Posted in Governance Olympic Sport Sport&Mind Tennis

Naomi Osaka’s mental health red-flag trains spotlight on tenuous athlete-media relationship

These are strained relationships and cannot be totally snapped. Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open, ostensibly to let the focus be back on the tennis in Paris, after a…

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Posted in Equestrian Olympic Games Olympic Sport

Fouaad Mirza completes MERs to confirm place in Tokyo2020 equestrian competition

Asian Games equestrian silver medallist Fouaad Miza has confirmed his ticket to Tokyo2020 by completing the Minimum Eligibility Requirements in finishing second and third on Seigneur Medicott and Dajara 4 respectively in…

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Posted in News Olympic Sport Sport&Mind

Rushed Return to Sport in Pandemic can be counter-productive for athlete’s mental, physical health

World No. 30 ranked badminton player HS Prannoy on Saturday agreed with a suggestion that an athlete’s return to competition after recovering from Covid-19 infection must not be rushed by…

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Posted in Hockey News

In Memoriam: MK Kaushik

He preferred to stay away from the limelight, always pushing others – in his opinion, more deserving folk – ahead. His passion, simplicity and his humility combined with his far-sighted…

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Posted in Governance Olympic Games Olympic Sport Swimming

FINA places stamp of approval on controversial times by Uzbekistan’s Olympic qualifiers

The World Swimming Federation’s (FINA) has stunningly given its stamp of approval to the controversially fast times clocked by home swimmers to qualify for Tokyo2020 in the Uzbekistan Open Swimming…

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Posted in Archery News Olympic Sport

Indian recurve archers bring home triple gold with show of growing mental strength

It was worth sitting up through the night and, from thousands of miles away, feeling the mental toughness that the Indian recurve archers showed in their first international competition in…

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Posted in Archery News Olympic Sport

Big day looms for Indian recurve archers in Guatamela City World Cup

The top-ranked Indian women’s recurve team of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari will have to deal with the burden of expectations in its battle with second-ranked Mexico (Aida…

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Posted in Archery News Olympic Sport

Indian women’s recurve team storms into final in Guatemala City World Cup

The top-ranked Indian women’s recurve team of Deepika Kumari, Ankita Bhakat and Komalika Bari cruised into the final at the Guatamela City 2021 Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage  1 with victories…

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Posted in Archery News Olympic Sport

Atanu Das, Deepika Kumari stage Great Escapes with show of focus and resilience

Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari staged their own versions of the Great Escape along their way into the men and women’s recurve semifinals in the Guatemala City 2021 Hyundai Archery…

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Posted in Archery

Dhiraj and Tarundeep Rai win opening round matches in Archery World Cup

Bommadevara Dhiraj and Tarundeep Rai won their respective opening round matches against Jose Carlos Lopez (Guatamela) and Ivan Gonzalez (Mexico) in the Guatemala City 2021 Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage…

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