Sports

Andrea Thumshirn was a national level hockey player in Germany. She came to India in 2009 and since then has been training rural Rajasthan kids in hockey. She is also sponsoring their education and teaching them English. In fact, she took five of her students all the way to Germany to train!

These girls from a small town in Bihar are boxing champions. They have been breaking stereotypes and winning medals since 2009. Here's why they pack a punch!

Thirty children from across India received the National Child Awards for Exceptional Achievement, 2015, on the occasion of Children’s Day. Here are the winners and their incredible achievements in various fields ranging from innovations and sports to singing and acting.

Virender Sehwag retired from all forms of international cricket, leaving behind a place which will be very difficult to fill. Here are five things about the sportsman and his eventful career that our reader remembers him by.

You have heard stories of Gandhi's ideology, passion and struggle. You know him to be the driving force behind India's independence. But did you know that Gandhi had a deep interest in football in his initial years in South Africa? And he found a pretty amazing use for it.

It was for the seventh time, that the Slum Soccer organization from India was representing the country at the Homeless World Cup held in Amsterdam this year. While the men's team won the Sports Gen Cup, the women's team got the 6th place among 16 participating nations. Meet the players who have made the country very proud.

Elvis Joseph wants “to ensure that all children’s earliest experiences of sport and physical activity are positive and rewarding.” And he extends that concern to children living in slums and prisons, as well as those living with HIV and disabilities.

Here's an exclusive interview with India’s badminton star and coach, Pullela Gopichand, who tells us about the current status of the sport in India, the strengths and weaknesses of the star players and what needs to be done.

While most girls her age were busy playing with toys, Poorva Joshi took a rather unconventional approach to spending her weekends. She rigorously played four different sports and even became the holder of a Guinness Record in indoor skydiving.

When India could not qualify in hockey during the 2008 Olympics, Arumugam decided it was time to get to the root of the problem and teach young children to play. So he quit his well-paying job, and went on to make hockey players out of government school kids.