KIYG 2023: School bus driver’s daughter won bronze

At 4.30 in the morning, Jagdish Gulia and his eight-year-old daughter Tannu were glued to the television watching...

KIYG medallist Janvi’s training module includes playing shankh

While Janvi was waiting for her girl's 61kg final wrestling bout against Delhi's Yashita in the Khelo India Youth...

Weightlifter Keerthana creates new National Youth records

Tamil Nadu weightlifter R P Keerthana broke the National Youth record in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and overall to...

Cubeleo rides on Covid-induced life transformations to bag medals

In the face of the COVID-19 lockdown, where most viewed the restrictions as a curse, Alanis Lilly Cubeleo saw it as...

Assam’s Pahi applies her Tezpur lake lessons to win Chennai pool

Far from the glittering waters of an Olympic-size pool, Pahi Borah learned to swim in a lake, and had to use...

KIYG 2023: Haryana's Sanjana improves her own national mark

Haryana's Sanjana improved on her own National Youth records in Snatch, Clean and Jerk and overall to clinch the...

Khelo India Games creates a big community: Olympian Varun Thakkar

Tokyo Olympian sailor Varun Thakkar was spotted in the crowd during events at the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 Tamil...

Panchami hopes KIYG medal will give her platform

Panchami is excited at the prospect of facing off against her idol and Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu, who...

KIYG 2023: J-K volleyball team punches above its weight

Jammu and Kashmir is hardly a formidable name in volleyball. And hence, when their boys' team upset defending...

Weightlifter Jyoshna rises from poverty to shatter nat'l record

The 15-year old daughter of a small-time farmer father and homemaker mother has risen from this impoverished...

KIYG: Yashvardhan shows why he is rated so highly in boxing world

In the 60-63kg final at the TNPESU complex on Wednesday, Yashvardhan thoroughly dominated Maharashtra's Gaurav...

KIYG: TN twins who travelled 85km to train, make journey count

In the run-up to the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 in Chennai, the sisters used to travel thrice a week to...