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The opening session on Day 2 of the RevSportz Trailblazers Conclave 2.0 saw a fascinating conversation on the New Generation. Harmilan Bains, Esha Singh, Anush Agarwalla, Jyothi Yarraji, Shriyanka Sadangi and Sift Kaur Samra were the speakers. Trisha Ghoshal and Gargi Raut were the moderators. Held on International Women’s Day, this session saw some of the speakers shed light on the problems they have had to overcome and that they still have to deal with. Athlete Harmilan spoke about perceptions. “I was speaking to the media after doing well at an event,” she said. “It was a typical post-run chat.…

Indian sports legend Leander Paes chose the Trailblazers 2.0 platform on Thursday to reveal ambitious plans of reaching sport to 250 million Indian children in the next 15 years. “Sport is a great way to celebrate life,” he said, recounting his own journey in the world of sport encompassing street football and street cricket in Kolkata to the top echelons of world tennis. “I want to ensure that sport is not just an opportunity for a small section of the Indian population,” he said. The man who broke a long drought of Olympic medals by winning men’s singles tennis bronze…

Sports Consumption and Growing the Sporting Ecosystem was the subject in Session 10 of the RevSportz Trailblazer Conclave 2.0. Igor Stimac, Anil Singh, MVS Murthy and Raghav Gupta were the speakers. The moderators were Boria Majumdar and Agnijit Sen. It was an interesting subject looking at the perspective of the fans, who make any sport what it is. If they don’t consume or watch or travel, cricket or football will stop being this popular. The speakers were unanimous that serious sports consumption is on the up. Gupta is the founder of Fanatic Sports, a sports and entertainment company. “For the…

The Paris Olympics hockey schedule is out and all the champion teams are pitted in one group. Does that put the Indian men’s hockey team, the bronze medallist in Tokyo, under pressure? “It’s all about that day. Olympics is a place where you go and think about that day,” said PR Sreejesh, the veteran goalkeeper, whose stunning save against Germany in the bronze medal match is still part of Indian hockey folklore. Hockey on the Podium assembled some top performers of Indian hockey on the stage. And Sreejesh gave an insight into the Indian team’s thought process, how they are…

Breaking Ground: New Sports Narratives. This was topic for the eighth session on the first day of RevSportz Trailblazers Conclave 2.0. Rahul Bose, Saurav Ghosal, Sarvesh Kumar and Anil Singh were the speakers. The session was moderated by Boria Majumdar and Agnijit Sen. These are stories from the world of sports. Not all of them are success stories. But they tell a different tale, of struggle, sacrifice and swimming against the tide. Essentially, these are the stories of sports with harsh realities often forming the backdrop. Bose, the actor and president of the Rugby Federation of India, said understanding the…

One of the basic tenets of RevSportz’s Trailblazers 2.0 Conclave is its inclusivity. This is a reason why Paralympics and Para sport are a big part of it. Chasing the Paralympic Dream encapsulated that. Britain started the movement long ago, in 1948. “Equality and sensitivity are very important in UK. We started the movement in 1948, after the Second World War, as it was our duty to look after those who gave so much to the War,” said Christina Scott, Acting High Commissioner of the United Kingdom (Britain) to India. As she said, the change now is in the air, almost everywhere.…

World No. 1 doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty believe they can soak in the pressure of expectation that is building on them during the run up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by welcoming it with a positive approach. Speaking from Paris where they are competing in the French Open championships in the Arena Porte de la Chapelle, Chirag Shetty told the audience at Trailblazers 2.0 that the pair would take such pressure as evidence of the growing popularity of the sport in India. “We cannot be complaining when people are raising their expectations. We see it as good for our…

Session 6 of the RevSportz Trailblazer Conclave 2.0 was one with a difference. The subject was Corporate India and Sport. Boria Majumdar was the mediator. The speakers were Chanakya Chaudhary of Tata Steel, Vignesh Shahane of Ageas Federal, Rahul Todi of Shrachi Group, MVS Murthy of Federal Bank, Athletics Federation of India president Adille Sumariwalla and Vijay Pereira, professor of Sports and Business at NEOMA Business School, France. Talking about the vision of Tata Steel, Chaudhary said what began about a hundred years ago with the intention of engaging with the community has become something much bigger. “We have built…

The session was titled Good Governance and Moving Towards a Multi Sporting Nation. Kalyan Chaubey, the AIFF president, and Igor Stimac, the Indian football team head coach, shared the dais. There has been a lot of speculation about them not seeing eye-to-eye. The two busted the myth. “After the Asian Cup, a lot of people speculated that the Federation was going to sack the chief coach,” said Chaubey, confirming that he and the chief coach are very much in communication. “Maybe, a tournament didn’t go well, but we weren’t going to change the entire technical staff on the basis of…

The fourth session of the RevSportz Trailblazers Conclave 2.0 was on ‘Legends’. Abhinav Bindra, Neeraj Chopra, Sourav Ganguly and Adille Sumariwalla were the speakers. Boria Majumdar was the moderator of this session. Joining through a video link, Neeraj said he will be in best shape for Paris 2024. “I am training hard and feeling good. I feel I am yet to perform to the best of my abilities. I also get a feeling that this is the best prepared I have ever been. It will get better in the days to come. Competition will be tough. A young German has…