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4 weeks ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Santadeep Dey
The West Bengal Rifle Association (WBRA) has suspended former India 50m 3 positions rifle coach Joydeep Karmakar from all shooting activities in the State. The development comes after the Olympian shared a series of posts in January accusing the body of ‘corruption in a different level’ ahead of the 38th National Games in Uttarakhand.
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1 month ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Santadeep Dey
Any semblance of post-lunchbreak lethargy at the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Innovation Lab Indian Sports Summit, powered by Leaders, left the room on Saturday as former India skipper Virat Kohli arrived for a fireside chat with sports presenter Isa Guha at the Dravid-Padukone Excellence Centre in Bengaluru.
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1 month ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Santadeep Dey
Influential voices of world football on Friday shared valuable insights on the sport in India and the necessity to drive a revolution in the women’s game during the second edition of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) Indian Sports Summit at the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence here. Nick Brown, senior vice president, Commercial, FIFA, revealed why the world body looks at India as a resource waiting to be tapped into.
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1 month ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Santadeep Dey
Former wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik on Friday, waxed lyrical about the depth of the current Indian cricket team during the second chapter of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) Indian Sports Summit at the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence here. “India, right now, is in a privileged and blessed place because of the assortment of cricketers it has across skillsets. Their ability to perform under pressure in big moments is what defines them,” he said.
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1 month ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Santadeep Dey
The first edition of the reinstated Sportstar Aces Awards, held on February 15, 2019, witnessed an unfiltered yet endearing moment when Manu Bhaker, then a prodigious talent, stepped onto the stage. Fresh from the rigours of a day-long training session and a four-hour journey, Manu found herself at a rare loss for words. Named Young Athlete of the Year (girl), she could only manage a sheepish smile and the words, “I don’t know what to say.
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2 months ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Santadeep Dey |Paul Fein
Harendra Singh’s official designation may read ‘Head Coach, India women’s hockey team’, but even the most astute observers could easily mistake his demeanour for that of a senior professor at a prestigious institute. He carries himself with an air of solemn erudition, each of his measured movements steeped in an unspoken authority.
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2 months ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Santadeep Dey |Paul Fein
This is a story of resilience and perseverance. When a knee injury in 1995 cut short Pratima Barwa’s journey towards becoming an India hockey player, she took up coaching. In Simdega, a rural district around 135km south of Ranchi, the 45-year-old trained Salima Tete, Sangita Kumari and Beauty Dungdung. All of them went on to become Indian hockey superstars. Just when everything was seemingly falling in place, Pratima contracted the coronavirus.
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2 months ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Suresh Menon |Santadeep Dey |Ayon Sengupta |Paul Fein
Time was when sport was seen as soft power, like movies and cultural exchange programmes. Not anymore. As Miguel Delaney tells us in States of Play, the most significant recent book on sports (or indeed politics) football is hard power. Its world is ruled by kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers. It is an extraordinary story taking in the power shift from Europe to the Middle East from men in suits and varying accents to men in traditional Arab dress.
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2 months ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Santadeep Dey |Sunil Gavaskar
Dreams come easily to children. Back in the early 2000s, fringe millennials thought it would be cool to grow up and search for Aladdin’s magic lamp. But it wouldn’t have taken them long to realise that, more often than not, wishes don’t get fulfilled. Even the sensational Yibbi Jansen faced resistance when she told her family she wanted to pursue the sport, despite coming from Dutch hockey royalty.
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2 months ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Santadeep Dey |Sunil Gavaskar
The inaugural edition of the Women’s Hockey India League (HIL-W) can be best compared to that one terrifying ride at a theme park. You break out in a cold sweat and call out to all your gods the moment you are strapped in, but once it winds up, you’re somehow left craving for more. The build-up to what is currently the only commercial hockey league for women across the globe wasn’t particularly encouraging.
