The extremely popular and historically important Olympic Torch Relay has seen many alterations and exemptions in 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to COVID pandemic; but the ever-burning flame eternally glows to represent a tale of happiness, hope and humanity.        History tells us how Prometheus stole fire from the gods to …

The ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh left the world after a month-long battle with COVID-19, just five days after his wife, Nirmal Kaur, died of COVID; thus reuniting with his “sweetheart wife, who is my heartbeat” in some other world.  With Milkha Singh’s death we lost a piece of history. The …

As 18th June marks the start of the final of the World Test Championship between India and New Zealand, it brings back the memory when on the same date in 1983 Kapil Dev played the memorable innings of  175* against Zimbabwe to pull his team out of the trench. It’s …

On the 17th of June 1973, in the heart of Kolkata was born the man who would later on go on to be dubbed the “Indian McEnroe”. Son of Dr. Vece and Jennifer Paes, Leander has gone on to become India’s most successful Tennis player and one of the greatest …

The UEFA Euro 2020 is underway; however, disaster struck when Danish superstar Christian Eriksen collapsed to the ground in the Group B match. Latest report shows that Eriksen is recovering but his collapse brought back to our memories some tragic incidents on Football ground.    Denmark vs Finland – Christian …

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 …

Dingko Singh, who ended India’s 16-year wait for an Asian Games boxing victory in the bantamweight division in Bangkok in 1998, passes away after a long battle with liver cancer. “It is a great loss not only for Manipur but for the country. Dingko reignited the boxing spirit in the …

Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri, has surpassed Lionel Messi to become the second-highest active international goal-scorer with 74 goals. Sunil Chhetri scored a brace, in the 79th and 92nd minutes, against Bangladesh in Doha during India’s World Cup qualifier match. With two goals in the match, Chhetri has now …

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 …

The Indian Boxing fraternity recently mourned the loss of Om Prakash Bhardwaj, one of the most revered Boxing icons of the nation. The recipient of the first Dronacharya Award in 1985, O P Bhardwaj held the position of India’s National Boxing Team Coach from 1968 to 1989. O P Bhardwaj: …