‘Inheritance of athletic ability’: An overview on the influence of genetic background in sports performance
Athletic ability depends on certain factors like strength and composition of skeletal muscles, body morphology, aerobic endurance, flexibility, cognitive development and injury susceptibility. These factors are largely associated with an individual’s genotype and its background. But how far genetic background can become a contributing factor in sports excellence? Genes involved in the function of skeletal muscles, communication between nerve...
As Sunit follows uncle SSP’s footsteps, the Chowrasia love affair with Indian Golf continues
Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia, commonly known as SSP in Golf circuit, shares a unique bond with his nephew Sunit Chowrasia who follows his uncle with the intention to make a mark as a pro golfer. Growing up at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) during those impressionable years, Sunit Chowrasia could not be blamed for believing that life on the...
After 48 hours of its launch, European Super League faces collapse as 6 English clubs quit
The newly-formed European Super League faces huge uncertainty as just 48 hours of its launch all six Premier League English clubs announced their withdrawal, followed by two Italian and Spanish clubs. Manchester City was the first club to back out of the European Super League and then Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea announced their withdrawal. With widespread...
European Super League: The breakaway Football tournament that puts UEFA Champions League in turmoil
Twelve major European Football clubs join a new European Super League (ESL) that is considered to be a breakaway tournament from the UEFA Champions League. Format In an exponential development in European Football, a new league is set to venture out ‘as soon as practicable’. The inaugural edition of European Super League aims an August start in which two groups of...
In a first, four Indian sailors together qualify for the Olympics; Nethra Kumanan becomes the first Indian woman sailor to qualify directly
In a historic first, four Indian sailors- Nethra Kumanan, Vishnu Saravanan, KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar- qualified for a single edition of the Olympics. Nethra Kumanan achieved the feat of becoming the first Indian sailor to have booked a place at the Olympics directly. Nethra Kumanan At the Mussanah Open Championship in Oman, Nethra Kumanan finished sixth and was placed second...
Schumacher legacy continues: After nine years of Michael Schumacher’s accidental retirement, his son Mick debuts as F1 rookie
The Schumacher is returning to Formula 1 as Michael Schumacher’s son Mick makes his F1 debut in the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix. Nine years after legendary Michael Schumacher’s final Grand Prix, his son Mick Schumacher will make his debut with the Ferrari-engined Haas team at the season-opening race in Bahrain - an event won by Michael in its inaugural season...
History created: C A Bhavani Devi becomes first Indian fencer ever to qualify for the Olympics in Fencing
Fencer C A Bhavani Devi scripted history by becoming the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics in Fencing. It has been an extremely testing period of time for C A Bhavani since last year. Bhavani who is an Indian Sabre fencer, was preparing for the Women’s Sabre World Cup under reputed coach Nicola Zanotti at Livorno in Italy....
Mithali Raj becomes the first Indian woman cricketer to cross milestone 10,000 in all formats of the game
With 10,001 runs in all formats of the game, Mithali Raj becomes the first Indian woman to achieve the feat and stands only behind former England skipper Charlotte Edwards who was the first woman to reach 10,000 runs in international Cricket. As Mithali Raj flicked South African medium pacer Anne Bosch through square leg for a boundary in the third...
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan to host the Games without overseas spectators
Kyodo News Agency confirmed that the Tokyo Olympics 2020 that was rescheduled in 2021 will be staged without overseas spectators due to public concern over the coronavirus and the spread of more contagious variants. The Japanese government has decided to exclude overseas spectators during Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus....
Cricket is religion and cricketers are God; yet, in India, no cricket stadium is named after a cricketer
The recent name change of Sardar Patel Stadium to Narendra Modi Stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad has given rise to a question. Why in India there is not a single Cricket stadium named after a cricketer, while this country preaches Cricket as its religion and considers cricketers as God? As Ishant Sharma bowled the first delivery of the Test match...