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Tokyo 2020: The Olympics Of Love & Kindness

Tokyo 2020 Olympics have been a game of love and kindness! Here’s all this positive from the games that just wrapped up.

5 Habits Of Successful Sports Professionals

Ever wondered what sets the A-list sports stars apart from the rest? It is their habits.

How To Keep Up With The Sports You Play?

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures. The world has confined itself to limited spaces and we must work within what we have to stay physically and mentally fit.

Importance Of Sports From A Young Age

Here are some reasons why parents should encourage their kids to take up sports from a young age.

5 Famous Indian Athletes And Their Lesser-Known Coaches

Here are 5 coaches who have made these athletes the best in their respective sports today.

Indian Women Making Their Mark In Sports Like Never Before!

Anjali Bhagwat – Shooting, Anjum Chopra – Cricket, Vinesh Phogat- Wrestling, Hima Das –Athletics; in the new India of 2019, the list of woman sports stars is both endless as well as inspiring! Though India has always had a pronounced tradition in sports, these female Indian sports personalities and their achievements are leaving footprints of success, across the globe, like never before! The sports sector in India has witnessed a number of recent developments. To understand the impact of these changes with regards to the Indian scenario better, let us find out more about female Indian sports personalities and their achievements. […]

Bula Chowdhury – The Queen Of Seas!

After swimming across 7 seas and 5 continents, Indian swimmer Bula Chowdhury has been swimming in compliments. A popular long-distance swimmer, in 2005, at the age of 35, braving icy cold waters, she was the first woman to conquer sea channels in 5 continents. Clocking the 30 km distance in 3 hours and 26 minutes, Bula became the 1st Asian woman to swim the stretch in such a short time. Just a year before that, she also became the 1st woman in the world to cross the 7 seas when she swam across the Palk Straits from Talaimannar in Sri […]

Mary Kom Wins Sixth World Boxing Championship Title

India’s MC Mary Kom won the sixth Gold medal in the World Boxing Championship and made a record. India’s Olympics bronze medallist, Mary Kom outclassed Ukraine’s Hanna Okhota by a unanimous 5:0 verdict, to emerge victorious in the light flyweight 48-kilogram category. It took three rounds to knock out her opponent and win the championship crown. This was Mary Kom’s ninth appearance in the International Boxing Federation (AIBA) Women’s World Championships. Mary Kom had defeated Okhota earlier in the year, in Poland. MARY KOM’S JOURNEY Mary overcame multiple drawbacks to gain momentum and achieve success in the Women’s World Boxing […]

Turning Tragedy Into Triumph

Kajal Dey is India’s only table-tennis coach, without hands. His story shows anything is possible as long as you have conviction and self-belief. TRAGEDY STRIKES Kajal Dey’s dreams did not include being a table tennis coach. However, destiny had other plans for the young Tripura lad, whose livelihood as a nursing home driver ground to a halt because a tragedy in 1991 changed his life. Dey’s work hours often meant late nights. May 21st, 1991, was one such fateful night when Dey was on a late-night shift. A grief-stricken nation was reeling from the assassination of former Prime Minister, Rajiv […]

87-Year-Old Chennai Woman Inspires Budding Athletes

Imagine your grandparent or great-grandparent running laps, throwing shot puts and heavy discus! 87-year-old Daisy Victor has made the unthinkable possible by pursuing athletics despite being over 80. Her national and international sports career spans 70 years winning her over 414 medals, of which 345 are gold. Encouraging young Daisy Born in the town of Nazareth near Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli, Daisy grew up in Bellary where her father worked as a postmaster. He was the first person to encourage her interest in sports at the age of 8. Her second supporter was her husband, Victor Sundararajan. Before her marriage, she […]

Rani Rampal: The young shining star of Indian Women’s Hockey Team

Hailing from a small town, Shahabad, the then 7-year-old Rani Rampal, had always dreamt of playing Hockey for India and proudly waving the flag of her country across the world. What must have seemed like impossibility back then did finally come true? Sailing through the difficult tide Rani Rampal, whose on-going career spans nearly a decade in Hockey, couldn’t have made it this far without the support of her family members and her kind-hearted coach. The champion who debuted at the tender age of 15 and is now the captain of the national senior women’s team, didn’t have it easy […]

Dedication Strikes Gold!

Back in 2016, Manjit Singh felt that all hope was lost for him. He had just lost his job at ONGC and his world came crashing down. Cut to August 2018, and Manjit Singh has just become the third ever Indian sportsperson to win a gold medal in his debut Asian Games. He completed the male 800m finals with a whopping 1:46 15s outdoing veteran sprinter Jinson Johnson who finished second. Manjit truly made India proud because an Indian has finished first in the 800m category after 67 years. The last time this happened was in 1951 during the first […]

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