BWF Calendar Seems Senseless: Prannoy
It seems senseless for the World Badminton Federation’s (BWF) to rush to schedule as many as 22 grade 1 and 2 tournaments in just over four months from August 11,…
Celebrating GR Viswanath
It was an overwhelming experience, watching my colleagues and friends R Mohan, Vijay Lokapally, Vincent Sunder and Hemant Kenkre portray the image and aura of one of India’s finest batsmen…
Cricket Conversations #1: A look back at India’s epochal twin tours of West Indies and England
Former Bombay University cricketer Hemant Kenkre is always fun to talk cricket with. A fountainhead of stories, he lets me engage him in a conversation around the milestone victories of the Indian…
Delayed, Ministry list of recognised NSFs draws mixed reaction from sports fraternity
The list of National Sports Federations (NSF) granted annual recognition by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is out after an inordinate delay. Comprising 54 NSFs, it has ruffled…
Teenager Chhavi Kohli envisions some changes in fencing
Chhavi Kohli wears a mature head on young shoulders and despite doing multiple things during Lockdown, she lets her mind visit a future when she can resume fencing without undue…
Time to embrace discipline and raise fitness quotient in home
At first glance, there is only so much fitness work that you can do in the confines of your home in the Covid-19 scenario, but listen to functional fitness specialist…
Careful Srihari Nataraj will not rush into a pool without assessing health risk
His own memories of the arduous journey to peak fitness after recovering from Dengue fever four years ago will guide India’s backstroke swimming ace, Srihari Nataraj, when he decides on…
Keeping mind open in times of Lockdown
Nothing would have prepared athletes at the elite, development and amateur levels for sport to come to a grinding halt. It is inevitable that none of them would have made…
Vani Pahwa offers unique, deeper insights for greater fitness result
Her hands are gesturing much of the time and her eyes are very much in the conversation. As indeed, they would be since she has been a dancer nearly all…
Running is pregnant with positivity, says mother of three Mandira Singh Aulakh
The 34-year-old drives home from work, quite stressed. It is not so much her work as a school Vice Principal that winds her up as the afternoon traffic across the…