Sports

Diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) at the age of 15, Varun Anand found his calling in sports. This is a case in point for the power of transplants and how they can transform a life.

At 39, Ashwini Ganapathi from Bengaluru ran 173 km in 45 hours through Japan’s wildest trails — no sleep, 6 kg on her back, and a dream she trained for years.

In a cricket-obsessed nation, Mahaveer Raghunathan chose an unlikely path: motorsport. Thirteen years later, he’s racing for Ferrari in the Italian GT Championship, proving that dreams fueled by talent can break every barrier.

After 13 years of training without sponsors or support, 20-year-old Praveen Gupta broke a Guinness World Record. Now, just one jump away from breaking the world’s fastest record, he aims to spotlight India on the global stage.

Gukesh’s father left behind his career as an ENT surgeon, and his mother was the sole breadwinner — how Rajinikanth and Padma Kumari supported Gukesh’s journey to global chess glory.

After losing his vision in infancy, Vishnu Vaghela grew up in a small village in Gujarat and found purpose through sport. Today, at 27, he captains both India and Gujarat’s blind football teams, mentors young players at the Blind People’s Association (BPA) in Ahmedabad, and continues to break barriers in the world of disability sport — on and off the field.

Milind Soman has never stopped challenging himself. From his success as a national swimming champion to his Ironman and ultramarathon feats, uncover the passion and determination that continue to define his incredible journey.

Former corporate lawyer Archana Sankaranarayanan left behind a high-flying legal career to embrace the ocean’s depths. Today, she holds the national record as India’s deepest female freediver, pushing boundaries and making waves in a male-dominated sport.

Arjuna Awardee Sheetal Devi is a para-archer from Jammu and Kashmir who overcame her phocomelia condition to become the world's first armless female archer. She not only claimed medals at the Para World Archery Championships and the Para Asian Games but also emerged as a symbol of breaking barriers.

IIT Madras and NPTEL are offering seven free online sports science courses to bridge the theory-practice gap and support career development in sports. Candidates don't need a JEE score to apply for the same.