Posted in Asian Games Sport in India

Ministry’s resolve to clear only Asian Games medal prospects will be tested next year

The good thing about the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports sharing selection criteria for individuals and teams a year ahead of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya is that it…

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Posted in Asian Games Equestrian Governance

EFI’s favoured coach quits in despair, accusing officials of not respecting ethics of Eventing 

The blundering officials of the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) have created a stunning addition to the growing army of their critics. The officials find themselves trapped in a web…

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Posted in Asian Games Swimming

Ageless Virdhawal Khade books himself a ticket to fifth Asian Games competition

Virdhawal Khade primed himself for another crack in an Asian Games Swimming competition even as Aryan Nehra, Maana Patel, Nina Venkatesh and AK Linyesha were busy rewriting National Records on…

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Posted in Asian Games Equestrian

EFI will be left scratching its head after below-par showing by Eventing probables

With only a fortnight left for the Equestrian Federation of India to submit a final list of rider-horse combinations to compete the Asian Games in Hangzhou, the performance of the…

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Posted in Athletes Olympic Sport Other Sport

Vishnu Saravanan’s changed mindset makes him compete fearlessly with the world’s best

A phone call may never be the best way to figure out an athlete’s state of mind but Vishnu Saravanan’s calm and assured responses suggest that he was looking back…

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Posted in Governance Other Sport

Starved of Asian Games success, swimmers benchmarked against world standards

At 20, Maana Patel has seen it all.   Yes, by the time she turned 20 in March this year, India’s best backstroke swimmer has already been through injury and…

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