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Somewhere a kid runs…

Somewhere a kid runs…

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:47

"Somewhere, a kid runs like the wind but never seems to catch up. Somewhere, a little star looks up, but the sky is always too far. Somewhere, a bright eyed youngster leaps high but cannot reach his dream…." India a ...

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The 2008 scorecard for India in the Olympic sports

The 2008 scorecard for India in the Olympic sports

Sunday, January 4, 2009 21:14

Considering that we had the Olympics in 2008, it is natural that the performance in the Olympics will largely determine how well a particular sport fared in the year gone by. ...

The numbers that mattered for Indian sports in 2008

The numbers that mattered for Indian sports in 2008

Saturday, January 3, 2009 4:14

3 The number of medals that India won at the Beijing Olympics – the best ever haul and equal to the combined tally of the last 6 Olympics. The happiest, most memorable Olympics ever. Bindra, Sushil and Vijender ...

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Terror, Maradona & CWG

Terror, Maradona & CWG

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 17:59

One would have thought that the recent terror attacks in Mumbai would have derailed a lot of the sports action in the country. The English cricket team's tour of India was called ...

India-Hungary MoU: Hungarian coaches for Canoeing, Kayaking and Fencing?

India-Hungary MoU: Hungarian coaches for Canoeing, Kayaking and Fencing?

Saturday, November 15, 2008 3:40

India and Hungary will be signing an MoU for enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the field of sports. This was decided at the meeting of Dr. M. S. Gill, Union Minister for Youth Affairs & ...

Giving something back to the game

Giving something back to the game

Sunday, November 2, 2008 1:10

Pullela Gopichand and Prakash Padukone are All England Champions. P T Usha is a former Asian Sprint Queen. Other than being great champions they have something else in common. They are also working towards creating more champions like ...

What the Indian Media isn’t telling you about the Delhi Commonwealth Games

What the Indian Media isn’t telling you about the Delhi Commonwealth Games

Monday, October 27, 2008 11:43

Here’s an update on the state of preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. This comes courtesy of Richard Moore’s report in The Scotsman. It’s really a credit to the Indian media that we have ...

India and the Beijing Olympics – the Good, the Bad and the Future

India and the Beijing Olympics – the Good, the Bad and the Future

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 1:48

By all accounts India had a great Beijing Olympics and let’s not even argue about it. There are cynics who will look at our population and compare our meagre haul with the likes of the other big nations ...

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Why India needs this website?

Why India needs this website?

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 23:12

Let me first tell you about a quadrennial Indian ritual. India goes to the Olympics. Most Indian athletes do badly. Being the Olympics, many Indians are watching and taking note of the superlative performance of the athletes from other ...