EFI, a peculiar federation, looking to anoint another president without election
In keeping with its claim that it administers a peculiar sport to not comply with the National Sports Development Code…
Year: 2020
Second class citizens?
The Indian swimmers’ hearts sank collectively when they discovered that their sport was not part of the Standard Operating Procedure…
BWF Calendar Seems Senseless: Prannoy
It seems senseless for the World Badminton Federation’s (BWF) to rush to schedule as many as 22 grade 1 and…
Celebrating GR Viswanath
It was an overwhelming experience, watching my colleagues and friends R Mohan, Vijay Lokapally, Vincent Sunder and Hemant Kenkre portray…
Cricket Conversations #1: A look back at India’s epochal twin tours of West Indies and England
Former Bombay University cricketer Hemant Kenkre is always fun to talk cricket with. A fountainhead of stories, he lets me engage him…
Delayed, Ministry list of recognised NSFs draws mixed reaction from sports fraternity
The list of National Sports Federations (NSF) granted annual recognition by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is out…
Teenager Chhavi Kohli envisions some changes in fencing
Chhavi Kohli wears a mature head on young shoulders and despite doing multiple things during Lockdown, she lets her mind…
Time to embrace discipline and raise fitness quotient in home
At first glance, there is only so much fitness work that you can do in the confines of your home…
Careful Srihari Nataraj will not rush into a pool without assessing health risk
His own memories of the arduous journey to peak fitness after recovering from Dengue fever four years ago will guide…
Keeping mind open in times of Lockdown
Nothing would have prepared athletes at the elite, development and amateur levels for sport to come to a grinding halt.…