Issues & Non-issues

WHITHER SPORTING CULTURE - IV

E VEN as winning medals in international sports competitions has almost become a matter of science -- in the sense a lot of scientifically curated efforts are required to produce champions out of bright individuals, the need is felt in India efforts to create a basic talent pool mostly through schools and subsequently colleges.Though schools and colleges do have their sporting activities, very rarely do we come across very focused efforts to carve out champions in a true sense from the bunch of ..

WHITHER SPORTING CULTURE - III

THESE two statements actually highlight two ends of the country’s sports continuum -- in the sense, there is a national leader who understands the philosophy of sports; and the larger Indian society can now boast of one man at the top who is considered the best symbolism of national sports aspirations. In other words, the country has a man at the top as the best motivator for sportspersons in different conditions -- normal or parathletes, and that man realises what kind of mental make-up the people ..

Whither Sporting Culture - II

l Paris, September 4 (PTI): World champion Sachin Sarjerao Khilari clinched a Silver in Men’s Shot-Out F46 event with an Asian record distance of 16.32 meters as the country’s track-and-field athletes continued their unprecedented medal-winning run in the Paralympic Games here on Wednesday. Khilaris’ Silver is the 11th Medal from the para-athletes in the ongoing Games and takes India’s overall Medal tally to 21, including three Golds. l Paris, September 5 (PTI): Harvinder Singh became the first Indian ..