A hockey player with a lot of promise, Sandeep Singh debuted in international hockey in 2004. He was on his way to join the national squad ahead of their departure for the FIH World Cup in Germany, travelling on the Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi Express when a Railway Protection Force jawan accidentally shot him. The bullet fractured […]
Umesh Yadav is a known name across India; the fast bowler has taken the nation by storm. But what most don’t know is that he comes from a very humble background. Born, October 25, 1987, Yadav, who represents Vidarbha in domestic cricket, hails from a tiny village called Valli, outside Nagpur. His father used to […]
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu may be from Mohali, Punjab, but he is the goalkeeper for Bengaluru FC and a good one at that! But his real claim to fame is that he is the first Indian to have played a competitive match for a top division European club! Gurpreet started playing at the age of 8 […]
For Indians, badminton lovers or not, PV Sindhu is a name to reckon with. But very few actually know about her rise to fame. This young athlete is from Andhra Pradesh, born to parents who played volleyball. So sports was in her blood. But she fell in love with badminton at the age of eight […]
Rishabh Pant hails from Roorkee in Uttarakhand, where the sporting culture is not too developed and good academies to train at are far & few. But the family was determined to give the young lad better facilities to train & participate. Such commitment & big dreams led the family to move to Delhi where opportunities […]
Sushil Kumar, free-style wrestler, is the first Indian to win back to back individual Olympic medals — Bronze in 2008 and Silver in 2012. Born to Kamla Devi and Diwan Singh on 26 May 1983, in Baprola, located on the outskirts of New Delhi, Sushil Kumar’s father, a bus driver by profession, used to be […]