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Sable, Sreeshankar keep India’s spirit high on emotional opening day at Oregon22

They were dealing with pressure of their own and yet, at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene on Friday, it seemed as if Avinash Sable and M Sreeshankar did…

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Sreeshankar, Sable favoured to nail good show on opening day at World Athletics Championships Oregon22

Eugene, July 14:  Race walkers Priyanka Goswami and Sandeep Kumar will be the first Indian athletes on view in the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in the Hayward Field here on Friday (early…

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India gets set to go on an emotional ride with Neeraj Chopra one more time

There can be no doubt that over the past few years, he has virtually single-handedly drawn the entire nation’s attention to athletics. When he won the World Junior Championships in…

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Maverick Commissioner stays away from painting one image but offers reader different portraits 

There are times when we identify an athlete with a trademark action, if not an idiosyncrasy, or an image that is embedded in our minds. In doing do, we are…

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Posted in Boxing Olympic Sport

Nikhat Zareen’s learnings continue as she passes world championship milestone

Nikhat Zareen, Women’s World Boxing Champion in the Flyweight class (52kg) has learnt many a life lesson in her dozen years in the sport and, in her own inimitable way,…

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Pratham Singh finds balance between passion for cricket and quest for learning

His passion for cricket may have caused Pratham Singh to defer joining a post graduate programme in the Indian School of Business but that decision has not stopped him from…

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Posted in Audio Ram-Raj Show

The Ram-Raj Show – Episode #2 – Sports Journalism

Ram Karan, my friend of many years and a superb editor, and I get together to discuss the evolution of Sports Journalism in India and the challenges that contemporary sports…

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Posted in Athletes Olympic Sport Swimming

Explained: Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ success revives Biology debate in Sport

Biology, Human Rights, Sex and Gender Identity. All these terms have returned to the sports pages and discussions elsewhere. From elite athletes to lawyers, from activists to college athletes. Everyone…

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Smart use of Artificial Intelligence can help make intelligent decisions in sport

By now, you will be very familiar with cricket’s Decision Review System and the ball-tracking used to assist umpires arrive at decisions. The Win-probability that TV channels now flash on…

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Posted in Equestrian

Epitome of calmness, Virat walks into golden sunset and evokes strong sentiment

Farewells are never easy. They make the hearts thump against chests, bring lumps to throats and tears to eyes. As he prepares to walk away into the proverbial golden sunset, Virat…

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