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Schwarzenegger recommends vegan food for champions; diet debate rages
Since time immemorial, human history and mythology abound with stories of legendary strongmen. In ancient Greece there is the story of the famed wrestler Milo of Croton who could pick up an Ox…
- Opinions
Sultan Khan–Greatest chess hero in undivided India
The recent success of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa the 16-year-old chess prodigy, has brought the game of 64 squares back into the news headlines. The young Indian recently defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen for the…
- Sports
The tale of Nikhat Zareen’s resilience: From requesting a ‘fair trial’ to becoming world champion
New Delhi: None other than legendary MC Mary Kom had asked in 2019, ‘who is Nikhat Zareen’? Cut to 2022, the Telangana boxer is a world champion. Three years ago, Nikhat was pleading…
- Opinions
Mother’s Day: Moms who sacrificed lives for their children to become sports champions
There is a popular saying that behind every successful man is a woman. In the world of sports that woman has often been the sportsperson’s mother. On the occasion of Mother’s Day it would…
- Sports
Emma Raducanu knocked out of Australian Open
Melbourne: US Open champion Emma Raducanu was knocked out of the Australian Open after she lost to Danka Kovinic in the second round, here on Thursday. It was a painful defeat for…
- Sports
World Champion Malika Handa continues her fight for ‘equal rights’
New Delhi: Malika Handa, a specially-abled Chess player on Tuesday reiterated her call for having equal rights after she was denied a job and cash reward by the Punjab sports minister because…
- Sports
India’s first overseas badminton champion Nandu Natekar passes away
New Delhi: Indian badminton icon Nandu Natekar passed away in Pune on Wednesday. Natekar, who was the first Indian badminton player to win an international event back in 1956, was 88. The…
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Sania Mirza, ‘daughter of Providence’, is set to play her fourth Olympics
Abhijit Sen Gupta Hyderabad: In the course of her tennis career, Sania Mirza has achieved many laudable feats. She has won six grand slam doubles titles, many WTA titles and been ranked as World No.1…
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‘Champion’ Ronaldo knows how to solve a hundred problems: Sarri
Turin: After Cristiano Ronaldo’s match-winning performance against Parma, Juventus’ manager Maurizio Sarri said the Portuguese international knows how to solve a hundred problems. “We can grow mentally and in the management of…
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You can never write off a champion: Watson hails Warner
New Delhi: Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson on Sunday hailed David Warner as he scored his first T20I century. Warner recorded his first century in the first T20I of the three-match series…
