Fine-tune selection norms, set up a Sports Tribunal
Of all the controversies in the run-up to Asian Games, equestrian and sailing caught most people’s fancy, but the perhaps worst of the lot were kabaddi, taekwondo and traditional boat….
Neeraj Chopra strikes Asian Games gold with monk-like composure
Through the evening at the Asian Games, the monk in Neeraj Chopra was in evidence. The Indian star was so intent on internalising everything that he was palpably shut off to everything…
For Dr. Vinita Jain, running is best medicine
There was a time when she would have quit something that she believed in. Simply because lacked the belief in herself. Not anymore, though. Over the past six years, Vinita…
Neeraj Chopra learnt throwing the Javelin on YouTube, won Commonwealth Games gold
For someone whose passion for his sport was fueled by endless hours of watching every YouTube video featuring Jan Zelezny that he could lay his hands, videos of Neeraj Chopra claiming the…
Seema’s limitless inner strength comes to the fore
A little over two years ago, Dr. Seema Yadav went on her first serious road run with a group of friends she had met in the local gym in Faridabad. Now, despite…
Meenal Kotak finds solace on the road
The cheerful Chartered Accountant returned from Germany, armed with an MBA from the Mannheim Business School and wonderful memories of batch-mates from several nations, beer festivals, fast food, back-packing trips…
Neeraj nails it
Bhubaneswar: His nerves are made of steel, he responds brilliantly to pressure as if he is ignorant of what it can do to the best and, what’s more, he is all…
The conquest adds to challenge of other sport
We thought we understood the role of and the power that cricket wields in this wonderful land of ours back in 2007 when Mumbai came to a grinding halt as…
Can we have more of that, please?
Can we have more of that, please? What a great Test match we have been fortunate to watch unfold before our eyes. It is not just because India scripted an…
India needs more than Bindra’s gold: A change of attitude
The strains of the National Anthem from an Olympic arena; the sight of the Tricolour being flanked by two other flags and a calm, composed Abhinav Bindra on the podium,…
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