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Indian sport is a wonderful place but you would never know it if you were a layperson. The peak, D Mukesh’s world-record win in Singapore, all other episodes of our 2024 retrospective — those are probably a dozen-odd stories every neophyte will remember, few more. Why then am I calling it a great place? Because just behind those headlines lie tales of determination, hard work and success - maybe not success as such, but still success.  Look at Arjuna Award Winners in 2025.

Coby Carruthers from Concord just won the Emirates Golf Federation’s UAE Cup for a second time after taking the lead from start to finish and scoring 67 in the last round at Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting, and Golf Club.  With par 66, 69 and 67 notes in three rounds, Coby Carruthers won by four shots leaving a group of three players including blues star Jye Hall who shared second position.  In the final round, Coby Carruthers faced double bogey and bogey in the

The Indian men hockey team will now focus on Spain as they vie for the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Following a difficult competition, both teams are committed to earning a spot on the winner's platform. India, renowned for its strategic expertise and solid defensive tactics, will encounter Spain's attacking approach and fast breakaways in what is anticipated to be a fierce and exciting game. Following a heart-breaking 2-3 defeat against current World Champions Germany in an intense semi-final that went

India will take on Great Britain on Monday in their fourth and final match of the Europe Tour. Antwerp: Simranjeet Singh produced a late strike as a resilient Indian men's hockey team held Great Britain to a 1-1 draw in its third match of the Europe Tour on Saturday. Simranjeet's late equaliser in the 57th minute ensured India remained unbeaten on the tour. For Great Britain, Alan Forsyth scored in the 2nd quarter. India dominated with ball possession early in the match and used

Singh died at the age of 95 in the northern city of Chandigarh after a prolonged pulmonary illness, his family said. In an illustrious career, Singh won two more Olympic gold medals. Even after retirement he coached the Indian team that won the World Cup in 1975. But it was his exploits at one of the more unusual Olympics that he first made his mark. The 1948 Olympics were held in a London still emerging from the chaos of World War Two and

Imagine my position as captain. If we had lost, I would have been dubbed the worst captain Indian hockey had ever had. Such was my plight, but fortunately, things finally turned out in our favour. When I think of that gripping afternoon in the Moscow hockey stadium in the presence of a goodly crowd I still sweat. In a topsy-turvy contest, we were sitting pretty until the last ten minutes when complacency on our part almost swung the game away in Spain's favour.