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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Resilient Neeraj Chopra overcomes physical discomfort to land World Championships silver
There were two Neeraj Chopras on view at the Hayward Field on Saturday. Both were battling to keep the Olympic Games champion in the hunt for a World Athletic Championships…
Neeraj Chopra checks all basics to ease into final; Rohit Yadav, Eldhose Paul join in
Neeraj Chopra’s attention to detail was in evidence in all that he did on Thursday to put himself in line to add a World Athletics Championships Javelin Throw medal to…
EA Sports FIFA : The Sport Within A Sport
“EA Sports, it’s in the game.” When people hear the word FIFA, they most often assume that people aren’t referring to the governing body of world football, but instead are…
History in sight at TrackTown as Neeraj Chopra aims to medal at World Championships
There is a whiff of freshness in the air when Neeraj Chopra is around.. And yet, there is familiar scent, too. There is a business-like demeanour ahead of the biggest…
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