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MYAS directs NRAI to change Returning Officer and start fresh election process

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has directed the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) to appoint a new Returning Officer and initiate fresh process to conduct its elections…

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Paralympic stars occupy India’s collective mindspace, now nation must build on it

There is much fanfare – and deservedly so – as Indian athletes return home from the Paralympic Games in Tokyo with a large and unprecedented collection of 19 medals, including…

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One long Bumrah over to Anderson manipulates England to lose focus and hurtle to defeat

It was magical manipulation! The turnaround that India scripted on Monday, the final day of the Lord’s Test to beat England by a vast margin of 151 runs was nothing…

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Posted in Governance Olympic Sport

India’s quest for sporting glory: the road ahead calls for more teamwork

You can reach out and feel the euphoria that is hanging in the air ever since Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra ended India’s Olympic Games gold medal drought across 2012 and…

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Posted in Athletes Athletics Olympic Games

Neeraj Chopra’s greatest conquest in Tokyo2020 – His own mind

Neeraj Chopra owned the greatest of sporting stages, winning the Javelin Throw gold in the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Saturday and pinning myriad freeze frames in our minds. Forever….

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Posted in Hockey Olympic Games

Fate, planning & a bit of luck – How stars aligned for India’s hockey bronze

It is a story that we will all want to tell our grandchildren. For sure. But it is a story that we are hoping will inspire India to invest more…

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Posted in Athletes Olympic Games

COVID, ailing mother, broken friendship: Lovlina’s rough road to Tokyo2020 bronze

Lovlina Borgohain comes across as one who strives to take control of her destiny. How else can she have translated immense self-belief into accomplishing something that only two other Indian…

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Posted in Athletes Badminton Olympic Games

How PV Sindhu owned her Olympic campaign

She was a fine study of being in the flow as PV Sindhu powered her way – and smartly at that – to her second successive Olympic Games podium in…

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Posted in Hockey Olympic Games

Women’s hockey team gives India one of its greatest Olympic moments

Many may have run the risk of dismissing India’s as a daydream had it not been for the tears that flowed. The teardrops were confirmation of the beautiful reality that…

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Young Indian shooters could have done with smart interventions in key moments

A blank from the first 12 starts in the Olympic Games shooting competition in Tokyo. Just one finalist. Surely, it is not what fans of Indian shooting expected from the…

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