With the culmination of India’s drab 3-0 drubbing of Sri Lanka, the widely debated proposal of relegating test cricket’s underachievers to a lower tier found new supporters once again. Little did the world know, that just two weeks later, the unfancied underachievers would respond –...
The decorated career of ‘The World’s Fastest Man’ - Usain Bolt came to an ironic end after the world-record holder pulled up injured in the final leg of the men’s 4x100 metres relay at the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) World Championships in...
Not known to many, the Indian Women’s Cricket team had made an appearance at the 2005 Women’s World Cup Final, eventually losing to the traditional powerhouse, Australia. Twelve years later, Mithali Raj’s side suffered a heartbreak again in the final, only this time, people were...
Last Sunday the town of Birmingham saw the largest crowd it had ever seen gather for a one-day cricket match. The match also saw nearly a billion T.V. viewers, according to The Telegraph. The occasion: yet another clash of the sub-continental giants India and Pakistan. But...
Amongst the most successful cricketers in India, Shekhar Naik has led India to victories in the T20 Blind World Cup in 2012 and the Blind Cricket World Cup in 2014. The veteran sportsman recently received the Padma Shree award from the President, alongside fellow cricketer...
The ten day long Asia Pacific Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged, organized by Manipal University, came to an end on March 31 with a valedictory ceremony at the TMA Pai Hall. The Indian trio Kishan Ganguli, Makwana Ashvin K and Soundarya Kumar Pradhan secured...
Manipal: Playing host to participants from four nations, officials of Manipal University inaugurated the Asia Pacific Chess Championship for the Visually Challenged at the Dr TMA Pai Halls on March 22. The best of players from India, Bangladesh, Philippines and Sri Lanka face off at the...
Manipal: The Manipal Institute of Technology Cricket League (MITCL) was inaugurated amidst a host of dignitaries including MIT Director GK Prabhu on October 10. Rishab Dave and Rohit Sarkar, two players from MIT who were selected to play in the Mangalore Premier League received special mentions during...
In what turned out to be a historic day for India, Mariyappan Thangavelu (1.89m) and Varun Bhati (1.86m) opened India’s tally at the Paralympic Games in Rio with gold and bronze medals in the T-42 category of high jump on Saturday. Mariyappan, Varun and Sharad Kumar,...
When Mariyappan Thangavelu and Varun Singh Bhati made history at the Paralympics in Rio by winning gold and bronze medals in the T-42 High Jump category, Indians following the story on social media were perplexed that the historic moment was not playing out live on...