Jonathan Selvaraj
Reporter at Sportstar
Sports & stories for Sportstar. Previously ESPN & The Indian Express. https://t.co/gNzkuJguoI
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5 days ago |
sportstar.thehindu.com | Jonathan Selvaraj
Alongside an Olympic bronze and a European gold, Azerbaijan’s Giorgi Meshvildishvili has also won tractors, Bullet motorcycles and buffaloes in Indian dangals. When he won gold at the European wrestling championships last week, Giorgi Meshvildishvilli cemented his claim as one of the world’s top heavyweight wrestlers. Last year, representing Azerbaijan, the 33 year old won bronze at the Paris Olympics in the men’s 125 kg category.
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1 week ago |
sportstar.thehindu.com | Jonathan Selvaraj |Sunil Gavaskar
The tattoo on Rajat Chauhan’s right forearm is nearly a decade old — a permanent source of motivation. He got it in 2015: the four interlocked rings, a reminder of his dream to compete at the Olympic Games. At the time, the 20-year-old already had significant achievements. A year earlier, he was part of the Indian men’s compound team that won gold at the 2014 Asian Games — India’s only archery gold from that tournament.
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2 weeks ago |
sportstar.thehindu.com | Jonathan Selvaraj |Sunil Gavaskar
As a football-loving kid growing up in New Zealand, one of Sarpreet Singh’s foundational memories of the sport is from when he was a 10-year-old. He’s watching from the stands of Wellington’s Westpac Stadium as New Zealand beat Bahrain 1-0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. “My mother took me and my brother to Wellington for the game. I’d brought posters of the players and managed to get them signed as they came past us,” he recalls. “It was a great tournament.
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3 weeks ago |
sportstar.thehindu.com | Shayan Acharya |Jonathan Selvaraj |Sunil Gavaskar
Marcus Stoinis, one of the game’s top all-rounders, isn’t just known for his skills on the field — he’s also unafraid to speak his mind. A month after announcing his retirement from ODI cricket, the 35-year-old has shifted his focus entirely to T20s. As a member of Punjab Kings in this IPL season, he is determined to help the franchise secure its first title.
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3 weeks ago |
sportstar.thehindu.com | Mohandas Menon |Lavanya Narayanan |Jonathan Selvaraj |Sunil Gavaskar
1027 The runs scored by Mumbai Indians’ Nat Sciver-Brunt. This is the most by any batter in WPL history. She thus became the first batter to aggregate 1000 runs in this elite T20 tournament. The data below shows how the record for leading run-getter in WPL has changed hands over the past three years, since 2023.
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RT @7Sport: GOUT GOUT RUNS ANOTHER 9.99!!! Two wind-assisted sub 10 second runs in the same day 🤯 https://t.co/yUUb4QKi9J
RT @sportstarweb: 🇳🇿 ⚽ The Sarpreet Singh Interview | The New Zealand footballer reflects on his Indian heritage, stint at Bayern Munich, c…
For perspective India won 3 of the 5 gold medals in compound archery at the 2023 Archery World Championships. This is a pretty big deal for India's medal prospects at the 2028 Olympics.
NEWS. Compound #archery to make @Olympics debut at @LA28 #compound28 https://t.co/i60AaQMoXj