Badminton: How national champion Raghu rebelled against his family and then made his father fall in love with the sport again | Badminton News
At 9, Raghu Mariswamy couldn’t stop jabbering to his bemused father about how ‘easy’ badminton looked. At 16, he stopped training altogether, forced to study for medical entrance exams. At…
Why are badminton’s top names miserable about having to play the sport? | Badminton News
If they could, the Badminton World Federation would have found ways to attract larger sponsorships into the sport, given it is highly engaging and watchable and has a large fan…
Sebastian Coe wants clear-cut transgender policies from IOC: ‘Protecting women’s sport is a non-negotiable for me’ | Sport-others News
Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe has said the International Olympic Committee needed clear-cut policies to protect women’s sport to avoid controversies such as the one in boxing at this year’s…
Hikaru Nakamura interview: World No 2 on Magnus Carlsen’s ‘we’re not a serious sport’ statement and why he doesn’t mind no-increment rule | Chess News
Ever since the much-talked-about draw between Indian prodigy Nihal Sarin and Daniel Dardha in the Global Chess League in the matchup between PBG Alaskan Knights and Alpine SG Pipers, there…
Badminton’s new face France’s Alex Lanier reframes the sport with muscle power | Badminton News
The last two Olympics men’s singles titles have gone to a European, not an Asian. And the first Tour title immediately after Paris Games, the Japan Open, a Super 750…
As PM Narendra Modi says India and Poland are connected by kabaddi, quick look at European nation’s history in sport | Sport-others News
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is currently in Poland to celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, highlighted kabaddi as the common thread between Poland…
Vinesh Phogat disqualified: As IOA appeal at CAS, explaining what Court of Arbitration for Sport is | Sport-others News
Vinesh Phogat disqualified: Vinesh Phogat was heartbreakingly disqualified ahead of her gold medal bout on Thursday because she was deemed to have missed the weight cut. The wrestler, who was…
Why Indian women across sport — PV Sindhu, Lovlina Borgohain, Vinesh Phogat, Aditi Ashok — could make waves at the Paris Olympics | Sport-others News
Her story begins with a letter. Jyothi Yarraji was 16 years old when she lifted a pen, hands trembling, to write to her elder brother Suresh, seeking his permission to…