky Pramanik was seriously injured in a road accident near Suisa village, about 70 km from Purulia in West Bengal. Pinky was returning home at Bagmundi village after inaugurating the Purulia Athletics Championship when her car collided with a lorry. She is undergoing treatment at the Tata hospital in Jamshedpur, police said. “Pinky’s condition remains very critical,” hospital sources said.

Jeev, Shiv tied 54th

Karnataka joined Jharkhand in the semifinals of the 46th Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy, but only after a clarification on rules from the AIFF.

The AIFF's intervention was needed after Jharkhand, Karnataka and Punjab were all tied on six points after two wins and a loss each in their Quarterfinal Group A in Mandya, Karnataka.

As per the situation Jharkhand had 4:1 goals with a goal difference of +3, Karnataka had 5:3 and +2; while Punjab had 4:2 and +2.

Has there been a paradigm shift in women's boxing in India? Ever since the International Olympic Committee included the sport for the London
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Olympics in 2012, in India, the general notion is that a new, hungry generation of women boxers has emerged, charging the established bastion that drew its glory from world championship medals.

That there is a Christmas shopping-like rush by the new breed of 'Olympics hopefuls' was evident with the developments at the last Senior Nationals in Jamshedpur last September.

NEW DELHI: It's an achievement that will surprise many football fans in the country - Jharkhand has won the U-16 National Football Championship for the Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy.

The young state is known for its contribution to hockey and archery, but not for excelling in footbal at any level. On Tuesday, the talented tribal boys from Chotanagpur Plateau broke the ceiling, overcoming Karnataka 1-0 in the final. S Soren scored the winner.

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Named after the legendary Mongol warrior, the Grand Chinggis Khaan Golf Cup will get underway here Saturday as part of Mongolia’s efforts to attract Indian tourists by promoting its history and culture.

‘For the first time, we are organising the Grand Chinggis Khaan Golf Cup tournament outside Mongolia in Delhi this Dec 12-13,’ Mongolian Ambassador Voroshilov Enkhbold told IANS.

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Dec 6(ANI): Indian archers are undergoing extensive training at the Tata Archery Centre in Jamshedpur to compete in the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in the national capital.

The prospective champion archers are training for nearly ten hours a day under the watchful eyes of their coach, Dharmendra Tiwari.

The coach has been meticulously conducting the practice sessions by recording the trainees’ day-to-day performance.