Shakliar Warjri named new Sports & Youth Affairs Minister
Shillong, Mar 9: Shakliar Warjri has been appointed as the new Sports & Youth Affairs Minister in the incoming state government, it was revealed today.
Warjri is a first-time MLA and was elected on a Hill State People's Democratic Party...
Khelo India Youth Games: First medal for Meghalaya comes in canoe slalom
Shillong, Feb 6: Meghalaya teenager Pynshngain Kurbah scripted history by taking the silver medal in the canoe slalom event at the Khelo India Youth Games in Madhya Pradesh today.
This is the first medal for Meghalaya at this edition of...
Meghalaya team to leave for 44th Senior National Softball Championship
Shillong, Jan 31: Meghalaya will send a 15-member men's team to compete in the 44th Senior National Softball Championship 2023, which will be held in Odisha next month.
The event will run from 5th to 9th February. The Meghalaya contingent...
43 Meghalaya athletes to participate in Khelo India Youth Games
Shillong, Jan 26: A Meghalaya contingent comprising 43 athletes will represent the state at the Khelo India Youth Games, which will begin on 31st January and run until 11th February in Bhopal.
The football team, with 20 players, makes up...
In Memoriam: The Meghalaya sportspersons we lost in 2022
At the end of 2022, we take time to remember those from the Meghalaya sports community who passed away this year…
Daphika Pakyntein
Long distance runner Daphika Pakyntein passed away in January.
In a Facebook post at the time, Run Meghalaya said,...
NEOG Meghalaya medallists & coaches honoured
Shillong, Dec 2: Meghalaya’s medallists and coaches from the 2nd North East Olympic Games 2022 were felicitated at a function here today.
In all, 188 athletes and 54 coaches were honoured by the government, represented by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma.
The government...
Applications invited for U Kiang Nangbah Award for Sports
Shillong, Nov 18: The state government has invited applications from citizens of Meghalaya for the U Kiang Nangbah Award for Sports 2023.
The award is for excellence in sport and will be awarded during the Meghalaya Day celebrations on 21st...
2nd North East Olympic Games 2022 ends with Manipur triumphant
Shillong, Nov 16: Medals were won, obstacles were overcome and friends were made over the course of seven days, with the 2nd North East Olympic Games 2022 concluding in Shillong today with a memorable closing ceremony.
Manipur were named the...
NEOG 2022: Meghalaya pick up 4 gold in karate, total now 34
Shillong, Nov 16: Meghalaya won four gold medals in yesterday's karate events at the SAI Training Centre's Indoor Stadium here.
Meghalaya won their gold medals through Cheltis Shylla (Junior Boys -55kg kumite), Saralin Rynghang (Women -50kg kumite), Paul Danny Kharmudai...
NEOG 2022: Manipur claim double gold in mesmerising Road Cycling race
Shillong, Nov 15: The picturesque road from Shillong to Mawthadraishan Peak was the setting today for the road cycling event at the 2nd North East Olympic Games 2022, which Manipur won in both the men's and women's events.
Covering 80km, this...