The progress of a sport can be seen clearly not when we look at the scores or the timings but when we look at the rankings, the world of a sportsperson, the top 100 or so players and where they stand on the world stage tells a story, and when we see the rankings over…
“So what do you feel about India’s chances for Los Angeles 2028?” Is the question often asked When people meet a sports writer, the first question they often ask is, Closely followed by, “Will we do better in Los Angeles than we did at Paris 2024?” The answer to these questions is not something abstract…
Most Indian teenagers may be worried about their next exam or about how their next date is going to go, but there is an elite group of youngsters with dreams much bigger, who have worked incredibly hard for sporting glory and have their eyes on the biggest goal of them all an Olympics medal. This…
Indian sport has seen many false dawns, but few are as striking as Indian judo. Once a surprise medal contributor, the sport faded into near irrelevance for three decades. It was 1986 , the Asian games were happening in Seoul. Indian sports fans would be watching the event with great anticipation. India finished with 37…
Sheetal: The Pure One It was a cold, cold day in January in Kashmir. The village was Loidhar in Jammu and Kashmir. There was a bustle in the air today, a slight undercurrent of excitement. A baby was expected. The couple came from a humble background. The mother was a homemaker, a simple practical woman….
The most inspirational sportsperson in India is….Sheetal Devi. It was a cold, cold day in January 2007. The village was Loidhar in Jammu and Kashmir, and there was a bustle in the air that day a slight undercurrent of excitement. A young couple were surrounded by many eager villagers. A baby was about to be…
The 2025 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Førde, Norway, came at a pivotal juncture for Indian weightlifting a sport that has spent nearly two decades navigating between flashes of brilliance and long spells of rebuilding. While the event concluded with India securing just one medal a silver from the indomitable Mirabai Chanu it also offered…
Yes, yes I can almost hear the groan from some sports fans: “Why are we talking about a Commonwealth Weightlifting event? The standard’s low, medals don’t mean much.” But before you roll your eyes, hear me out. I’ve followed Olympic sports since the late 1990s, a time when India barely registered on the world map…
