Hockey India strikes balance between experience and fresh blood in women’s squad for Tokyo2020
Bengaluru, June 17: Hockey India on Thursday announced a mix of experience and youth to represent the nation in the Olympic Games women’s hockey competition in Tokyo next month. The selectors,…
Vishnu Sarvanan, Nethra Kumanan pick up crucial experience ahead of Olympic Games
Vishnu Saravanan finished a plucky 25th in the Laser Standard class and Nethra Kumanan 43rd in the Laser Radial class after eight preliminary races in the Hempel World Cup Series…
Sikki Reddy picks up the pieces, recalibrates goals after tryst with Olympic Games goes bust
She knew that Olympic Games qualification was getting tougher by the day but when it was confirmed that she would not compete in Tokyo2020, Sikki Reddy felt an uneasy emptiness…
Naomi, do not blame the media
No one can really question Naomi Osaka’s decision not to participate in post-match press conferences. It doesn’t matter what the terms of her engagement with the French Open or any…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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