Born November 11, 1990 in Faridkot, punjab. A seasoned drag flicker Rupinder stands tall at 193 cm. Rupinder made his debut in 2008. His flamboyance has earned him the nick name of ‘bob’ by his teammates in the senior team. This full-back has made contributions that have seen him and the nation at…
Month: October 2019
P SREEJESH : HERCULES UNDER THE POST
SREEJESH PARATTU RAVEENDRAN, Born on 08, May 1988, Height 185 cm P Sreejesh, made his debut in for junior national team 2004 and got a call up to mann the goal post for the senior team two years later in 2006. Sreejesh has been that stoic goalkeeper for Indian hockey who has affected, and memorably…
KIDAMBI SRIKANTH : TOWERING AMONG THE BEST
Born on February 07, 1993, in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Kidambi Srikanth plays right handed. He is coached by the legendary Indian badminton player, Pullela Gopichand who has now taken upon himself to turn out champions from his academy, as its coach. Kidambi first started playing badminton as he accosted his elder brother to the stadium…
MANPREET SINGH : PILOTING THE PACE
Born June 26, 1992, in Mithapur, Punjab. It was around 2002 when as a 10-year-old, the now captain of the senior national team, got consumed by the sport. He enlisted himself at the Surjit hockey academy in 2005 and made his international debut for the junior India team in 2011. In 2013 he became the…
P V SINDHU : INDIA’S BEST AND A WORLD CHAMPION
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, Born July 05, 1995, in Hyderabad, India. Her parents are both National level sportspersons with her father part of the bronze medal-winning volleyball team at the 1986 Seoul Asian Games. Sindhu’s first tryst with training in the sport she chose was at Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of Indian Railway Institute…
SPORTS….LARGER THAN LIFE
“Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion”. The Legendary Indian Cricketer, Kapil Dev, once said. This statement from a man, who is in the folkfore of the country’s and global sporting achievements carries immense weight. And when the same converges with the thought “To represent your country is an honor and a…