As a captain and player, Gautam Dagar leads Indian Rugby to its forward march
It was the occasion of Asian 5 Nation Tournament at Lahore in Pakistan. The Indian boys were ready to leave for their tour after their selection camp in Amritsar. But with a heavy jolt, the news came that 10 out of 23 boys were denied visa as they were serving the Indian army. The 13 left, were in shock...
Indians ready for Gold Coast; settle in Commonwealth village amidst doping probe
The Indian contingent comprising of 218 athletes arrived at the Gold Coast Commonwealth village to participate in the Games that begin on April 4 and will go on till April 15, 2018. The 218-member contingent includes a 31-member athletics team. The Indian athletes will camp and train at Super Sports Center in the Gold Coast till March 25 before...
From Mumbai suburbs to Bangkok and US; its Pickleball really going global
It was not just another Sunday in one of the extreme suburbs in Mumbai; but it was the Pickleball day at Global City in Virar. The Mumbai Pickleball Association organized a training camp in Club One of Global City with the sole motive to promote the game and to increase its reach to various corners of urban Mumbai. Uday Dhonde,...
National Para Badminton Championships- para shuttlers lit up Sunbeam School at Varanasi
The 2nd National Para Badminton Championship was successfully organised by Uttar Pradesh Para Badminton Association under the aegis of Para Badminton Association at Sunbeam School in Varanasi from 23rd-25th March, 2018. The championship had around 200 participants from across India under six different categories- Wheelchair 1 (WH 1), Wheelchair 2 (WH 2), Standing Lower 2 (SL 3), Standing Lower...
“In Wheelchair Basketball, every player is unique because of his unique functional ability”…..Varun Ahlwat
Around 1945-46, after World War II, injured army men of the USA found for themselves a mode of rehabilitation. They played Basketball on wheelchairs to keep themselves motivated and positive. Most of the war servicemen who were treated in Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals in Birmingham (CA) and Framingham (MA), as well as at the Corona Naval Station (CA), played against their...
National Para Badminton Championships- time again for the para shuttlers to prove their mettle
2nd NATIONAL PARA BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS- 2018 Date: 23rd-25th March, 2018 Venue: Sunbeam School, Lahartara, Varanasi Uttar Pradesh Description: Para badminton has gained popularity worldwide and will be an official sport for the first time at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2020. In India, people with physical impairment is opting for badminton as a mean to break the shackles of disability. With the...
When Pickleball from West met the tradition in East- all for the growth of this game
It was the occasion of New Year in Mumbai- Gudi Padwa, the auspicious beginning of the year celebrated throughout Maharashtra. The commercial capital of India, on this day, highlighted a complete different mood of the citizens, who are otherwise workloaded and busy. The streets and lanes of Mumbai, draped in tradition, propagated the custom and culture at their best. In...
Prem Bhatia- the 12th man who batted in both innings of a match and went down in history
12th man in cricket is generally the first substitute player who misses selection in the final eleven but is still part of the team. Though he cannot bat or bowl, he can replace one of the injured players as a fielder. But exceptions come and that stays in history. The first Irani Trophy match was played between Bombay and the...
Starting at 88 and now at 107-its the running that inspires Fauja Singh to persist
The commercial capital of India turned ‘Red’. For the last few days, there was a peaceful protest march in the city initiated by approximately 50,000 farmers from Maharashtra. They long marched for about 180 km from Nasik to Mumbai and congregated at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai with some valid range of demands. They conducted themselves with utmost honesty...
“With the theme ‘Healthy Mind and Healthy Body’, our motto is to serve the society with innovative sporting ideas” ……. Sri Sudha M
India has a total land area of 3,166 lakh hectares, out of which 15% is categorized as wasteland. As per the report of the Wastelands Atlas of India (2011), Rajasthan tops the chart with about 84,929 sq.km as wasted land. These wastelands are mainly transformed into dumping grounds, as in India, nearly 91% of the collected waste is dumped...