From Paris to Kolkata: A Louvre Experience, Reminiscent of Durga Puja Crowds

Rohan Chowdhury in Paris While visiting Paris for the first time, most travellers would have the…

Conversion errors deny India a spot in hockey final

  Rohan Chowdhury in Paris Shamsher Singh’s shot went inches above the goal in the dying…

Vinesh Phogat grapples her way to gold medal bout

S Kannan in Paris  Vinesh Phogat was on fire on the mat. The Indian tigress tore…

Witnessing history – an Indian hockey victory over Australia

Ten minutes into the third quarter of the match played between India and Australia at the…

Paris Olympic Adventures: A Day in the Life of a Sports Journalist

Trisha Ghosal in Paris, 2nd August It’s been nearly two weeks since I landed in Paris,…

Air conditioners, sleep pods and ice baths – How India are trying to win outside the Olympic arenas

Boria Majumdar in Paris India has traditionally been known to mess up on the finer points…

Near-misses for Sarabjot and Elavenil show how wafer-thin the gap between success and failure can be

In the caverns of my brain lives the tension and drama of following the women’s 10m…

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…

PR Sreejesh and Manpreet Singh – Passion unlimited as the duo head into fourth Olympics

This must be one of the rare moments in Indian hockey where two former captains, PR…