Shyam Vasudevan
Journalist at ESPN India
Digital Insider at @ProKabaddi | Used to write for @ESPNIndia, @sportstarweb and @The_Hindu
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1 month ago |
espn.in | Anirudh Menon |Shyam Vasudevan
On a sleepy Tuesday afternoon, Achanta Sharath Kamal walked into a press conference and announced he would be retiring at the end of this month, that the WTT Star Contender in his hometown Chennai would be his last as a professional. Finally, he can switch off the alarms he's lived by for the past quarter of a century. He doesn't have to use every ounce of willpower and discipline in that steel trap of a mind to just keep going. Those aching muscles and creaking joints will get some rest.
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Oct 29, 2024 |
espn.in | Aaditya Narayan |Sunaadh Sagar |Shyam Vasudevan
Iranian Fazel Atrachali became the first defender in the history of the Pro Kabaddi League to record 500 tackle points, reaching the feat in Bengal Warriorz's 32-32 draw against Puneri Paltan on Tuesday. Kabaddi home | PKL 11: Full coverage It was fitting that Fazel was the first to reach the landmark. He has, without a shred of doubt, been the PKL's best overseas player and its best defender as well.
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Oct 24, 2024 |
espn.in | Anirudh Menon |Zenia D'Cunha |Shyam Vasudevan
Sakshi Malik wants change. Ever since she and her fellow wrestlers took to the streets of the nation's capital last January, that much has been clear. Her statements and actions since then have simply reaffirmed it. Marching to the new Parliament building, retiring from wrestling but vowing to fight, writing a searingly honest autobiography, talking to the press - she's had enough. It's time for change. The end goal is simple: a clean federation. For Sakshi, that means one devoid of fear.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
espn.in | Anriudh Menon |Zenia D'Cunha |Shyam Vasudevan
The most important sports story of 2023 was the wrestlers' protest. It was unique in profile and scale, and ultimately duration: three of the country's greatest ever wrestlers took on the system - the wrestling federation, the sports ministry, the wider sporting ecosystem - for two protests in the heart of the national capital.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
espn.in | Zenia D'Cunha |Shyam Vasudevan
Sakshi Malik has made history on the wrestling mat - the first Indian woman athlete to win an Olympic medal, till today the only Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal. She has made headlines off the mat too, taking on the very powerful system and, if not winning completely, at least forcing a change of guard. Yet her most impactful achievement, in a broader sense, might be through a most unexpected route: her memoirs.
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