Fitness has been the top priority for Indian mens’ cricket team in the last few years; several players (with a big reputation) were dropped from the team if they didn’t score well in the fitness department. The result is that India’s fielding, catching and running between the wickets have improved a lot over the years. […]
Sports Fitness
Top 5 sports academies in India that produce winners for the country
Here are Top sports academies in India, with international level facilities, that continue to produce winners for the country. If you’ve seen the movie Dangal, you would have seen how national players come together at the various national sports academies to prepare for international competitions. The various top level sports academies play a huge role […]
Pro Boxing in India to get lucrative, gets Rs.100-crore boost
Pro Boxing in India to get lucrative, gets Rs.100-crore boost. Sports management company Sporty Solutionz to pump in the money. Indian Boxing Council (IBC), the governing body for professional boxing in India, has entered into a multi-year commercial deal with sports management company Sporty Solutionz Private Limited. Sporty Solutionz will pump in the money with […]
Under fitness scheme, schools students to be nurtured to become future sports stars
With an eye on the future Olympics and to groom more Indian children to take up sports, a pilot scheme has been launched for toddlers in schools that will groom them to become future sports stars. Brainchild of district welfare officer Subhash Sasane, the pre-primary fitness and sports school (PPFNS) scheme will be implemented at […]
Khelo India initiative gets massive allocation of funds
Khelo India scheme gets big hike in allocation of funds, at the expense of Sports Authority of India (SAI), Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore defends decision saying it will change the sports scenario in India. Mr. Rathore says India has the potential to produce 100 Usain Bolts if the country’s sports culture undergoes transformation. “This marks […]
Italian company Tecnobody sets up cutting-edge fitness training systems at Abhinav Bindra’s Chandigarh office
Italian company Tecnobody sets up cutting-edge fitness training systems at Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra’s Chandigarh office. The centre will be used to train top class Indian athletes. Abhinav Bindra’s a state-of-the-art high-performance centre now has sophisticated fitness and training systems that will be available to elite Indian athletes for free. Abhinav Bindra spent close […]
Plans to setup e-sports federation in India
Serial entrepreneur and former UTV head Ronnie Screwvala wants to set up India’s official e-sports federation that will send Indian gaming teams for world majors. Screwvala met minister of state for youth affairs and sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to seek the government’s endorsement for the federation, which will aim to create a single internationally and […]
Special task force to help India win more medals in the future Olympics
Every time, before the Olympics starts, there’s always this talk about how many medals will India win at the Olympics. Almost half way past the Rio Olympics, the talk is why India has not been able to earn even a single medal, despite sending the top 118 athletes in various disciplines. People like Shobha De […]
Here’s why the Produnova vault (done by Dipa Karmakar) is called the ‘Vault of Death’
Here’s why the Produnova vault, attempted by Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar at the Rio Olympics 2016, considered life threatening by experts. 22-year old Dipa Karmakar from Tripura finished fourth at the individual vaults in the Rio Olympic Games (missed the bronze by a small margin). Besides appreciating her efforts, everybody at Rio was also talking […]
The most common injury at the Olympics, its more in the higher-velocity sports
Every Olympics, be it the Summer or the Winter, athletes get injured (and some are really serious ones). In fact, experts say that the frequency and severity of injuries at the Olympics have not varied much in the past decade, as athletes continue to push themselves for the ultimate glory. “The overall rate of injury […]