Sports
World boxing body leaves India’s medallists in the lurch
Women boxers, who won four gold medals at the New Delhi World Boxing Championships, are yet to receive their $1,00,000 prize money; men’s bronze-medallist boxers too wait for their due
Harbinder Singh: The man who set hockey field on fire
The multiple Olympic and Asiad medallist, now 80, is elated on receiving the Padma Shri and recalls his life and career
Making differently abled ready for sports
Capital’s iconic Modern School in Barakhamba Road is providing differently abled people a chance to use its sports facilities every weekend and after school; the players are returning with medals and trophies
Himmat Singh’s century helps Delhi beat Uttarakhand
The skipper scores 194 to help his team notch first win of the Ranji Trophy season despite facing a 92-run deficit in first innings
Bowling towards success and glory
Pinki, a physical education teacher from DPS, RK Puram, is one of the pioneers of lawn bowls in the country; her success, including a team gold at 2022 Commonwealth Games, was acknowledged with the 2023 Arjuna Award
Delhi women cricketers rise and shine
Delhi women under-23 team emulate the women under-15 team’s performance by ending as runners-up while the senior women’s team continue with their winning ways
Prince of Khizrabad, now a Punjab King
Leg-spinner Prince Choudhary, the only player from Delhi to be bought in the IPL 2024 auction, turned his unusual action into strength and hopes that his fast deliveries reap rewards
Wanted him to join NDA, do better than me in Army: Dhruv Jurel’s father
Dhruv Jurel who was picked for India team for the Test series against England and scored a fifty on Saturday for India A against England Lions moved to Noida as a 15-year-old for better cricketing prospects as his father struggled to maintain the joint family after losing job as Havaldar in the Army
