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...

From being asked to quit to KIYG gold, Vikas comes a long way

Vikas Bind won the 3000m gold medal in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2023 on Tuesday with a new meet record of...

UP long jumper Tauseef finally gets his career back on track

Back home, Tauseef had no facilities to train and had lost all hopes of being back on the field. Once his mother...

Kerala shot-putter Anupriya VS making a mark in junior circuit

Anupriya took up shot-put with her mother Rajani donning the role of a coach during the initial years. On Tuesday,...

KIYG 2023: Bihar's Durga runs into record books with gold

Durga Singh won the 1500m gold at the 38th Junior National Athletics Championship in Coimbatore last year clocking 4...

KIYG 2023: Rajasthan’s Vimla Machra on clinching Keirin gold

Rajasthan's Vimla Machra was barely smiling despite dominating the girls' Keirin race at the Cycling Velodrome in...

Kerala’s Anupriya, MP’s Vikas Bind break Games records

Kerala's Anupriya V S and Madhya Pradesh's Vikas Bind set new Games records in girls' shot put and boys 3000 metres...