Heroes Of The Sporting World
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Numbers game: The computer professional who is trying to fill badminton’s giant statistical hole
Badminton statistics are notoriously hard to find and a Danish computer professional, Jens Christiensen, hopes to change that.
Abhijeet Kulkarni
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The story of Shankarrao ‘Buwa’ Salvi: The selfless administrator behind kabaddi’s exponential growth
The Maharashtra-born Salvi devoted his entire life to the growth and development of the sport without gaining financially from it.
Kaushal Shukla
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How Mumbai’s North Stand Gang became one of the most recognisable Indian cricket fan groups
A group of die-hard fans united for a collective cricket experience in 2009 and within a decade, became an institution in the stadium and on social media.
Zenia D'Cunha
Trending
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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An engineer who became an essential part of Indian football: Meet Unni Paravannur, man behind @fni
FNI, Indian football’s most popular platform, currently enjoys a following of over 38,000 on Twitter while its Facebook page has nearly 66,000 likes.
Nicolai Nayak
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A GIF to tennis: Meet @doublefault28, a gifted technician who keeps the sport dynamic on Twitter
Alexander, who is based in Moscow, started the account to follow tennis but it has grown into a popular platform dedicated to creating GIFs in real-time.
Zenia D'Cunha
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How Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay’s weekly chess column shaped India’s interest in the game
The Thipsay chess column had an unbroken run of 20 years in The Times of India.
Ashish Magotra
Video
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Watch: Musicians from Kerala perform their version of the iconic 1985 song ‘We Are The World’
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Caught on camera: Ostrich runs loose on a busy road in South Korean town
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Guiding from the shadows: Selfless Vasant Gore shaped many a shuttler’s path to national glory
The 85-year-old, who passed away on Wednesday, was instrumental in moulding careers of national champions.
Abhijeet Kulkarni
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A game of numbers: How BG Joshi became sole keeper of hockey records in India
For over four decades, Indian sports journalists have been ringing up a now-retired engineer for statistics that even the associations didn’t have.
Abhijeet Kulkarni
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A passion for cricket and love for numbers came together: Story of India’s stats man Mohandas Menon
Cricket broadcast changed completely in the 1990s and that’s when Menon saw an opportunity for a career switch from HR to statistics.
Vinayakk Mohanarangan
The Reel
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Premiere date announced for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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The secret ingredient of Pratik Gandhi’s success: ‘Salt to taste’
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‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ trailer: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff team up for action thriller