SQUASH Anahat, Bawa in World Junior squash quarters Anahat Singh advanced to the World Junior Squash Championships quarterfinals for the third straight year in Houston on Sunday. The 16-year-old women’s National champion, seeded 5/8, beat Japan’s Akari Midorikawa (9/16) 11-6, 13-11, 11-2 in the fourth round and will take on Egypt’s Nadien Elhammamy (3/4) next….
Winning the 1975 World Cup with a classic triumph over Pakistan in the final in Kuala Lumpur was my most memorable moment on the field. It was epic, as hailed by many of the game’s experts. Pakistan was a strong opponent, but we were a determined team with a champion player in each match rising…
Sometimes it’s nice to revisit the good old memories. Back in 1980, I embarked on my first Olympics as a 21-year-old. Naturally, I was excited to be in the Games village in Moscow and soak in every bit of it. As we entered the village, we were awestruck. People cheered for us and with the…
The Indian Men’s Hockey Team, the reigning Olympic bronze medallist, is gearing up to compete at the Paris Olympics. Among the many players making their Olympic debut is forward Abhishek, whose lifelong dream will be realised when he steps on the field and represents India at the Olympics. For Abhishek, representing India at the Olympics…
The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics is set to take place from July 26 to August 11 in Paris and 16 other cities in France. The quadrennial event will be hosted in the French capital for the third time after 1900 and 1924 – the second city to have hosted three Olympiads after London (1908,…
The 1964 Tokyo Olympics was crucial for Indian hockey. After losing the gold medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics and the Asian Games golds in 1958 (Tokyo) and 1962 (Jakarta) to Pakistan, India aimed to reclaim its top position. To prepare, the team toured New Zealand before the Olympics. After visiting Malaysia, we travelled to…
The dream of every athlete is to win a medal at the Olympics. I also dreamt and lived it in my first appearance at the Olympics in 1964. At 18, I was the squad’s youngest member, and we regained the gold lost to Pakistan in Rome, in 1964. Tokyo was special. The next, in Mexico,…
The Indian men’s hockey team has left for the Paris 2024 Olympics, travelling to Mike Horn’s base in Switzerland on Monday. Following a three-day period designed to instil mental toughness, the team will move to the Netherlands to play practice matches. After the final block of training, the team is scheduled to arrive in the…
Head coach Craig Fulton is well aware of the expectations from the Indian men’s hockey team in the upcoming Paris Olympics, and his mantra to his players is to play the game and not bother the occasion. “I agree that the expectations are higher after Tokyo bronze but the bottom line is that the team…
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh understands that Indian men’s hockey team will enter the Paris Games with huge expectations and promised to return from the French Capital with grand success which they would celebrate with passionate fans, just like the triumphant cricket team. Eight-time champions India had ended its 41-year-old medal drought in Tokyo by winning a…
