यही नहीं मेवेदर ने जून 2014 से जून 2015 तक दो मुक्केबाजी मुकाबलों से 30 करोड़ डालर कमाए जो विश्व रोकार्ड है। मैत्री पैकियाओ के साथ 2 मई 2015 को बाक्सिंग के इतिहास के सबसे महंगे मुकाबले में उसे 24 करोड़ डालर ईनाम में मिले थे जो फिर एक विश्व रिकार्ड है। विश्व का महानतम अपराजित खिलाड़ी फ्लायड मेवेदर जूनियर, …
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Hari Chand sits at Café Coffee Day, a stone’s throw away from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Inside the enormous belly of the stadium is a tartan track. Hari Chand has an unrealised dream there. If fulfilled, it would have made him the undisputed long-distance running champion in India. For a lot of people, who have bothered to …
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हरियाणा के भिवानी कस्बे में सूर्य की पहली किरण के साथ ही बॉक्सिंग क्लब में सीटियों की आवाज़े सुनाई देने लगती हैं। इनमें से कुछ अपनी एकैडमी के बरामदे में खड़े कोच जगदीश सिंह की ओर से भी आती हैं। युवाओ को और जोश से व्यायम करने तथा मुक्के के लिए उत्साहित करते हुए उनके एक हाथ में सीटी तो दूसरे …
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बबल बॉल तेजी से लोकप्रिय हो रहा एक बेहद अनूठा व नया खेल है। दुनिया भर में इसे पसंद किया जा रहा है। यह एक तरह से फुटबॉल का ही बदला हुआ रूप है, फर्क इतना है कि इसमें खिलाड़ी एक विशाल पारदर्शी गेंद में ‘कैद’ होकर खेलते है। विशाल गेंदों के बीचों-बीच एक बड़ा छेद होता है। इनमें से …
Read More »Saina Nehwal – First Indian to win a silver in the World Championships
First Indian to win a silver in the World Championships after losing to Spain’s Carolina Marin in final Saina Nehwal’s quest to become the first Indian world champion ended in heartbreak as she lost in straight games to Carolina Marin in the summit showdown of the mega-event. The world No. 2 Indian went down 21-16 21-19 to her numero uno …
Read More »Sachin Tendulkar: 21st century best test player
India’s legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the ‘best Test player’ of the 21st century in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia’s website. The former India skipper got the highest number of votes to emerge on top of the list of the 100 best Test players since 2000, in a poll conducted by cricket.com.au. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara …
Read More »Asiad medallist Khushbir Kaur’s family living in a cowshed
The family of Khushbir Kaur, who won silver in 21km race walk at the Incheon Asian Games last year, has been living in a cowshed for over a fortnight. The family demolished their house anticipating the construction of their new house at Rasulpur Kalan village by the Khalsa College for women, Amritsar. The college had promised to build a new …
Read More »Ruthless Saina Nehwal
World No. 1 Saina beats Chinese Xue Yao 21-13 21-9 in just 30 min to enter Malaysia Open quarters Officially crowned the World No. 1 in the BWF rankings, Saina Nehwal today continued her rampaging run with a dominating straight-game win over Chinese qualifier Xue Yao to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super Series. Saina defeated Yao 21-13 …
Read More »Tough times don’t last, tough people do
In June last year, Saina Nehwal’s ranking had slipped to ninth and it looked like her younger teammate PV Sindhu would overtake her. To her critics, Saina — plagued by injuries and bad form — was a spent force. The loss to Olympic champion Li Xuerui in the quarterfinal of the World Championships last year was a telling blow which …
Read More »Virat Kohli uses wrong words on wrong man for an old story
There’s a media gag on the Indian cricket players at the World Cup. They speak to members of the media only when they absolutely must. If they fail to do that, they face sanctions by the International Cricket Council (ICC). But for the first time in the World Cup, an Indian player — Virat Kohli, no less — spoke to …
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