Sports fans love to hype up rivalries, whatever the discipline. It does not matter if the…
Author: S Kannan
How Sushil Kumar and Sakshi Malik put Indian wrestling on the map
Indian wrestling has undergone a sea change over the decades. From the time a certain KD…
Remembering legend Gurbachan Randhawa of 1964 Tokyo Olympics fame
One figure who could not be missed at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, till…
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore’s double-trap silver at Athens 2004 defining moment for Indian sports
If you Google the name of Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore these days, more pages are thrown…
Karnam Malleswari, a path-breaker in every sense
Karnam Malleswari winning a historic bronze medal in weightlifting for India at the Sydney Olympics in…
How Leander Paes’ bronze medal win at Atlanta Olympics in 1996 was defining for Indian sports
The long wait for an Olympic medal after the 1980 Moscow Olympics was agonising for India.…
Remembering Flying Sikh Milkha Singh
Milkha Singh lived a full life, literally. Easily the most emotional name which resonates even today…
Four decades after medal heartbreak, PT Usha watches over a new generation
It’s almost 40 years since PT Usha, a shy girl from Kerala, stormed the field at…
King Carlos Alcaraz routs Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon final and still calls the Serbian “Superman”
Carlos Alcaraz, the young Spanish matador, battered Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) to retain his…