• Prasad Khairnar clinched Silver for Jharkhand in cycling
• Khairnar achieved this feat in the Elite Men 6 Laps Keirin where he had to compete with ace cyclists
• Gurbaj Singh from Punjab won the Gold and Vikram Duhan from Haryana won the Bronze in the same event, both of them were participants in the CWG in Delhi
• It is a remarkable achievement for Khairnar whose cycling career is only 3 years old

• Cyclists from Manipur CH Rameshwori won Gold in the Elite 200m Sprint (Women) category
• With this Rameshwori has won her 4th Gold, the other three are in 500m Individual Time Trial and 3000m Team Pursuit and 1500m Team Time Trial.
• Rameshwori has also won Silver in the 1000m Team Sprint

• Ajit Kumar Sha & Raju Rawat did it for Jharkhand when they bagged the Gold in 1000m Men’s Doubles Canoe (C2m)
• Ashyut Machary, Manoj Singh, Nizam Ali and Prem Kumar won the Silver medal for Jharkhand in the 1000m Men Four Kayaking
• Nitin Tamang (Jharkhand) won Bronze in 1000m Men’s Singles Canoe (C1m)

• Soji Mathew (Kerala) wins Gold in 5000m (Men) clocking 14:11.99 whereas Kavita Raut (Maharastra) wins in the women 5000m with timings of 15:54.26
• 4X400m Relay (Men): Services wins Gold, Punjab the Silver and Kerala wins Bronze
• 4X400m Relay (Women): Kerala wins the Gold with the timings of 3:39.29, Andhra won the Silver and Jharkhand girls bagged Bronze in the same event

• Karan Rastogi (Maharastra) got the better of Andhra’s Suresh Krishna in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to enter the Men Singles Semi-Finals where he will meet Delhi’s Vivek Shokeen
• Vivek Shokeen (Delhi) in the other quarter final has defeated Lakshit Sood (UP) 7-6(7-3), 6-1
• Ashutosh Singh (Delhi) beats Chandrill Sood (UP) 6-3, 6-3 to enter the men’s singles semi final where he is to clash with Mithun Murali (Tamil Nadu)
• It was an easy win for Mithun Murali who eliminated his state mate Irfan Husain in straight sets 6-1, 6-0
• In the Women’s Singles event, Zainab Ali Sajjad from Andhra Pradesh defeated to Karnataka’s Prerna Prathap 6-4, 6-3 to enter the Semi finals
• Nupur Kaul (Maharastra) defeated Grace Hannah (TN) 6-1, 6-1 to enter the semi final clash with Zainab Ali Sajjad
• Delhi’s Prerna Bhambri got the better of Karnataka’s UM Shalaka 6-3, 6-3 to ensure a semi final berth
• Bhambri will meet another Delhite Ratnika Batra in the Semi finals. In an interesting match Batra defeated C Nidhi from Andhra 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to get a semi final berth

• RMV Guru Sai Dutt from Andhra wins the Men’s Singles title
• Arun Vishnu & Alwin Francis (Kerala) win gold in the Men’s double category
• Arundhati Pantawane (Maharastra) wins Gold in women singles category
• N.Sikki Reddy and P.Jyotsna clinch gold in women’s doubles event

• Chattisgarh women defeated Delhi 80 – 63 to enter the final
• Tamil Nadu eves beat Maharastra 89 – 61; to clash with Chattisgarh in the finals
• Punjab beats Tamil Nadu 67 – 59 in the first men semi finals
• Uttarakhand gets the better of SSCB 98 – 76 in the second semi finals

• Day-8 : Hari Shankar Roy wins Gold for Jharkhand in Men High Jump
• Amarjeet won a Silver for Jharkhand in Men Triple Jump
• Bibin Mathews wins Silver in 400 m (men) for Jharkhand
• In women 400 m Hurdles, R. Elavarsi (Andhra Pradesh) wins Gold, Anu Raghvan (Kerala) wins Silver
• Sonia K.A. from Jharkhand wins Bronze in the above event.
• In 1500 m (women) O.P. Jaisha (Punjab) wins Gold, Sushma Devi ( Haryana) wins Silver and Jhuma Khatoon from Jharkhand wins Bronze
• In 1500 m (men), Sandeep Karan Singh (SSCB) wins Gold with a timing of 3.48 mins

