L Natarajan wants to promote Dueball as the game for the mass
Hailing from Madurai district, in Tamil Nadu, L. Natarajan is an extremely talented athlete who wants to become the coach of the national team of his favourite sport, Dueball. L Nataranjan, who started playing Dueball in 2015, has played 3 important tournaments - the 2018 junior nationals in Rajasthan, the 2019 international in Maldives, and the 2019 senior Nationals in...
“This Paralympics is very special to me; I want to win the event for my country”… Pramod Bhagat
The Tokyo Paralympics are about to begin from the 24th of August, 2021. Sportsavour got in touch with world no. 1 Para Badminton player, Pramod Bhagat, a serious gold medal contender at the Tokyo Games. How does it make you feel that you will be playing in that edition of Paralympics in which Para Badminton makes its debut? Pramod: It is...
With two Olympic gold medal in his kitty, Devendra Jhajharia, with his javelin, is aiming for the third at Tokyo Paralympics
The whole of India is rejoicing Neeraj Chopra’s win at the Tokyo Olympics. However, unbeknownst to probably most of India’s population, an Indian, Devendra Jhajharia, is the proud winner of 2 gold medals in Javelin Throw at 2 separate editions of the biggest sporting spectacle in the world. The thing that is even more impressive about Jhajharia’s feat is that...
C Muniyappa innovates mini Golf course on two-and-quarter acre land in his native Poolampatti village
C Muniyappa, the 2009 Hero Indian Open champion, recently transformed a two and quarter acre land into a mini Golf course in his native village, Poolampatti, situated 394 kms away from Chennai. C Muniyappa grew up learning Golf on mud greens with handcrafted clubs. The setting used to be agricultural fields in his village before he moved to pristine championship...
Going beyond the Neeraj Chopra show with reminiscence of behind the scene
The Tokyo Olympics will always remain a huge landmark in the history of Indian sports as this was India’s most successful Olympic campaign with 7 medals - 2 silver, 4 bronze, and one historic gold of Neeraj Chopra. The gold medal of Neeraj Chopra that came with a throw of 87.58 m in the final of the Men’s Javelin Throw...
Talented Ananya Gupta wants to grow as an athlete along with the ‘natural growth’ of Dueball In India
The engaging and enthralling game of Dueball is attracting athletes from all different sports and Ananya Gupta is the perfect example of that fact. Ananya Gupta is a talented 20-year-old who is presently completing the final year of her graduation. She first started to play Dueball around 4 years back. She was already an accomplished athlete by then, having taken...
“Even if it’s not exactly a podium finish, will maybe bring eyes to the sport”- Aditi Ashok
It was a narrow miss but a broad display. Aditi Ashok, after finishing fourth in the Olympics, has turned into the poster girl of new-age sport in India. Through the Tokyo Olympics, Aditi Ashok's putting held, but more importantly, the mind was in the right place. The two aspects, so critical at sport's highest level, were so apparent that even...
It’s an individual Olympic gold for India; Neeraj Chopra touches the summit after 13 years
On a watershed day for Indian Athletics, Neeraj Chopra bags an Olympic Gold Medal, in the Men's Javelin Throw event. This is India's second-ever individual Olympic gold medal after Abhinav Bindra's gold in Beijing, 2008. Neeraj Chopra recorded the final-winning throw of 87.58m in his second attempt. His first attempt of 87.03m would have been enough for him to win...
Bajrang Punia wins bronze; becomes the sixth Indian grappler to bag an Olympic medal
Glory For India again at the Tokyo Olympics; Bajrang Punia beats Daulet Niyazbekov from Kazakhstan to win the bronze medal and bring the total medal tally at the Tokyo Olympics to 6. Wrestler Bajrang Punia who came into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a serious contender for a medal, makes India proud after picking up the bronze medal in the...
The men won, the eves lost; but with heads high, both scripted a turn around for Indian Hockey
The Indian Men's Hockey team won their bronze medal match against Germany by 5-4, whereas the Women’s Team went down to Great Britain by 4-3 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But the spirited performance by both the teams in this Olympics will continue to inspire generations. Win for the Men In the past the Indian Men's Hockey team used to dominate...