ACHIEVERS

The rising star of Indian Badminton, Lakshya Sen, stunned world champion Loh Kean Yew in India Open to win his maiden Super-500 Badminton title. 20-year old Lakshya Sen claimed his maiden world championships medal with a bronze in Spain in December 2021. Just a month later, he claimed his first …

While Tasnim Mir became the first Indian girl to achieve the no 1 ranking in Junior Badminton circuit, Aditya Joshi, Siril Verma, and Lakshya Sen are the Indian boys who previously got this honour. Tasnim Mir has managed to surpass the achievement of  Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu …

Bharat Subramaniyam secured his third and final GM norm and touched the requisite 2,500 (Elo) to become the latest Chess Grandmaster from India. He is just 14 years 2 months and 23 days. Chennai-based Chess player Bharat Subramaniyam scored 6.5 points from nine rounds alongside four others to finish the …

Ever since he made the transition from Tennis to Golf at 11, Kartik Sharma’s journey has been about taking risks and pulling them off. Sans grit and focus, it would have been tough to start from scratch after making a mark in Tennis. That risk was born on the greens …

Dueball, India’s indigenous game is spreading like wildfire and attracting athletes from all forms of sport. A resident from Delhi, Barkha is one such athlete who has completely fallen in love with the sport.  Barkha originally hails from Haryana, however she is currently staying in Delhi. She completed her graduation …

Shradhanand Tiwari, the young talent of Indian Hockey, converted a penalty corner to score the only goal in the quarter final encounter between India and Belgium at the Junior Hockey World Cup. The son of an escort driver of Lucknow’s District Magistrate, Shradhanand Tiwari has already been regarded as a …

Arif Khan, who hails from the Hajibal Tanmarg area in Kashmir, has previously represented India in many international tournaments, including the World Championships. Mohammad Arif Khan, grew up in Gulmarg, famous for being a major tourist destination of Kashmir. Growing up in snowy weather made Arif close to Skiing; moreover …

Kolkata-based Chess player, Mitrabha Guha, becomes India’s 72nd Grandmaster, two days later India got its 71st Gradmaster Sankalp Gupta. Mitrabha Guha completed the requirement of becoming a Grandmaster by securing his third and final GM norm at GM Third Saturday Mix 220- Novi Sad, Serbia. He defeated GM Nikola Sedlak …

18-year old Sankalp Gupta secured the three required GM norms in just 24 days toachieve the Grandmaster title. Sankalp Gupta has become India’s 71st Grandmaster by scoring 6.5 points in the GM Ask 3 round-robin event at Arandjelovac in Serbia. He won five games, drew three, and lost one to …

Tajamul Islam is a remarkable athlete in Kickboxing whose grit and passion for her art will inspire other young athletes for generations to come. Young Tajamul Islam from Kashmir has won the title of World Kickboxing Champion at Cairo in Egypt, after defeating Lalina from Argentina, in the final. This …