Sports

One of India’s finest judokas and a silver medallist at Commonwealth Games 2022, Manipur's Shushila Devi Likmabam has come a long way from battling depression and selling her car to fund her career.

Creating history, the unsung quartet of Nayanmoni Saikia, Pinki, Lovely Choubey, and Rupa Rani Tirkey have won India's first-ever Commonwealth Games medal in Lawn Bowls.

Achinta Sheuli created a Commonwealth Games record and won India's third gold medal. But the path that led him here has been one filled with challenges for this 20-year-old.

Anahat Singh, Shiva Thapa, Ronaldo, Jeremy Lalrinnunga and more -- these 8 talented athletes are among India's top medal hopes at the Commonwealth Games 2022 being held in Birmingham, England.

Abhijit Bhattacharya, a retired volleyball coach and the only person from Assam to have played in the national team, is now training thousands of kids from his village in the Brahmaputra Volleyball League (BVL).

Pradyot Voleti's Dribble Academy began with just four children in Gejha village, Noida. Today, his basketball programme is changing the lives of children from low-income households across eight villages.

Paul Walsh led a team of tribal boys from Odisha to the TourAid Nations Cup for Under-14 in September 2007. Their story is now on the silver screen in the movie 'Jungle Cry'.

Anshul Jubli, the 27-year-old professional athlete from Uttarakhand, is on the cusp of becoming the second Indian-born MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter to earn a contract with the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).

Pritam Rani Siwach, former captain of the Indian women’s hockey team, started an academy for underprivileged girls in Sonepat, Haryana. Her academy has produced Olympians like Neha Goyal, Nisha Warsi and Sharmila Devi, and given hundreds of others an education and a secure livelihood.

The Better India and Sports and Society Accelerator are coming together to celebrate India’s independence with stories of unsung sports heroes across the country. Stay tuned for inspiring tales of those who are #MakingSportWork.