In ‘The Champion Within’, Dr Samir Parikh and Divya Jain use sport psychology to show what lies behind the mental strength of some of the world’s greatest athletes.
In the women's singles, Sindhu will face tough competition from the likes of Tokyo gold medallist Chen Yufei and world number one An Se Young of South Korea.
World badminton champ PV Sindhu Monday left fans in a tizzy with a Twitter post declaring she was retiring. However, her message had more to do with Covid than badminton. Read the post here.
Few Indian sportspersons, outside cricket, have made it to Forbes’s list of ‘richest’ sportspersons. Sindhu is an exception, writes V. Krishnaswamy in Shuttling to the Top.
In Dreams of a Billion, Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta write about Saina Nehwal’s journey to Olympic win and her turbulent relationship with her coach.
Apart from the concern that Akshay Kumar will emerge the star of P.V. Sindhu's story in her speculated biopic, there is fear a film now would be one too soon.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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