After the 1948 hockey gold-medal win in London, the Indian team, Balbir Singh senior had recounted,…
Author: Boria Majumdar
When Indian athletes refused to “Heil Hitler” at Berlin Olympics
Sport and politics have always gone hand in hand, and the Olympics are no different. Followers…
Henry Rebello, London 1948 and the 15-minute delay that ruined a career
When we speak of heartbreaks at the Olympic Games, the first Indian name that comes to…
The First Chak De Girls
Twenty-seven years before Chak De! India was released, the first Indian women’s hockey players made it…
At the Paris Olympics, the support staff won’t be there for a merry junket
We love to sensationalise, and we love controversy. And, to be honest, controversy sells. A headline…
The agony of PT Usha – A second national heartbreak decades after Milkha Singh
At Los Angeles 1984, history of sorts was made when the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) picked…
KD Jadhav and India’s almost-forgotten first individual medal
KD Jadhav’s bronze-medal winning effort in wrestling never found a first-page mention in leading newspapers in…
Paris is yet one more challenge for Pullela Gopichand
PV Sindhu had just won her quarterfinal in Rio in 2016 against the legendary Wang Yihan…
Mirabai Chanu back on the medal trail
It was early morning in Paris – or rather, a little distance away from the French…