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Indian tennis legend who played mischief with Gandhi - Jaidip Mukerjea

Indian tennis legend who played mischief with Gandhi - Jaidip Mukerjea

Jaidip Mukerjea is well known as a tennis legend from a bygone era. But he is also one of the few people who had the...

Rahul Mukherji6 July 2023 6:42 AM GMT

Book Review: How to Make Champions by Gabe Jaramillo and Gyasi Hall

Book Review: 'How to Make Champions' by Gabe Jaramillo and Gyasi Hall

A must-read for parents, coaches and athletes, this book is on the grassroots to Grand Slams and everything in between.

Vijay Krishnamurthy3 July 2023 1:36 PM GMT

The mystery behind Jaipal Mundas removal from captaincy of Indias first Olympics team

The mystery behind Jaipal Munda's removal from captaincy of India's...

The official captain of India's first Olympics team in 1928 had been a young tribal man from Jharkhand. However, due to...

The Bridge Desk25 Jan 2023 7:23 AM GMT

prakash padukone badminton all england 75 years indian sports chandresh narayanan rupa publications

75 Years of Indian Sports: How Padukone 'hypnotised' his opponent to...

With cricket, hockey already the buzzword in India post-Independence, Prakash Padukone led badminton to bloom in India....

Sohinee Basu23 Aug 2022 11:02 AM GMT

Aadu Puli Aatam: The tiger and goat game in Tamil Nadus temples

Aadu Puli Aatam: The 'tiger and goat' game in Tamil Nadu's temples

India has a rich culture of traditional games which are forgotten today and run the risk of disappearing into oblivion.

The Bridge Desk26 July 2022 6:41 AM GMT

The Games India Plays Indian Sports Simplified

Book features games hinterland of India grew up playing

A new book talks about 15 traditional or indigenous games that hinterland of India has grown up playing

PTI12 May 2022 9:33 AM GMT

Reducing player workload, closing the pay gap: How Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni helped future generations

Reducing player workload, closing the pay gap: How Virat Kohli, MS...

Vinod Rai, former chairman of the Supreme Court-mandated CoA of the BCCI, narrates how it was MS Dhoni who proposed that...

The Bridge Desk28 April 2022 8:36 AM GMT

Chopra Brothers: The family that produced Neeraj Chopras Olympic gold

'Chopra Brothers': The family that produced Neeraj Chopra's Olympic...

Neeraj Chopra's joint family in the village of Khandra - whose WhatsApp group is called 'Chopra brothers' - did not...

The Bridge Desk29 Jan 2022 8:12 AM GMT

AB de Villiers recalls when Indian crowds began the ABD chant in 2012

AB de Villiers recalls when Indian crowds began the 'ABD' chant in...

AB de Villiers writes about making sense of the phenomenon of thousands of happy Indians chanting his name, sometimes...

The Bridge Desk19 Nov 2021 11:58 AM GMT

Rest in peace: When Novy Kapadia realised what he wanted to be at the age of 9

Rest in peace: When Novy Kapadia realised what he wanted to be at the...

Veteran commentator and author Novy Kapadia, widely been regarded as the voice of Indian football, passed away on...

The Bridge Desk18 Nov 2021 1:03 PM GMT

"It is a pity Dhyan Chand has not been conferred the Bharat Ratna" -...

On the birth anniversary of hockey great Dhyan Chand, celebrated as National Sports Day, let's take a look at what...

Gurbux Singh29 Aug 2021 6:38 AM GMT

Indian women's cricket in 2021 - The story so far

Led by Harman, Smriti, Poonam and Shafali, Indian women's cricket has seen exponential growth in the last few years.

The Bridge Desk25 Aug 2021 12:22 PM GMT