The show that started in 2009 with only two participating clubs, has come across these 10 years to promote itself into a high-rated event that creates, each year, a solid platform for the best talents in Indian Equestrian. The 10th Edition of Equestrian Premier League at Embassy International Riding School (EIRS) …

                with Karishma Kalike DOB:              2nd June 1996 State:             Maharashtra City:               Aurangabad Club:              ZEN Academy  “Pickleball has increased my mental stability, fitness and decision-making power.” Karishma Kalike proudly announces that Pickleball has given her a healthy and confident life. Playing the game …

Women’s Rugby is far from being popular in India’s sporting landscape. But some less popular Rugby players created history when they won against higher-ranked Singapore in the Asia Women’s Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship. It is the women’s team first-ever international 15s win. As India won 21-19, they bagged the bronze …

with Harendra Singh Dangi DOB:              18th June 1996 State:             Madhya Pradesh City:               Indore Club:              Shri Vaishnav Institute of Management/ Madhya Pradesh Pickleball Association  Harendra Singh Dangi was a young student when he first saw Pickleball in his college. Balwant Salunke, who happened to be the sports teacher in his …

World Archery (WA) has declared Archery Association of India (AAI) as its invalid member and given it a month’s time to either clear the mess or face suspension. In a recent meeting held in Den Bosch, the WA Executive Board issued a statement that elections of AAI held in Delhi …

The Indian government has issued a written letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over participation of athletes and sportspersons from all countries in Indian tournaments “without any prejudice to our principled positions and policies on other political matters”. This has cleared the path for international tournaments to return to …

France football legend and the banned former UEFA President Michel Platini, has been arrested over the controversial vote which handed the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. The detention of Platini is the first substantial public move in an investigation that opened two years ago by France’s Parquet National Financier (PNF). …

“Generally sports activities start at the age of 10. I started when I was 18. So there was less time and many things to learn”.  Yes, Om Kubal started late. While at Mumbai’s Ruia College, Om first had an experience of Shooting.  Ruia College, known for having one of the …

CHETAN CHANDRAKANT KATE DOB:              31st August 1990 State:             Maharashtra City:               Mumbai Club:              Team CK  Chetan Kate is one of the men without whom Pickleball would not have happened in India. Way back in 2010, when Sunil Valavalkar desperately needed some young blood, Chetan rose like a phoenix from the …

The rise that has just started needs consistency to keep the graph moving upwards. But the fact is that Indian sport still lags far behind than the West. An eyewitness to this, Sunil Valavalkar writes about how a predominantly new sport is nurtured and grown in the USA which he …