Deepa Malik wins New Zealand PM’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for her ‘inspiring achievements’
Deepa Malik, who became the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games when she bagged a silver in shot put F 53 at the Rio Paralympics in 2016, is named the recipient of the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2019. Deepa has been conferred the award in recognition of her 'inspiring...
‘Curious Case of Indian Hockey’: The last 20 years and ‘in and out’ of almost the same number of coaches
Graham Reid, the Olympic medal-winner former Australian player, is the latest entrant in the Indian Hockey scenario. Reid has been appointed as the new chief coach of the India Men's Hockey team. Reid has been handed a contract till the end of 2020, which can be extended depending on his performances with the team. But the Australian’s biggest desire...
Where ‘Olympism’ resides- a sporting tale about how house has become home!
The Olympic Charter affirms, “The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity.” Following this, it can be stated that sport can play a major role in bringing communities together by having a strong social and...
India finish with 16 gold in Asian Airgun Championship 2019
Indian shooters claimed 16 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze to sign off with a total of 25 medals at the Asian Airgun Championship in Taipei. On the final day the shooters won 6 gold medals. Yash Vardhan and Shreya Agrawal bagged three gold medals each. Yash won the 10m Men's Air Rifle junior event. He then clinched gold in...
Gopichand’s Academy collaborates with IIT Kharagpur for ‘happiness and mental strength’ programmes for players
To promote happiness, health and well-being among professional and budding Badminton players, Pulella Gopichand Badminton Academy has entered into collaboration with IIT Kharagpur. The engineering institute has signed an MoU with PGBA to carry out joint training and research in the area of the happiness and well-being of players. The thrust areas of the collaboration will include training modules by...
Indian shooters continue their domination at Asian Airgun Championship in Taipei
Young Indian shooters had a profitable day at the Asian Airgun Championship when they won 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze on Day 3 of the competition. India now has a total of 5 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals with half the competition still to go. Manu Bhaker won her second gold of the tournament when she...
Bhaker & Saurabh smash world record as India win Asian Airgun junior and senior gold
India had a successful start to the 12th Asian Airgun Championship in Taipei as India's young guns clinched gold in both 10m Air Pistol junior and senior events. Exactly a month after a gold medal winning feat at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary continued their irresistible form with the senior gold while national...
From Eunice Shriver’s vision, Special Olympics travelled worldwide for 51 years to reach Abu Dhabi; Indians flourished with 368 medals
India created history. The Indian team of ‘Special Olympians’ returned with a whopping tally of 368 medals from the Special Olympics World Games 2019 that was hosted in Abu Dhabi from March 14 to 21, 2019. India finished with 85 gold, 154 silver and 129 bronze. Medals were won across all sports - Athletics, Golf, Volleyball, Aquatics, Cycling, Judo,...
Indian women win fifth straight SAAF Football Championship
The Indian women's team has successfully defended its SAFF Women’s Championship for the fifth time in a row by defeating Nepal by 3-1 in their backyard at at the Sahid Rangashala Stadium in Biratnagar. The win extends India’s unbeaten run in the tournament’s history to 23 games. Dalima Chhibber opened the scoring for India in the first half while...
Women on pedals painting their cities green: Here are the changemakers appropriately conferred ‘Bicycle Mayor’
Nikita Lalwani is an instrument engineer from Baroda, Bhairavi Joshi practices dentistry in Valsad, Pooja Vijay is a lawyer in Jaipur and marketing professional Firoza Suresh is from Mumbai. These four different names pursue four different professions but they follow a common fervor. Nikita, Bhairavi, Pooja and Firoza are cycling enthusiasts; so much so that they are driven by...