Tag: game
Played Mind Games With Virat Kohli When He Was Establishing Himself: Dale Steyn
Former South African pacer Dale Steyn said on Friday that when he was at the peak of his bowling prowess and Virat Kohli was finding his feet in the Indian side, he used to apply a few tricks to break the current Indian team skipper's confidence by "playing mind games". ....
Battle Lines Drawn As PUBG Mobile Re-enters India In New Avatar
"Yeh PUBG wala hai kya?" Prime Minister Narendra Modi had quipped during the 'Pariksha pe Charcha 2.0' in January 2019, asking a mother who raised concerns about her son being too much involved into online gaming. The PUBG game has since crossed many levels before coming to a halt. ....
'The Milkha Singh I Knew'
Long before Sunny Deol's blockbuster Gadar was released, the gory scenes of Partition riots had played before my eyes - especially the massacre that happened on trains arriving from Pakistan - through the words of Milkha Singh, India's greatest-ever athlete who passed away Friday night. ....
BCCI To Donate Rs 10 Crore To Indian Olympic Association
The Indian cricket board will "donate" Rs 10 crore to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to support Indian athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympic Games next month, it was decided at an emergent meeting of its apex council. ....
Keeping Your Brain Active May Delay Dementia By 5 Years
Reading, writing letters and playing card games or puzzles even in advanced old age may help delay the onset of Alzheimer's dementia by up to five years. ....
First COVID-19 Case Emerges In Olympic Games Village
Six days before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, a "non-athlete person" tested positive for COVID-19 in the Games Village. The organising committee confirmed on Saturday that a case had been detected in the Village. ....
From Atlanta To Tokyo: This Karnataka Institute Has Sent 7 Olympians
An institution in the small town of Moodbidri in Mangaluru district of Karnataka has earned the distinction of sending seven sportspersons to the Olympic Games between 1996 Atlanta and 2020 Tokyo. ....
India fought back brilliantly from a two-goal deficit to beat Germany 5-4 in a high-intensity goal-fest to win bronze, the country's first medal in men's hockey at the Olympics after a gap of 41 years. It was a dream come true for billions of hockey fans as India came back from 1-3 down to score an impressive 5-4 win that reminded its fans of the glory days when the Indians were a force to reckon with in world hockey.....
Coach Graham Reid: Team First Mentality, Fitness Played Key Role In India's Success
The resilence the team had developed over the last 15 months as they stayed together in Bangalore during the pandemic, the coachs insistence on 'team-first' mentality and focus on fitness of the players were the key factors in the Indian men's hockey team winning the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics and ending a 41-year medal drought. ....
Biopic Can Wait, Want To Focus On The Game For Now: Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra, who made history on Saturday by winning India's first-ever gold medal in athletics at the Olympics, is now setting sight on next year's Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and the World Championships. Excerpts from an interview with the star Indian athlete: ....
