Philippines

Feared by other rugby-playing nations, 19-year-old Sweety Kumari hails from a village where parents don't let their daughters wear shorts and play sports. #WomenInSports

"How different would our rural areas be if so many more take up such incredible challenges, instead of their expertise being laid to rest after retirement?," writes a deeply impressed IAS officer Armstrong Pame.

It all started when Niranjan, all of seven, was introduced to roller-skating in school.

Selected from a pool of over 20,000 people from 191 countries, Preethi Herman will join 19 other fellows to "collaborate, exchange and inspire a wave of civic innovation".

G. Balakrishna, a water tanker driver from Bengaluru, was crowned Mr. Asia 2016 at the 5th Phil-Asia Bodybuilding Championship in the Philippines.

Bengaluru’s 18-year-old Ishan Pandita has become the first Indian to sign a professional contract with a club in La Liga, or the Spanish Football League.