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The fourth session of day three of the RevSportz Trailblazers Conclave 3.0 took place to talk about the transformation of the funding landscape for Indian sports. The guests were Suhas Yathiraj, Paralympics medallist, Jude Gomes, Prof. Vijay Pereira, Amrut Joshi, and Akshay Modi. It was moderated by Prantik Mazumdar. Amrut Joshi was enlightened about the help from governments to improve overall sports. Jude also came up with an excellent thought by mentioning that sports need to be celebrated overall, not just for medals, to improve the quality and competitiveness. By expressing his love for Kolkata, Yathiraj emphasised that funding is…

Ravichandran Ashwin started off with a few conventional off-breaks before unleashing the vicious carrom balls. Is India having a ‘home advantage’ in the ongoing Champions Trophy? “Pakistan hosted the Champions Trophy and they were knocked out of the tournament. They have no business talking about (India’s) home advantage,” Ashwin was in top fettle at RevSportz’s Trailblazers 3.0 Conclave. He went on: “At the 2023 World Cup, we were the team that travelled the most. Winning matches is down to playing good cricket.” It was a blockbuster session at the RevSportz’s Trailblazers 3.0 Conclave on Sunday, hosted by RevSportz’s Editor-in-Chief Boria…

Celebrating empowerment. On International Women’s Day, the Tata Steel Trailblazers sports conclave organised by RevSportz had some special speakers on this. It was not only about celebrating empowerment but also about gaining enlightenment. Boxing World Champion Nikhat Zareen, hockey stalwart Rani Rampal, Paralympic medallist Rubina Francis, Dr Dipti Kamat, emergency medical consultant and Sagar Daryani, the founder of Wow Momo. The session was conducted by Sharmistha Gooptu. For Nikhat, it was a difficult start. “Boxing is a male-dominated sport. People said why are you doing this. Who will marry you? My father inspired me and encouraged me to take up…

Celebrating Indian Hockey. The final session on day 2 of the Tata Steel Trailblazers sports conclave organised by RevSportz witnessed a fascinating conversation. Moderated by Boria Majumdar, this session had some of the biggest names of the game. PR Sreejesh, Harmanpreet Singh, Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey, secretary Bholanath Singh, India women’s coach Harendra Singh and Rahul Todi, the MD of Shrachi Group and owner of the Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers, were the speakers. Sharing anecdotes and tales of success and failure, they made it a riveting session. Celebrating the revival of Indian hockey, two successive Olympic bronze medals and…

Artificial intelligence, augmented reality: A number of things are impacting sports these days. Technology is the in thing and it is considered to be indispensable. This session of the Tata Steel Trailblazers sports conclave organised by RevSportz was about Technology in Sport. The speakers were India’s chief badminton coach PullelaGopichand, long jump world championship bronze medallist Anju Bobby George, squash star Saurav Ghoshal, shooter and shooting coach Joydeep Karmakar and Divyajot Ahluwalia, the director of WT Vision. “AI is the buzzword,” said Ahluwalia. “Augmented reality is well accepted in sports. It enhances capability. A lot of investment has been made…

D Gukesh came to Kolkata to attend the RevSportz’s Trailblazers 3.0 Conclave on Thursday. His session was at midday on Friday. Dinner was laid out for all the guests last evening, but the world chess champion was still shy enough to turn up, more comfortable to order his food via an app instead. Once he was ushered into the dinner table, he became comfortable and enjoyed Rosogolla. But this is how Gukesh is. The crown hasn’t changed him. The 18-year-old remains humility personified. At heart, he remains a teenager whose eyes light up while talking about MS Dhoni. “MS Dhoni…

Session 4 of the Tata Steel Trailblazers sports conclave conducted by RevSportz was a fascinating one. The subject was: Menarche to Menopause. It’s a serious issue faced byfemale athletes. They don’t usually speak about it. They go through it and keep performing. Sharmistha Gooptu of RevSportz was the moderator of the event. In attendance were Olympic medal winners MirabaiChanu and Lovlina Borgohain. Joining them were Dr Swati Mishra, Bhavna Singh, the vice-president of BSV, and Meenu Agarwal, the founder of Food and Wellness. Periods are a critical matter to address for women athletes. They go through these tough phases and…

Purely from monetary terms, the Olympics is a $15 billion event. India wants to host it in 2036, but is it a logical idea for a country that is not a sporting superpower? Far from it. Mahesh Bhupathi, former World No. 1 doubles player and winner of multiple Grand Slam titles, answered in the affirmative. “We must host the Olympics, be it in 2036 or 2046,” he said at the RevSportz Trailblazers 3.0 Conclave on Friday. Bhupathi knows the challenges that sport, cricket aside, faces in India. “The BCCI filters down the money to the U-14 level; to the districts…

Venkatesh Iyer, the Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder, observed that India are the favourites to win the Champion Trophy final. The Men in Blue will lock horns against New Zealand in the summit clash on Sunday (March 9). On day two of RevSportz’s Trailblazers Conclave 3.0, Iyer also said that Rinku Singh is the funniest guy in the KKR set-up, but it was very tough to make Gautam Gambhir smile. In terms of assessing Gambhir, Iyer observed that his achievements speak for itself. He is very competitive and only victory gives him happiness. Iyer also shared his affection for Kolkata as…

India’s Paralympic revolution was the topic of discussion in the first session on Day 2 of the Tata Steel Trailblazers sports conclave organised by RevSportz. Present on stage were Paralympic stars Yogesh Kathuniya, Navdeep Singh, former India hockey player Viren Rasquinha, and Dr Ameya Kagali, the chief team physician for India at the Paris Paralympics 2024, where India won 29 medals. The panellists agreed that things have got better in Paralympics, or para sports. It’s something that the average sports follower doesn’t comprehend. For people in general, sports is only about able-bodied athletes. That’s wrong. Sports is about inclusivity and…