• Cricket sensation and team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni visited the Mega Sports Complex on Sunday evening
• In spite of his busy World Cup schedule, Dhoni had promised to try and if possible visit the State capital during the games
• Dhoni fulfilled his promise when he arrived amidst roars of a berserk crowd at the Birsa Munda Athletic Stadium around 5:30 pm
• Dhoni was the one who gave away medals to the winners in the 400 m Hurdles (men)
• In this event the Gold medal was won by Kuldev Singh of Punjab whereas Joseph G. Abraham (Kerala) and Satendra Singh (Punjab) won the silver and bronze respectively

• The league stage of Basketball events were over on Sunday at Harivansh Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium
• The 1st women semifinal, Delhi vrs Chattisgarh is scheduled at 2:00 pm
• The 2nd women semifinal, Tamil Nadu vrs Maharastra at 3:30 pm
• 1st men semifinal, Punjab vrs Tamil Nadu at 5:00 pm
• 2nd men semifinal, SSCB vrs Uttarakhand at 6:30 pm
• Watch them back to back at Harivansh Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium

• Prakash Aditya (Karnataka) after early setbacks defeated K. Nanda Gopal (Andhra) 14-21; 21-13; 21-17 to enter the men’s singles final
• R M U Guru Sai Dutt (Andhra) in the other interesting semi-final defeated state mate B. Sumeet Reddy 21-10; 17-21 and 21-05.
• Dewalkar Akshay & Sanyal Jishnu (Maharastra) defeated Kamat Mohit & Venkatesh Prasad (Karnataka) 21-16; 21-18 to enter the final of Men’s Doubles
• Vishnu Arun & Francis Alwin (Kerala) beat K. Tarun & B. Sai Praneeth (Andhra Pradesh) 21-11; 24-22 to in the other semi final

• Among the 3 Maharastrian women who made to the semi-final stage, Patawane Arundati entered the singles final by beating her state mate Gokhale Sayali 9-21; 21-14 and 21-15
• P.C. Thulasi (Kerala), after a poor start got the better of Maharastra’s Neha Pandit 10-21; 22-20 and 21-05 to enter the singles final
• Gadre Pradnya & Sahabrabudhe S. (Maharastra) defeated Balan Aparna & P.C. Thulasi 21-16; 13-21 and 23-21 to enter the women’s doubles final
• N. Sikki Reddy & P. Jyotsna (Andhra Pradesh) beat Nair Meenakshi & Sahadev Mohita 21-16; 21-12 in the second semi finals

• Partha from Jharkhand won Gold in the Pommel Horse Event.
• Jharkhand's Gold Tally is now 13 on Day 8.

• Tamil Nadu makes it's mark on Women's Basketball defeating Kerala by 62-50.
• Chattisgarh defeated Karnataka by 71-40.
• In Men's Basketball,Karnataka beats Uttrakhand 82-79.

• Silver and Bronze Medals were won by West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh respectively.
• In Men's Artistic Individual Championship, U.P won the Gold and bronze, SSCB securing the Silver medal.
• In Men's Artistic Team Championship, U.P won the Gold, Silver was won by SSCB and Bronze by Andhra Pradesh.

• Elite Women Team Sprint Final was won by SSCB.
• In Elite Women 500m Time Trial Final was won by Manipur.
• In Elite Men 1000m Time Trial ,O Bikram Singh of Manipur won Gold, Vikram Duhan( Haryana)won silver and bronze won by Amrit Singh(Punjab).

• Maharashtra beat Delhi.
• Assam beat Maharashtra.

• Karnataka beat Kerala.
• A.P defeats Jharkhand.
• Mohit Kumar(Karnataka) Kamat(Karnataka) beat Mukesh Kumar of Jharkhand.
• B. Sumeeth(A.P) beat Saurav Kapoor from Karnataka.
• Rmu Guru Sai Dutt from A.P beat Anjuman Hazarika(Assam)

• In Women Final Water Polo, Kerala won Gold,silver won by Delhi, Maharashtra won bronze.
• 'Golden Girl' Richa Mishra won Silver in 100m Breast Stroke Women and 100m Free Style.

• Mayookha Johny from Kerala got Gold in Women Long Jump.
• Shradha Ghule (Maharashtra) gained the silver medal and Bronze was won by Piyali Paul from West Bengal.
• Maharashtra girl Kavita Raut  won the Gold medal in 10,000m.
• Prija Sridarshan (Kerala) and Lalita Babar (Maharashtra) won silver and bronze respectively.

