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Despite having returned to her normal life in her tiny shanty at Bharatiya Indra Nagar, on the dingy footpath, after having attended the felicitation, Mary continues to dream bigger.

Refusing to resign to fate, this young girl, who was once only known as the abandoned kid who hailed from a broken home in the neighbourhood, is a state swimming champion now.

Anil runs the centres entirely from his savings and receives help from his former students as well

Ranking seventh in the global list, Virat Kohli shares the same podium of sporting legends like Roger Federer, LeBron James and Usain Bolt.

Indian para-cyclists, Abhishek Singh Sheku, Divij Shah, Harinder Singh, Ajay Singh, Ajay Kumar, Gurulal Singh, Kaigoulal, Bir Bahadur Singh, and Aditya Mehta, won laurels and clinched all medals at the 6th Asian Para-cycling Championship held in Bahrain in February this year.

Instead, this young man decided to revive a 3000-year-old sport, Silambam, popularly known as a Maradani Khel or 'masculine sport' in Maharashtra.

Born in one of the most notorious villages, Dhoti in the Latehar district situated in the red corridor of Jharkhand, Rupanti Munda has one dream -- to become a coach for the Indian football team.

Jamuna Bodo made a mark in women’s boxing by winning gold in the 2013 Second Nations Cup International Sub-Junior Girls Boxing Tournament held in Serbia.

Competing with 3,148 athletes from 97 countries in 21 sports, the Indian squad made the country proud and clinched one gold medal too.

She garnered immense adulation and support on social media when despite her spectacular win at Bhubaneswar, she wasn’t included in India’s squad for the London World Championship.