The TOPS scheme is a flagship program of the Sports Ministry for providing financial assistance to India’s top athletes. New Delhi: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on…
Year: 2020
Sports minister Kiren Rijiju has said India is such a large country that it should finish among the top 5 at the Olympics rather than satisfying…
Pullela Gopichand is of the opinion that athletes should not put undue pressure on themselves and just focus on doing the right things during their preparations…
The Indian contingent was one of only two teams to not raise their arm as they marched past the Nazi dictator in the 1936 Berlin Olympics,…
This piece is an excerpt from the newly-launched book ‘Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games’ authored by Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta. This…
While Sindhu is assured of a ticket to Tokyo, time is running out for Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth to make the cut but Gopichand said…
Mary, at the age of thirty-six, defied norms and won gold at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, at the Asian Games and also at the World…
Dreams of a Billion, by Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta, gets its timing right as it hits the stands in the Tokyo Olympic year with stories…
Soon after returning home from hospital in 1999, Deepa had to find a new purpose in life. An active kid who played every conceivable sport while…
The sports ministry is spending crores on India’s Olympic medal prospects. The Target Olympic Podium Scheme programme is too individualistic and unsustainable, feels Pullela Gopichand in…