• Y.Hemjit playing for Jharkhand won Gold in 3M Spring Board Men.
• Ace swimmer Richa Mishra clinched a Gold in the 200m.
• Sandeep Sejwal bagged the Gold in 5Om Breaststroke.

• Tejaswini Sawant from Maharashtra won Gold medal in shooting 50m Rifle women.
• Rajkumari Rathore from M.P won silver.
• Meena Kumari from H.P. won bronze.

• The match between Jharkhand  Delhi being played at the Birsa Munda Football Stadium ended in a draw with the score being 2-2.
• Similarly, Punjab-Goa match also ended in a draw with 1-1

• Jharkhand loses all its matches against Tamil Nadu & West Bengal.

• In final match Maharashtra beats Bihar by 19-10.

• Race for semi-finals ends with SSCB, Utrranchal, Tamil Nadu.and Delhi heading for a tough competition today.

• Chandan, Dinesh and Sunil wins Gold for Jharkhand in Lawn Bowls Triple.
• Hosts Jharkhand stand at eighth position in the Medal Tally with 6 Golds.
• With 6 Silver and 16 Bronze, Jharkhand has won a total of 28 Medals.

• Manipur won 13 gold medals in Wushu events and now stands at the top of the medal tally with 17 golds, the other gold medals for Manipur are three in Rowing and one in Taekwondo.
• Wushu events concluded today in Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo Indoor Stadium.
• Jharkhand won 2 Silver and 8 Bronze in the  Wushu events.

• Talasha Prabhu (Goa) who defeated Delhi’s ace swimmer Richa Mishra in the 50 Mt. Free Style said that she always wanted to be like Richa.
• Though Talasha clocking 27:95 seconds took the edge over Richa (28:22 seconds), the 17 year old with all humility said that Richa Mishra is her idol.

• Kerala eves take on Karnataka in the first semi finals at 13:00 hrs on 16.2.11.
• West Bengal take on Andhra Pradesh in the second women semis.
• Tamil Nadu versus Uttarakhand; 16:00 hrs in the first men semis.
• Karnataka men take on Haryana in the second semi final at 17: 30 hrs.
• Both the men and women finals are to be played on 17.02.11.

• Surendra Bhandari wins gold for Jharkhand in Taekwondo.
• Surendra achieved this in the 58- 63kg (men) category.
• This is the first gold for Jharkhand on day 3, making it 5 Golds for Jharkhand.

• Richa Mishra won 2 more golds on day 3 making her individual Gold tally to 6.
• Richa also won a Silver in 50Mt Free Style, Talasha Prabhu edged over her in this event.

• Madhya Pradesh with 9 Gold, 3 each in Karate and Wushu, 2 in Taekwondo and 1 in Swimming, leads the Medal Tally in 34th NG.
• With 30 Medals (9 Gold, 7 Silver and 14 Bronze) MP has won the most number of Medals in the first two days.

• Manipur has won 7 Gold Medals in Wushu alone and one in Taekwondo taking its total Gold count to 8.
• Manipur has also won 4 Silver and 10 Bronze that takes their medal tally to 22.
• Manipur now stands second in the Medal’s Tally closely behind Madhya Pradesh.

• Delhi stands third in the Medals Tally with 6 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze.
• 4 of the 6 Gold Medals for Delhi has been won by swimmer Richa Mishra who is the leading Gold winner in the first two days of the 34th NG.
• Chaobi Devi Sanglakpam has won 2 Gold Medals for Delhi in Wushu.

• Arzoo and Farzana Khan won Gold for Jharkhand in Lawn Bowls, women pairs category.
• With 20 medals (4 Gold, 4 Silver and 12 Bronze) Jharkhand stands Seventh in the Medals Tally.

• Kunal Dey from West Bengal wins Gold in under 75 kg category.
• Ashok Kumar from Tamil Nadu wins Gold in under  55 kg category. 
• Devanand Basukhi bags the Bronze medal for Jharkhand  in the same category.

• Tasim Begam (Jharkhand) wins Gold in under 49 kg category.
• Ibrahim Khan (S.S.C.B) won Gold in under 87 kg category.
• Fani Bhushan grabs Bronze for Jharkhand under 87 kg category.
• Sahina Pravin (Jharkhand) wins bronze in under 73 kg.

• Harayana, Delhi, Maharashtra & West Bengal Qualify for the semi finals.

