The Indian sporting establishment must shift its focus from celebrating past achievements to fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
Our coaches exhibit a sheer lack of intent to keep abreast with the latest demands because they are not chosen based on their modern understanding of the game.
Priyanka Goswami has especially faced backlash for time spent on social media & with questions being raised about her training. Ex-Olympian emphasises need for 'mental fitness'.
Last week, Phogat was disqualified hours before her final bout against USA's Sarah Hildebrandt, who went on to secure the gold medal in women's 50kg freestyle wrestling in Paris.
The 36-year-old said it was a dream to win a medal in Tokyo, but felt the chances in Paris were much better as India was ranked in the top six and could have beaten any team.
The 29-year-old wrestler was disqualified from the women's 50kg free-style final for being 100gm overweight at the time of weigh-in Wednesday last week.
The country missed out on 6 potential medals by a close margin, with athletes like Lakshya Sen, Mirabai Chanu and Manu Bhaker finishing fourth in their respective events.
While official awards from IOC are limited to medals, most countries have their own ways to reward Olympic champions. Bonuses are not standardised and vary based on country.
This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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