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— Boria Majumdar She has just played a Grand Slam final. And yet in a month’s time we will not see Sania Mirza on court again. Two more tournaments and she will stop. 18 years of excellence will come to an end. How has the journey been? How did she do what she did? How can she keep doing things which are near unthinkable? How has it been to play a grand slam final with Izhaan in the stands? Here is Sania Mirza in a no holds barred conversation with Boria Majumdar. Boria- You are a sort of revolution in…

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 Following in the footsteps of her father — a state-level athlete — India U19 pacer Titas Sadhu started her journey into sports as a sprinter, switched to swimming and then table tennis. But one fine day, the multi-talented girl ended up bowling at Rajendra Smriti Sangha, near Hooghly’s Mohsin College in Chinsurah. RevSportz correspondent Subhayan Chakraborty in this video chats with her father Ranadeep Sadhu and childhood coach Priyankar Mukherjee to know more about Titas’ journey so far.

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 India’s emerging sporting hub, Odisha now have a world class shooting facility Gagan Narang Shooting High Performance Centre at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. The facility consists of a 22-lane 10m and 50m shooting range, which includes 10 electronic targets and 12 electrical manual targets. RevSportz correspondents Rohan Chowdhury and Rahul Giri visits the state-of-the-art facility in Bhubaneswar.

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After the Tokyo bronze, this home World Cup was supposed to propel Indian hockey even further forward. Instead, the loss to New Zealand brought to the fore very familiar failings. On paper, New Zealand’s penalty shootout defeat of India at the Hockey World Cup isn’t a major shock. Though India were bronze medal winners at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, their world ranking of No.6 feels about right. New Zealand sit at No.10. If you’re being cruel, you could say that New Zealand have been genuine Olympic gold medallists more recently than India. After all, they saw off the…

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Atreyo Mukhopadhyay There are many who play badminton. There is only one victor. His name is Viktor Axelsen, the undisputed king of the contemporary game, one of the all-time greats if not the one. Carrying the rich legacy of Denmark’s badminton to new heights, the 29-year-old lost in the India Open final, but left no one with a doubt who the best is. Even the winner confessed after the final he did not think he would win. The Super 750 event in New Delhi could have been another feather in an illustrious cap which has two world championships and an…

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-Prantik Mazumdar The inaugural tournament was held in 1971 in Spain and was won by Pakistan and 4 years later, India lifted it’s maiden & only Men’s Hockey World Cup win till date in it’s 3rd edition, when it was hosted by Malaysia After beating the hosts Malaysia in a tight 3-2 contest, the Indians were pitted against the strong Pakistan team in a high-voltage finals at the Merdeka Stadium. At one point the match was level at 1-1 before the winning goal was scored by Ashok Kumar, the son of the legendary Dhyan Chand India lifted it’s first ever…

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Atreyo Mukhopadhyay At the top level, against top players, one has to make the most of slightest of opportunities because they are not easy to come by. The narrowest of openings has to be capitalised on. A hint of a chance has to be exploited. If you don’t, the probability of being punished will be high. It was Kidambi Srikanth’s turn to accept this harsh reality. After losing the first game 14-21 against World No 1 Victor Axelsen in the first round of the India Open, the Indian found himself in a position where opportunity was knocking on his door.…

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— Atreyo Mukhopadhyay India’s most prestigious badminton tournament India Open is all set to take place at the K D Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi from 18th of January. Recently upgraded from $ 500 to $ 750 level , India Open this year is set to witness many top players participating. Lets take a look a the top draws of each categories – Men’s Singles: Srikanth Kidambi, Lakshya Sen and H S Prannoy all three of India’s contenders are placed in the top half of the draw. A difficult task for Srikanth looking at the current form Axelsen is…

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