BEYOND THE LIMITS

Due to the ban on female participation in sports imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, the international effort to evacuate members of Afghanistan’s Girls Soccer Team has come to fruition under Operation Soccer Balls.  Titled “Operation Soccer Balls”, the rescue mission of the Afghanistan National Girls Soccer Football Team is …

M P Jose aimed to reach Khardung La on his 80th birthday after covering 4200km from Thrissur. But snow played spoilsport in between and stretched his journey to the top to 14th September. “At this age, coming here, that too on a cycle is a great achievement for me.” M …

As with all new things, Pickleball in India has been through ups and downs; some disturbing and unfortunate incidents led to some unpleasant experience. Still, the essence of the sport prevailed and Pickleball India is into greener pasture now.   It’s been almost 15 years since Pickleball has started in India. …

On a watershed day for Indian Table Tennis, 34-year-old Bhavina Patel became the first Indian para paddler to win a medal at the Paralympics, after she picked up the silver medal in Tokyo. World Number 1 Ying Zhou of China won the final in 3 straight games. The scoreboard read …

The Tokyo Olympics will always remain a huge landmark in the history of Indian sports as this was India’s most successful Olympic campaign with 7 medals – 2 silver, 4 bronze, and one historic gold of Neeraj Chopra.  The gold medal of Neeraj Chopra that came with a throw of …

The Indian Men’s Hockey team won their bronze medal match against Germany by 5-4, whereas the Women’s Team went down to Great Britain by 4-3 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But the spirited performance by both the teams in this Olympics will continue to inspire generations. Win for the Men …

The Olympic Refugee Team will participate in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 as a symbol of hope for every refugee around the planet. Over the past ten years the refugee population around the world has increased by more than two times. The number of people who have been forcibly displaced all …

6 players on each side and a goalkeeper. A player has to put the ball through a hole to score a goal. Here is India’s own Dueball that vows to excite and exhilarate you. Invented and developed at Nagpur in Maharashtra by Firoz Khan, Dueball is a hybrid sport considered …

Gymnast Pranati Nayak has booked a place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after winning the Asian quota. She is the second Indian gymnast to qualify for an edition of the Games. But controversy arose from the fact that, at the Olympics, she would be accompanied by coach Lakhan Manohar Sharma …

Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia, commonly known as SSP in Golf circuit, shares a unique bond with his nephew Sunit Chowrasia who follows his uncle with the intention to make a mark as a pro golfer.  Growing up at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) during those impressionable years, Sunit Chowrasia …