Martial Arts

Shillong, Jun 3: The Shillong Dojo Karate-Do Association held its annual general body meeting and election of office bearers here on 27th May. Former SDKA Assistant General Secretary Banri Phira Lyngdoh was elected as the new President for a three-year...

Shillong, Jun 2: Meghalaya won a total of 40 medals at the National Youth Muay Thai Championship 2019, which was held in Assam at the end of last month, a press release stated today. The tournament was organised by the...

Shillong, May 29: The Meghalaya kurash team brought home a total of 15 medals, including four gold, from the 1st East Zone Kurash Championship, which was held from 24th to 28th May in Agartala. Kurash is a form of wrestling...

Shillong, Apr 27: "Through adversity to the stars" is an old motto that Meghalaya kickboxer Hameshaniah Suiam might consider adopting personally. The six-time national champion, who has also represented India internationally, only got into the sport after he was bullied...

Shillong, Apr 15: Wandahunshisha Mawblei (pictured front row second right) bagged a bronze medal in the girls' cadet -54kg individual kumite (sparring) event at the recently concluded Karate Association of India Cadet, Junior & U-21 National Karate Championship, the...

Shillong, Apr 9: Hameshaniah Suiam (second right) took bronze in the point fighting -57kg senior men's category at the 4th Turkish Open International Kickboxing Tournament in Antalya, the Meghalaya State Kickboxing Association said today. The tournament ran from 4th to 7th April. Suiam, a...

Shillong, Apr 4: Seventeen karatekas of the All Meghalaya Karate-Do Association, led by coach Mingson Rymbai and manager Glikerius Buhphang, will participate in the Karate Association of India's Cadet, Junior & U-21 National Karate Championship, to be held at...

Shillong, Mar 28: Meghalaya won 10 gold medals, plus a rich crop of 10 silver and 10 bronze, at the WAKO India National Kickboxing Federation Cup in Pune. The tournament ran from 24th March and concluded today. Eight Meghalaya kickboxers...

Shillong, Feb 26: Two mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters from Meghalaya - Pynshngain Bareh and Benedict Lamin - won their fights in the X1 International in Dimapur recently. The event was sanctioned by the National Federation of Mixed Martial Arts. Lamin beat...

Shillong, Jan 21: Meghalaya's medal winners from the first ever North East Olympic Games, which were held in Imphal in October, were felicitated with cash awards at a function organised by the Directorate of Sports & Youth Affairs at the...