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Goan Freediver Creates History With 4 National Records, Puts India On Global...
Diving into the depths of the ocean with a single breath and no breathing apparatus can seem terrifying to most, but to Mario Fernandes, it’s relaxing. India’s first freediving athlete to win four...
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J&K’s 1st Wheelchair Basketball Champ Fought Acute Depression to Reach a...
“You can always dream another dream.” That’s how Ishrat Akther starts the conversation. For a 23-year-old who has had to battle challenges in several walks of life in the last six years, her ‘never...
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National Games: 5 Medal Winners Who Conquered Impossible Odds to Dream Big
Sports grounds breed legendary athletes and inspiring stories, but the road to success can be tricky, given the risk of injuries and lack of financing that plague many aspiring stars. But in the...
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Engineer Left UK to Help 10000 Tribal Community Kids Become National Sports...
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They Said ‘Get Married’, but Mountaineer Fought Village To Scale Everest &...
Feature image: Twitter For the remote and otherwise unknown village of Lothru, Uttarkashi, June brought in a momentous occasion the region had not seen before — a young woman by the name of Savita...
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Harvard Coach Returns to Empower Kids of Rickshaw Drivers, Domestic Helps...
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‘Sisters in Sweat’: A Footballer & a Fitness Trainer Help 3700+ Women...
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Lesser-Known Story of How India’s Greatest Volleyball Player Became a...
How many of you have heard of Jimmy George, the greatest volleyball player India has ever produced? Unless you’re from Kerala, one would reckon not many. His sister-in-law and legendary long jumper...
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US Coach Moved to Jharkhand, Uses Football to Help Girls Stay in School &...
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‘I Lost 58 Kg by Running & Eating Clean’: Fitness Coach Shares Mantra for...
In 2012, Shreyas Karnad had a startling revelation one morning when he weighed himself. The scale indicated he was 62 kg. This was a milestone accomplishment for the then 25-year-old who, just three...
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A Self-Refereed, Mix-Gendered Sport Helps Hundreds of Kids Study, Escape a...
This article is part of #MakingSportWork, a series launched by The Better India and Sports and Society Accelerator. The series celebrates India’s independence with stories of heroes who have spent...
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Meet The Coach From Lucknow Who is Behind the Wins of India’s Best Para...
For 20-year-old Palak Kohli, a career in sports was a distant dream. Born with an underdeveloped left arm, all she could do at sports courts was sit in a corner and watch others play. As a teenage...
View ArticleStarted at 11, Now I’m The Only Female Windsurfer to Represent India in Youth...
Coming from a family of sailors in Goa, Katya Ida Coelho is the first and only female windsurfer in India to compete in the Youth Olympics in 2014. Since her childhood, Katya has always been curious...
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Watching Kids Drop Out of School in My Slum, I Used Football to Transform...
Growing up in a slum area in Ambedkar Nagar, Mumbai, Ashok Rathod saw many of his friends drop out of school to work in the nearby Sassoon Docks. His own father, however, threatened to evict him from...
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Out of the Ordinary: Historical Making of World’s Largest Seated Hockey...
After hosting the spectacular FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2018 in Bhubaneswar at the iconic Kalinga Stadium, Odisha has once again set records by not only hosting the consecutive edition of the...
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‘Namaste UFC, India is Here!’: How Anshul Jubli Is Taking Indian MMA to New...
“Namaste UFC, we have arrived! India is here!,” exclaimed Anshul Jubli, the mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from Uttarakhand, after his dominant second-round TKO (technical knockout) victory versus...
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‘I Was Called a Waste’: Priyanka Chopra’s Trainer for ‘Mary Kom’ On Breaking...
You must remember Priyanka Chopra’s earnest performance in the Mary Kom movie. Did you know that behind her fierce blows and punches was national-level boxer and fitness trainer Jeeth Sanghavi, who...
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‘I’d Donate My Liver to Mom Again’: How a 29-YO Overcame Grief to Win as an...
There is no obstacle that Ankita Shrivastava hasn’t overcome in her 29 years on this planet. She lost her mother at age 19 to a fatal condition despite donating about 74 percent of her liver. Soon...
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‘I Knew Nothing but Cricket’: How a 21-YO Batted Her Way From Dharavi to WPL...
Growing up in Mumbai’s Dharavi, considered one of the world’s largest slums, Simran Shaikh spent all her childhood playing cricket in its lanes with boys older than her age. From breaking window panes...
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‘Will Play Until I Live’: 95-YO Athlete Dadi Won 3 Golds in Poland, Shares...
“I will play as long as I live,” says 95-year-old Bhagwani Devi Dagar. The expression of determination on her wrinkled face adorned with a red bindi and gold earrings stands testament to her words. On...
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