Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh up for Olympic membership

IMAGE: Michelle Yeoh won the Oscar and the Golden Globe award earlier this year and her proposed IOC membership will be ratified at its session in Mumbai next month. Photograph: Amy Sussman/Getty......

Rare honour for India's TT sensation Manika Batra

Becomes first Indian to win Breakthrough Table Tennis Star award IMAGE: India's Manika Batra poses with her trophy at the awards function in Incheon on Thursday. Photograph: Kind courtesy,......

Achanta Kamal elected to the ITTF Athletes Commission

IMAGE: Achanta Sharath Kamal is going where no Indian paddler has gone before. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images Star Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal has become the first player from the......

How Do We Prepare For LA 2028? We Don't.

You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044.Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding -- and it is this trifecta India needs to work on,......

Manika ruled supreme in memorable year for Indian TT

While Indian table tennis took giant strides in the year, a star too was born with Manika Batra pocketing as many as four medals including two historic gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.......