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Sleep lays strong foundation for athletes in high performance sport, says Dr. Monika Sharma

Sleep is essentially a function of the brain that sets a strong foundation for all other training, says Sleep Scientist Dr. Monika Sharma, in this conversation. Founder of Sleep Moksha,…

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Posted in Cricket Olympic Sport Other Sport

Soft Power: Creating a strategic advantage with human resources and technology in Sport

If Soft Power or co-optive power can be seen as an aspect of a nation’s power of getting countries to do want what it wants, India’s push for the establishment of the International…

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Posted in Governance Olympic Sport

IGU electorate rebuffs some officers’ attempt to retain control of national golf body

Army brass may be forced to look at barring serving officers for risking losses The Indian Golf Union has rebuffed attempts by army officers, serving and retired, to retain control…

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Posted in Governance News Olympic Sport

With no Athlete Commission and few women in Electoral College, IGU offers wry smile to Sports Governance

Indian sports circles believed sports governance in India took a turn for the better in the wake of Court orders, the International Olympic Committee’s threat to suspend the Indian Olympic…

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Posted in Aces of Sport

Ghulam Abbas Moontasir, feisty competitor, crowd-puller & outspoken star: In Memoriam

There are times when a loss feels personal. Gulam Abbas Moontasir’s death brings that realisation. I cannot recollect watching the basketball superstar at play. Nor did I ever interact with…

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Posted in Athletics Doping Governance

NADA adds new dimension in battle against doping with historic action against errant coach

National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has finally shown that it will look beyond athletes in its battle against the doping menace. NADA brought a coach to book for the first time,…

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Posted in Cricket

Virat Kohli’s short-arm jab joins treasure trove of strokes in the sub-conscious

It is tempting to write of Virat Kohli’s indomitable character, his never-say-die approach and his belief that a T20 World Cup game could be won even when his team needed…

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Posted in Olympic Games Olympic Sport Wrestling

Wrestling, endangered as Olympic sport, lost CWG 2026 spot owing to a simple market reality

Some of the Indian sports community has reeled from shock in the week since it became known that Wrestling will eventually not feature in the 2026 Commonwealth Games programme in…

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Posted in Governance Olympic Games

Has representation of regional Olympic panels in IOC got lost in translation in Indian context?

The scrambling before the Supreme Court on August 18 had urgency and panic written all over. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA), its future clouded by a Delhi High Court order…

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Posted in Equestrian Governance

Delhi HC to examine if Col. Jaiveer Singh has authority to file pleas on EFI behalf 

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday not only refused to give Col. Jaiveer Singh any relief in his application seeking restraint on some elected members of the Equestrian Federation of…

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