Manu Bhaker with her coach Jaspal Rana. File | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Eyeing glory in next World Championship, double Olympic medallist shooter Manu Bhaker said Jaspal Rana will continue to be her “coach” despite the Dronacharya awardee being roped in as the High Performance trainer for pistol discipline by the National Rifle Association…
Manu Bhaker encountered an awkward situation before quickly realising her mistake as she receieved the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel ratna award from President Droupadi Murmu on Friday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of National Sports Awards 2024. Bhaker was one of the four recipients of the country’s highest sporting honour along with…
Manu Bhaker, who brought home two bronze medals from the Paris 2024 Olympics, has been the center of attention since her return, participating in numerous interviews and award ceremonies. In a recent chat with Cosmopolitan, the ace shooter revealed the sports legends she’d love to spend a day with. Among her international favorites, Manu Bhaker…
India’s Golden Boy, Neeraj Chopra, proved his mettle again after winning a second Olympic medal in Paris last month. Chopra had won a gold medal for India in the previous Olympics edition. As Neeraj Chopra became the first track-and-field athlete from India to win medals in consecutive Olympic editions, brands have been queuing up to…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with the Indian Olympic contingent where he hosted them after the Independence Day celebrations at Red Fort, on Thursday (August 15, 2024). | Photo Credit: X@narendramodi Lakshya Sen revealed how his phone was taken away by strict coach Prakash Padukone, hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh talked about his team’s thrilling run while…
Updated – August 13, 2024 02:11 pm IST Published – August 13, 2024 02:03 pm IST – New Delhi Manu Bhaker. File | Photo Credit: PTI Paris Olympic double medallist Manu Bhaker may skip October’s World Cup in New Delhi as the ace pistol shooter has decided to take a three-month break, her coach Jaspal…
Nations invest in sports for three strategic reasons. The first is global positioning. Sports are surrogates of warfare and derived from combat. Think of shooting, archery, javelin and discus throws, fencing, boxing and of course wrestling. The Olympic Games have always been a surrogate battleground for global power jockeying. Recall Berlin, 1936, where African-American Jesse…
Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony: The grand closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics was held on August 11 at the Stade de France stadium in the capital, complete with firecrackers, concerts and an exciting entry by Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise. At the conclusion of 329 medal events, around 9,000 athletes and staffers filled the…
India’s Hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will be the joint flagbearer with pistol shooter Manu Bhaker at the Closing Ceremony of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. The India Olympics Association (IOA)A had earlier named Manu Bhaker, who opened India’s medal tally in the ongoing Olympics after she secured third place in the women’s individual 10m Air…
Specifically, why should the Indian exchequer finance participation in the Olympic Games? Let me report on an animated discussion we had at Takshashila last week. There were multiple points of view and I isolated a few ways of answering these questions. The zeroth response came from my libertarian colleagues. It says that the government should…