• M.Sadananda (Haryana) wins Gold in Taijiquan (men).
• M. Gyandash Singh (SSCB) wins Silver.
• T.H. Modun Maring (Jharkhand) wins Bronze in the same category.

• Richa Mishra (Delhi) wins 2 more Golds in 800 M Freestyle and 200 M Breaststroke.
• Karnataka (Men) win Gold in 4X100Mt Medley Relay.
• Maharastra (Women) win Gold in 4X100Mt Medley.
• Gagan A.P (Karnataka) wins Gold in 1500 Mt Freestyle (Men).

• Richa Mishra won the maximum number of Golds on Day 1
• Richa Mishra from Delhi bagged 3 Gold medals in 100 m butterfly stroke, 100m & 200m free style categories.

• K.Srilakhmi from Jharkhand won the Gold in over73 kg category.
• Sonam Rajput (Jharkhand) won the Gold in under 67kg category.
• Priti Kumari also from Jharkhand won the Bronze in the under 46 kg category.

• Jharkhand beats Haryana 4-2
• Orissa beats Tamil Nadu 3-1

• Jharkhand Women thrash Assam 8-0
• Jharkhand beats Tamil Nadu in the men’s event.

• Seema Sinha wins Silver in Kumite (61 kg women category) & a Bronze in Kata.

• In Changquan (Women) Manipur sweeps all the medals.
• In Changquan (Men) N.Roshan Singh from Manipur wins Gold.
   

• Defending Rugby champions defeated Manipur, Orissa and Delhi 43-0 , 31-0 and 24-0 respectively
• On the other hand Jharkhand lost all its matches against West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Haryana.

• The governor of Jharkhand His excellency, Sri MOH Farook formally inaugurated the 34^th National Games in Mega Sport Complex, Ranchi.

• The 34^th National Games commenced in a grand manner with Aerobics Shows, Sparkling Lights, Fire Works, Tri-Colour Balloons followed by performance of Bollywood Stars.

• A delighted Jharkhand CM, Sri Arjun Munda addressed the full capacity crowds in the Birsa Munda Athletic Stadium which is the main stadium.

• The confidence level and vision of the Jharkhand CM could be summed up when he said :

  “ Chodo kal ki battein kal ki baat purani Naye daur par likhenge milkar nayi kahani”     

   

• The large gathering was earlier addressed by the JOA President Mr. R.K.Anand, the IOA President  Sri Suresh Kalmadi and also the Deputy CM Mr. Sudesh Kumar Mahto who is also the minister of sports in the state of Jharkhand.

• The Chhau, Paika, Mundari, kurukh and other dancers of Jharkhand stole the lime light in the opening ceremony of the 34th National Games at Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium, MSC. People were mesmerized by the dance performances like the war dance- ‘Paika’ by Shiv Shankar Mahli and his ‘Sur Shringar’ troupe. The crowd was spell bound by the ‘Dumkach’ dance presented by the famous Mukund Nayak and his group.

• Performance by the Mascot ‘Chhaua’ in hit numbers like ‘Desh Rangila’, ‘Rang de Basanti’ and ‘Vande Matram’ in  the company of Boogie-Woogie  runner up Soumya and Junior Jackson Viren Raj Baraik, hypnotized the crowd at the opening ceremony at Ranchi.

• An impressive laser show was presented at the opening ceremony of the 34th National Games which highlighted the achievements of hockey sensations Jaipal Singh Munda and  Sylvanus Dungdung, Arjuna and Dronacharya Awardee ace archer Sanjeev Kumar Singh, team India hockey women’s captain Sumarai Tete and of course MS Dhoni.

Bollywood: In Jharkhand for 34^th National Games Opening

• Sukhwinder Singh in a flashy sleeveless attire gave an impressive performance in the opening ceremony. He had the crowd on his finger tips with numbers like ‘Chhaiya- Chhaiya’, ‘Dhan-te-nan’, ‘Chak de’ and  ‘Jai ho’.

• Sameera Reddy, Amisha Patel, and Vivek Oberoi performed in the opening ceremony. While Sameera performed on the remix version of ‘Duniya mein logon ko’ and ‘Ishq se mitha’, Amisha Patel danced to the ‘Dhanno’ item number from the movie ‘Houseful’. Vivek Oberoi entered the arena in a Kawasaki bike and gave an impressive performance on ‘All the Best'.