Vidarbha’s Maiden Ranji Win Heralds New Innings for Cricket in the Hinterland
On New Year’s Day, an unassuming Vidarbha team won the Ranji Trophy, India’s most prestigious domestic cricket competition, for the very first time. Led by veteran coach Chandrakant Pandit and captain...
View ArticleHow Football Is Letting This Eye Hospital Battle Social Evils and Transform...
On a chance visit to his ancestral village in rural Bihar (Kishanganj district), Mritunjay Tiwari, a businessman, saw a father selling off his girl child for a mere Rs 1000. This encounter shook his...
View ArticleIs It Cricket? Is It Football? Well, It Is Both! Try Your Hand at This...
Imagine a cricket field, all players in place. Then, imagine a bowler running towards the batsman with a football-sized ball under his arm and delivering it with an under-arm action to the batsman who...
View ArticleManali Girl Creates History, Brings Home India’s First Skiing Medal!
India is blessed with some of the most magnificent mountain ranges on this planet, but skiing remains an unfamiliar sport to a majority of Indians. The reasons for this, range from the high costs of...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Story of Jerry Bujakowski, The First Indian at The Winter Olympics
Hailing from the beautiful hill station of Manali, Aanchal Thakur etched her names in the history books when she became the first Indian to win the nation’s first-ever skiing medal at the prestigious...
View ArticleThese 5 Cricket Stars Are Making Thousands of Lives Better Off-Field Too!
For a majority of Indians, cricket is undoubtedly a religion in itself. With each victory and loss, Indians all over celebrate and mourn in equal measure. While cricketers are worshipped and are looked...
View ArticleBacked By Aussie Legends, This Player Is the First Nepalese To Be Part of IPL!
The Indian Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league, established by the BCCI in India, has given opportunities for young cricketers from different corners of the country to showcase their...
View ArticleGutsy Karnataka Kickboxer Beats Cancer to Win The National Championship!
Girish Gowda started working as a delivery boy at the age of 18, to shoulder the responsibility of his family, which comprises of him, his mother, and four sisters. Life had been tough for young...
View ArticleRahul Dravid: A Toast To the Brilliant Mind Behind India’s U-19 Team
The Indian cricket team’s stunning 203-run win against Pakistan in the semi-final of the Under-19 World Cup has lit up the country. After posting 272/9 batting first, led by Shubman Gill’s unbeaten...
View ArticleWorth Every Crore? 5 U-19 Cricketers All Set to Blow You Away This IPL Season
When the Indian Premier League made its debut in 2008, no one would have foreseen the widespread popularity and enormous fan base that the tournament generated. This feeling only continues to grow as...
View ArticleSwim Wild, Stay Safe: Here’s How to Have a Safer Splash Outdoors
We all love to frolic in the water. In a tropical country like India, recreational swimming is a much-loved activity. While some people have access to swimming pools, the rest take to the rivers,...
View ArticleDaily Wage Earner to IPL Big-Hitter: The Amazing Journey of Kashmir’s New Star
Among the surprise picks in this year’s Indian Premier League auction was Manzoor Dar, the cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir, who fetched a contract worth Rs 20 lakh from the Kings XI Punjab franchise....
View ArticleKnown for Her Towering Sixes, This Former Cricketer Conquered Cancer to Make...
Keya Roy, a former first-class cricketer, was an India opener and is currently a Bengal Selector. A stellar athlete, she was well-known for her aggressive batting style. Her command over the game was...
View ArticleWith Question to BCCI, Dravid Proved Yet Again Why He is The Perfect Role Model
Rahul Dravid, the coach of the World Cup winning Under-19 Indian cricket team, continues to win the hearts of fans with his sincere sense of selflessness. Although delighted with his side’s tremendous...
View ArticleVideo: Dangal Between a Young Maharashtra Girl and an Unlikely Opponent
When “Dangal” was released in 2016, it was critically acclaimed for its moving story of a father who trains his young daughters to help them become India’s first world-class female wrestlers. It comes...
View ArticleVideo: At 18, She Was Confined To a Wheelchair. Today, She’s a Sports Superstar!
Nisha Gupta has emerged as an inspiration to people across India after she overcame a terrible accident which left her wheelchair bound. Nisha was just 18 when she slipped and fell, suffering a spinal...
View ArticleMeet the Smile Makers: Fulfilling a Golden Promise!
How far would you go to fulfil a promise? Would you put in years of blood and sweat only so that you keep an innocent pact? For Devendra Jhajharia, this was a no-brainer. He was determined to keep the...
View ArticleMeet the Smile Makers: Celebrating People Who Have Made India Smile
Among the billion people that inhabit our great nation, there are some who work very hard to bring a smile on the face of others! Whether it is through their service, their hobbies, or their...
View ArticleExample to the Rest: In a First, This State Is Funding India’s Hockey Team!
Sponsorship for sports teams and sportspeople, unless it is cricket, is often tricky. However, taking a decision which could potentially revolutionise the sponsorship game, the Odisha government has...
View ArticleWhen Tennis Legend & World No.1 Roger Federer Visited Tamil Nadu
‘Age is just a number’ goes the common refrain. On Friday, Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer became the oldest world number one men’s player in the world after he reached the semi-finals of the...
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