33-year-old Faisal Ali Dar from Bandipora in Jammu and Kashmir was awarded the Padma Shri in 2022 for the promotion of sports through Martial Arts and his crusade to keep youths away from drugs. The secretariat of President Ram Nath Kovind once wrote an appreciative note to Faisal Ali- “We …
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13-year old Jiya Rai, who became the youngest swimmer with Autistic Spectrum Disorder to swim 36km in 8 hours and 40 minutes has been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2022. On 17 February 2021, Jiya Rai created history by swimming from Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Kyle Kumaran recently became the first Indian to secure the silver trophy at the Bahrain Rotax World Finals after winning his maiden Indian National Championship. A native of Thiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, Kyle Kumaran has always loved and followed Racing. Now at 18, Kyle enjoys art, music, Football and gaming …
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Manuel Santana won four Grand Slam singles titles and reached No. 1 in the world in 1965. Manuel Santana, born to Braulio, an electrician, and Mercedes, a housewife, first saw Tennis when he used to bring meal to his brother, who worked in a Tennis club in Madrid. He was …
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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 …
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Jeev Milkha Singh has always maintained that he is fortunate to earn a living out of something he loves. But what could he do when the people, father Milkha Singh and mother Nirmal, responsible for introducing him to the sport, were cruelly snatched away in the space of five days? …
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