Shooter Arjun Babuta cried at Karni Singh Shooting Range when he returned to practice after heartbreak at Paris Olympics
On the first of October this year, the dim lights of the rifle range at the Karni Singh Shooting range lit up. A lone figure walked towards his lane, took…
Hardik Singh at Idea Exchange: ‘We cover up each other’s mistakes, don’t point fingers … that’s the new Indian style’
Vice captain Hardik Singh on Indian hockey’s revival, the unique team-building exercises in the build-up to the Olympics, how playing more frequently with Pakistan could help both nations and the…
Paris 2024 lessons for badminton officials: Look beyond organising tournaments
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) didn’t have much to do in matters of who represented the country at the Olympics. The Indian squad of seven – PV Sindhu, HS…
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- August 24, 2024
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How a journeyman wrestler became ‘more than a brother’ and shaped Aman Sehrawat’s Olympic dreams | Sport-others News
On Raksha Bandhan, Aman Sehrawat, the country’s only wrestler to win a medal at the Paris Olympics, was at his home away from home in Munda Khera village in Jhajjar.…
Why did Olympian Archana Kamath choose academics over TT? Because she could
Late last year The Indian Express sports team undertook the back-breaking exercise of compiling back stories of all 256 medallists from the 2023 Asian Games at Hangzhou. The pain-stakingly collected…
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- August 18, 2024
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Vinesh Phogat: ‘I will always fight for the honour of the women’ | Sport-others News
It is 1.15am and having attended more than 20 felicitation ceremonies after she arrives at the Delhi Airport, wrestler Vinesh Phogat is given gifts, given pagdis (turbans) apart from small…
Ashwini Ponnappa owes the world nothing—not a win, not an invoice
Ashwini Ponnappa won India’s first World Championships bronze of the ongoing streak since Prakash Padukone, at London 2011 alongside Jwala Gutta. She also won India’s first badminton gold at the…
Ma Long, So long: How silly memes of a shooting dad and breakdancing novice, overshadowed TT legend’s Olympics farewell
At Paris 2024, he played a bit part in China winning the table tennis team gold. For the uninitiated, following the Games on television, he was the unassuming silent one…
Lakshya Sen on Paris Olympics: ‘Prakash sir took away my phone… said won’t get back till matches are done’
Lakshya Sen reveals to PM Modi that his coach, Prakash Padukone, has taken away his mobile phone during the Paris Olympics to minimize distractions. PM Modi asks Sen, “Do you…
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- August 16, 2024
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Thought she might die, says Vinesh Phogat coach on weight-cut before final | Sport-others News
Vinesh Phogat’s coach at the Paris Games, Woller Akos, has said he feared that the wrestler “might die” by the end of the five-and-a-half hours of intense weight-cut the night…
