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– Boria Majumdar Today is KD Jadhav’s 97th birth anniversary. India’s first individual Olympic medalist. Here’s looking back and remembering the legend. For a country that’s struggled for Olympic medals, the first will always be special. In twenty eight years of competition from 1924, India did not win an individual medal until KD Jadhav got independent India on the board in freestyle wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Games. But Jadhav’s bronze did not make it to the first page of most leading newspapers in India. The celebrations were muted and restricted to the sports pages, then considered less significant. Only…





New Delhi, January 14, 2023: India’s biggest badminton tournament, Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2023 is all set to take off and get bigger than ever at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from January 17 to 22. The prestigious tournament gets bigger than ever with the upgraded BWF World Tour Super 750 status from the previous Super 500 as well as the star-studded field. As the world’s greatest shuttlers will be engaged in a high-voltage action at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open—organised by the Badminton Association of India, here are Top-10 men’s players to watch out for at the mega…





Rohan Chowdhury, Rahul Giri. 13, January, 2023, Rourkela It was around 3 pm that we reached the stadium, expecting to get ample time to do set up for the build-up. The first match of the day at Birsa Munda Stadium was between England and Wales, and we didn’t expect a fan-packed stadium for that clash. Boy, were we wrong! The moment we reached the stadium ‘chowk’ we felt the buzz! Traffic got intense with roads blocked. We had to walk the last five hundred metres to the stadium gate. Fans screaming “India India” and piling up to buy jerseys and…





– Boria Majumdar 412 international caps for India. One of the best to have played the sport, Dilip Tirkey is all excited with the Hockey World Cup on home soil. What’s his vision for Hockey India and the world cup? What does he want to do different? Here’s the newly elected President in a candid conversation with Boria Majumdar as part of Backstage With Boria. Boria- The world cup is on us. First thoughts? Dilip- Hockey is the sport that has taught us the art of winning Olympic medals. We were known for our hockey. To win that many gold…