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Topic: Rugby

6 teams, 34 games, 15 days—rugby gets an IPL-like tournament, with a lot riding on it

The live broadcast of the tournament on Star Sports and JioStar is expected to inspire millions of viewers and get rugby a legion of Indian fans.

Indian rugby isn’t elite or male. Sweety, Beauty, Sapna from rural Bihar rule the field

The rugby championship wins have been a decade in the making — a lone ranger coach’s search for talent, convincing conservative parents, explaining rugby to cricket-crazy Indians.

After hockey it’s rugby for Odisha as Kalinga institute grooms young, tribal players to excel

Odisha government recently gave jobs to 19 rugby players. Behind the state's rugby revolution is Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences which began nurturing young talents in 2006. 

Beluga whale playing fetch in viral video could be a ‘defecting Russian spy’

Hvaldimir, a beluga whale believed to have been trained by the Russian military, is known to interact and socialise with humans.

Fukushima pins hope on sports, not science, to restore its nuked image

Before the 2011 nuclear disaster, Fukushima was known in Japan for its seafood, famous peaches and prized Black Cattle. It was also a destination for hikers and skiers.

The women who won India its first rugby medal — mom, students & gym trainer

The 15s women's rugby team, barely a year old, won India a bronze last month in the four-team Asia Women's Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship in the Philippines.

On Camera

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.