Mary Kom

As I sit down to write this piece, India has won the Intercontinental Cup, and Sunil Chhetri now has 64 goals to his credit in international football – tied with none other than Lionel Messi.

Women weightlifters from Manipur don’t just make up the numbers in India’s weightlifting squad, they make their presence felt with power-packed medal-winning performances.

India’s pride, Arjuna Awardee, and Padma Shree Mary Kom wants to talk about sexual crimes against women with her sons.

After a closely fought match, 24-year-old boxer Sonia Lather won the silver in the Women's World Championships at Astana, Kazakhstan.

With a total of 308 medals, the Indian teams at South Asian Games 2016, were crowned overall champions on Tuesday. This is what the final medal tally at the end of the 11-day long multi-sport event looked like.

Many of India's past and current sports stars come from very humble origins. Children of farmers, labourers and petty shop owners, they have seen severe hardships and their families have sacrificed a lot to put them on the path to success. But they have found a place in the sun despite all odds being stacked against them. Here's toasting their grit and determination!

"Mary Kom Jr", the animation series based on Mary Kom's school life, will have a flavour of self-defence and girl power. Here's all you need to know.

From grabbing the cricket World Cup trophy to Sachin Tendulkar's emotional retirement to being the undefeated Kabaddi champions to Mary Kom's amazing come back, here are 24 memorable moments of Indian sports history that you will love to go back in time and relive!

As PM Narendra Modi launches the #BetiBachaoBetiPadhao Yojna, we recollect some of the most powerful women characters from Indian cinema who showed what it was that educated and liberated women could achieve. As a medium with the strongest influence on the Indian psyche, we explore through these portrayals how cinema has played an important role in promoting the empowerment of the girl child through the years.

From Indian men's hockey team winning a gold after 16 years to a splendid victory by both the Kabaddi teams. From the unfortunate Sarita Devi controversy to the amazing winners who gave India 8th spot in the final rank tally. Here is all you need to know about India's performance at the Asian Games 2014.